The Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy

The MSCP is an independent teaching and research organisation. Our courses are currently running in Brunswick and online. We began in 2002.

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What's On

Autumn 2026

Evening Course - Currently Running

Being and Power: An Examination of Spinoza’s Philosophy

Jon Rubin
Brunswick and online via Zoom
Starts: Mon 6:30-8:30pm 16 Mar

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Evening Course - Currently Running

The Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (Ccru)

Vincent Lê
Brunswick and online via Zoom
Starts: Wed 6:30-8:30pm 18 Mar

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Workshop

A workshop with Terrell Carver: Marx, Marxism, Marxists

Balam Balam Place, Brunswick
Thursday 26th March 2026

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Winter 2026

Book Launch

Silt, Jon Roffe

Shady Lady, Fitzroy
Friday 5th June 2026

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Winter Course - Upcoming

Kant and Marx: Aesthetic Fetishism and the Occult of Artistic Production

William Bennett
Brunswick and online via Zoom
Starts: Mon 6:30-8:30pm 15 Jun

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Winter Course - Upcoming

A Gentle Introduction to Quantum Physics and Contemporary Philosophy

Michael Spataro
Brunswick and online via Zoom
Starts: Tue 6:30-8:30pm 16 Jun

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Winter Course - Upcoming

Early German Idealism and the Discovery of Nihilism (1781-1803)

Gregory Wood
Online via Zoom
Starts: Wed 6:30-8:30pm 17 Jun

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Winter Course - Upcoming

Technology and Politics

Amélie Berger Soraruff
Online via Zoom only
Starts: Thu 5:00-7:00pm 18 Jun

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Winter Course - Upcoming

Classic Films for Teenage Boys

Mairéad Phillips
Online via Zoom only
Starts: Thu 7:15-9:15pm 18 Jun

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Winter Course - Upcoming

Principle of the living or the principled living: On the Inquiry on the Soul

Leksa Zhang
Online via Zoom only
Starts: Fri 5:30-7:30pm 19 Jun

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Winter Course - Upcoming

Kant’s Critique of the Power of Judgment: An Introduction

Andrew Benjamin
Brunswick and online via Zoom
Starts: Mon 6:30-8:30pm 20 Jul

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New Students

The MSCP teaches tertiary-level courses - imagine an honours level or early grad-level seminar. If you would like to know more about us please check our FAQ page or browse some of our past courses.

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Brunswick

Our current teaching space is at Unit 4/9 Wilson Ave, in Brunswick. Please enter via the alley off Black St.

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For more than 20 years the MSCP has been running philosophy schools in Melbourne, Australia. Many past courses are available for purchase as either class audio or video recordings.

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Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy

The Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy is an independent teaching and research organisation.  The MSCP teaches short courses during the summer and winter university holiday periods and evening courses during semester.  We also run single day research workshops in autumn and spring, organise reading groups and work to encourage and support philosophical thinking in the community.  Everyone is welcome to attend our courses, and our teachers are free to teach on whatever subject they wish.  The MSCP is an incorporated not-for-profit association.

 

The MSCP acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land — the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation — and pay respect to elders past and present.