BA Philosophy

Philosophy is a discipline that defies any simple definition. The study of philosophy involves reflection upon the character and validity of the fundamental principles that guide our thought and action, our search for knowledge, and our desire to live well. Yet it also deals with other sorts of problems, such as the relation between mind and body, and the nature and existence of God. Perhaps one should just say with Wilfrid Sellars, an American philosopher of the mid-20th century, that “the aim of philosophy is to understand how things in the broadest sense of the term hang together in the broadest sense of the term.”