In this course, students will practice the skills involved in "critical thinking" - the process by which they develop and support their beliefs and evaluate the strength of arguments. Students will ...

Variable topic courses are those that change topic from term to term. Here, you will find the course descriptions for upcoming variable topic Philosophy courses offered by the department. Metaphysics: ...

A general introduction to the problems and methods of philosophy drawing on classic and contemporary texts. Topics covered may include the existence of God and nature of religious belief, what it ...

This is a course about philosophy’s effort to understand extra-philosophical experience, the rational mind’s work to catalogue and explain super-rational revelation. Drawing mostly on the thought of ...

Who are we, and why are we here? What is the nature of knowledge, truth, and justice? This concentration explores these and other enduring questions that form the basis of our shared humanity while ...

Perspectives on Western Culture is a year-long, twelve credit course focused on the classic writings of Western culture, and guided by the fundamental question of the best way to live. Students will ...

Does all our deepest thinking about life, the universe and everything merely show our deepest biases? Is the philosophical ground that grounds everything from morality to physics deeply mired in a ...

Our philosophy department offers courses in all the major periods, figures and texts of the history of philosophy — Western and Asian — and the central areas of philosophical inquiry, including ...