Philosophical issues touch all aspects of life and are relevant to every discipline. In this program, youll explore the most fundamental questions concerning the world and our place in it. Study the nature of truth, justice, knowledge, meaning and beauty. Explore the nature of reasoning and practice applying critical-thinking skills in everyday life.
Philosophy explores, in a rational and critical way, the complex and ever-evolving questions that we face in our everyday lives. Issues such as the nature of truth, knowledge, justice, meaning and beauty are central to its inquiries.
Studying philosophy develops skills of critical reasoning and reflective analysis of texts, rhetoric, evidence, and argument that can be fruitfully deployed in a vast array of social, professional, personal, and political settings. Students acquire an understanding and appreciation of fundamental and fascinating issues about the nature of knowledge, truth, reality, reason, value, beauty, and existence. This knowledge is garnered through study of diverse texts and figures in the history of philosophy but also through engagement with the work of contemporary philosophers working in a variety of philosophical traditions. Since philosophy addresses many fundamental issues that lie at the heart of intellectual inquiry in other disciplines, acquiring a knowledge and appreciation of philosophical views and techniques complements learning in virtually every field of study and thereby contributes to success in other subjects. In these ways, an education in philosophy fosters intellectual curiosity and habits of mind that are both intrinsically rewarding and instrumentally valuable to the pursuit of goals in every domain of life.
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