The students' familiarity is fostered in a significant range of philosophical problems, concepts, arguments, and figures. It prepares students by teaching transferable skills such as analyzing and appraising arguments, constructing original arguments, and writing clearly about complex material. Through this course, students will be able to understand alternative ways of viewing subject matters, be they issues in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, or any other subfield of philosophy.

At Yeshiva College, courses in philosophy cover the full range of historical periods. Students closely study many of the classic texts in the field, examine differing areas of philosophical inquiry, and learn rigorous methods of argument. Issues that affect our daily lives are central to philosophical inquiry and analysis: ethics, morality, the nature of knowledge and meaning, the character of the world, freedom, justice, and much more.