Philosophy

PHILOSOPHY FACULTY Associate Professor Kelley (chair), Niculescu; Assistant Professors Greene.

Philosophy courses are designed to serve a variety of academic needs by providing a confrontation with the principal thinkers and the fundamental issues that have shaped humankind’s intellectual heritage, by providing a philosophical perspective of several other fields, and by providing – as preparation for advanced study – a solid grounding in the chief figures, methods, division, and problems of philosophy. Regardless of the students’ vocational interests, academic major program, or plans for graduate work, our courses seek to stimulate their intellectual involvement in the continuing re-exploration of basic and meaningful questions. Philosophy courses emphasize that the student demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively and acceptably in both written and oral English.

Ethics Minor

The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies offers a minor in ethics. For more information, see Ethics Minor.