Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

Philosophy, Socrates said, begins with the recognition that the unexamined life is not worth living. Thus, philosophy focuses on our understanding of ourselves and our relationships to other persons and society, to nature, to the universe, and, for some, to God. Philosophy focuses on developing the ability to formulate and to pose questions critical to knowing and ways of knowing, to analysis or synthesis of ideas and claims, and to evaluation, be it of ideas, claims, or actions. It examines both traditional and contemporary efforts with a view to cultivating the habits of sober reflection, careful reasoning, and clear and concrete representation of ideas.