Everyone is a philosopher.
You are doing philosophy and have been doing it most of your life. So if you are already “doing” philosophy, what’s the point of a course dedicated to its study?
The first goal in a course What are students saying? is to help you appreciate and understand the various approaches other "The philosophy program at MSU intelligent human beings have taken to addressing offers its students an excellent philosophical problems throughout history. The grounding in historical philosophy second goal is to help you refine, sharpen, and along with opportunities to study What is philosophy? cultivate your philosophical skills through analysis areas such as ethics, political of philosophical theories, concepts, ideas, and philosophy, and existentialism. Philosophy may be defined as the critical and problems. I consider my philosophy minor to be the most systematic analysis of problems which are personally and intellectually enriching part of my fundamental, ultimate, and very general. education at MSU." Perennial philosophical questions include: What is The Philosophy Club - Sam Underwood “truth”? Do gods exist? What is the nature of reality? What is the meaning and purpose of human life? Students at MSU are encouraged to join this student- What is the nature and basis of morality? led organization. The group: "I came to Midwestern without aspirations to study philosophy, Because philosophical inquiry involves the cultivation • promotes interest in, understanding of, and but after meeting Dr. Jun and the and application of critical reasoning skills, philosophy appreciation for philosophical inquiry on campus; rest of the philosophy students I is a useful course of study for aspiring lawyers, • promotes open and respectful inquiry, learned how rewarding it can be. doctors, scientists, engineers, businesspeople, self-reflection, and concern for the world among I plan to use my experiences at and others whose career requires problem-solving students; Midwestern State University to prepare myself for abilities. • provides opportunities for students to discuss graduate studies in philosophy!" philosophical issues in a relaxed extracurricular - Jonathan Henderson environment. “The unexamined life insight is not worth living.”
– Socrates self-discovery (c. 399 BCE) principles Mission The mission of the Philosophy Program at individuality Midwestern State University is:
• to cultivate a historically informed understanding and appreciation for the philosophical enterprise; excellence • to foster critical reading, writing, and thinking skills through the examination of philosophical problems;
• and to promote a spirit of self-reflection PHILOSOPHY and concern for the world among our AT MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY students.
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