"thoughts at peace - that is the goal someone who philosophises longs for" Wittgenstein

Undergraduate Past Exam Papers

Below is a list of past papers available for Essex students to download in assisting revision for examinations. Examination papers from 2008 onwards can be found on the CMR.  Not all modules will have past papers available for all years.

Only those with a university username and password will be able to access these past papers. All files are in Adobe PDF format, to download the free reader go to the download site.

Module code and title

Past papers available by year of examination

PY111-1-FY INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

[1999-2001] [2002] [2003] [2004] [2005][2006][2007]
PY112-1-FY INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

New module for 2005/06 [2006][2007]

PY114-1-FY INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC

[1999-2001] [2002] [2003] [2004][2005][2006] [2007]

PY400-2-FY RATIONALISTS AND EMPIRICISTS
(formerly Reason and Experience)

[1999-2001] [2002] [2003] [2004][2005][2006] [2007]

PY401-2-FY PHILOSOPHY AND RIGHTS I

[1999-2001] [2002] [2003] [2004][2005][2006] [2007]

PY402-2-FY 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY (formerly Philosophy, History and the Critique of Society)

[1999-2001] [2002] [2003] [2004][2005][2006] [2007]

PY403-3-SP  ISSUES IN METAPHYSICS

[1999 and 2000] [2002] [2004][2005]
[2006] [2007]

PY404-2-FY PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE

[2003] [2004][2005][2006] [2007]

PY406-3-FY 20TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY (formerly Phenomenology and Existentialism)

[2002] [2003] [2004][2005][2006]
[2007]

PY407-2-FY PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

[2003][2005][2006] [2007]

PY408-2-FY ETHICS

[1999-2001] [2003] [2004][2005][2006] [2007]

PY410-3-FY JOINT SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY AND LAW

[2003] [2004][2005][2006] [2007]

PY411-3-AU PHILOSOPHY AND THE ARTS I:  AESTHETICS AND LITERATURE (New module)

[2006] [2007]

PY412-3-AU KANT'S REVOLUTION IN PHILOSOPHY

[2000 and 2001] [2002] [2004][2005][2006] [2007]

PY413-3-FY CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

[1999-2001] [2002] [2003] [2004][2005][2006] [2007]
PY418 -3-SP PHILOSOPHY OF MIND I [2003] [2004] [2005] [2006] [2007]

PY419-3-SP PHILOSOPHY OF MIND II:  FREUD AND ISSUES IN PSYCHOANALYSIS (formerly Freud and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis)

[2002] [2003] [2004][2005][2006]
[2007]
PY421-3-SP PHILOSOPHY AND THE ARTS II:  Aesthetics of the Visual Arts (New module)

[2006] [2007]
   

N.B. Over the years modules have changed codes and, in some cases, titles.  However the questions they contained may still be relevant for revision purposes.