本科 程序
The 哲学 Department is a place to pursue the questions which arise as undergraduate students reflect on their own values and identity, 宗教, 政治, social and personal: What is the human person? Do human beings act freely? What is knowledge, and can we be sure that we really know anything? What is the best way for a human person to live? What possible relation can there be between humanity and God? What makes a just society and what are my obligations toward it and others? Are there limits to what science can tell us about the universe?
All students at 电子游戏软件 take a two semester sequence of 哲学 as part of the University Core curriculum. In addition, the department offers a 哲学 major and minor.
学术焦点
By introducing students to the great philosophical questions, philosophy offers a perspective which makes possible an integrated vision of physical, human and spiritual reality; it weighs propositions fundamental to personal identity, 尊严, 宗教信仰, and social responsibility; and it examines moral issues of individuals and communities. In focusing on these questions, 哲学 aims to provide students with an environment of maximal openness for investigating them, as well as with a community of fellow-seekers to provide both encouragement and challenge.
The study of 哲学 aims not just at the acquisition of information or skills but also develops intellectual virtues, such as independence of mind - a willingness to examine oneself and one’s own culture, to question received views and develop a "mind of one’s own", humility about the limits of one’s knowledge and the complexity of issues / questions, charity as an interpreter and interlocutor - looking for what is true and valuable in diverse views, a love for the truth, and the capacity to experience joy in learning and discussing.
The Perspectives 程序 is a four-year, interdisciplinary course of study grounded in the great texts of Western Culture that seeks to integrate the humanities and natural sciences.
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本科 哲学 Association
Partly because of the increased fragmentation in our society and partly because of the pragmatic pressures of finding a major that is likely to result in a successful career, the life of collegial inquiry is somewhat foreign to students. Our 本科 哲学 Association, which sponsors 讨论s, 辩论, 讲座, 还有社会事件, provides one avenue of participation for students.
In recent years the Association has sponsored 讲座, 讨论, and 辩论 on topics as diverse as the existence of God, the problem of evil, contemporary theories of deconstruction, the nature of human rationality, 帕斯卡赌注, Augustine on faith and reason, 多元文化主义, natural law and relativism, and the problem of skepticism. The faculty contact for the Association is Professor Ronald Tacelli.
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