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Teaching

Dr Elisabeth Thorson

Areas: History of Philosophy, History of Political Thought, Philosophy of Economics, Political Theory, Ethics, Religious Philosophy, and Epistemology including research skills and dissertation supervision (Undergraduate, MA, and PhD-level).
 

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Modules

Supervision:
Elisabeth has supervised undergraduate and MA dissertations in political philosophy, political theory, early modern philosophy, ethics, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of mind, as well as PhD work on Locke and early modern philosophy.

Convening:  

Philosophy of Economics and Politics

Early Modern Philosophy​

Philosophy Dissertation

Business Ethics (MA)

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Additional teaching:  

Political Philosophy

​Moral Theory

Political and Social Philosophy

Philosophy of Mind

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2018-2020

University of York 

 

Module convening:  

Dissertation Preparation (MA)​

Postgraduate Research Skills (MA)​

Ethics and Public Policy â€‹

Reading William James â€‹

Hume’s Empiricism 

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Additional teaching:  

History of Political Thought 

​Introduction to Political Theory 

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2021-2025

Durham University

©2026

 Elisabeth Thorson

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