Philosophy, B.A.

Megan Altman, Genevieve Migely, Jim White (chair)

Essential to a liberal education is the ability to think, to detect bad arguments and evidence, to see more than one side of a matter and to decide which is best, to construct a coherent case, and to make words perform their tasks with clarity and precision. These principles, along with a concern for representing the principal areas of philosophical inquiry, and an emphasis on the careful, creative, and critical reading of important philosophical texts, guide the Department in planning its curriculum.