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Philosophy

Cave of Plato

Pieter Jansz Saenredam (1597 - 1695) after Cornelis Corneilisz, The Cave of Plato.

 

In Plato’s allegory of the cave, most people are looking at shadows of copies of real things. The philosopher must break free and proceed up the difficult descent to leave the cave and make it into the real world of ideas. All philosophy students feel the bewilderment of the philosopher climbing out of the cave and acclimating to the bright light outside. It is a sometimes painful process, but, nonetheless, an intrinsically rewarding one.

 

Philosophy minor

The study of philosophy pairs well with every other discipline as philosophy overlaps with every discipline. View the American Philosophical Association statement about the benefits of studying philosophy can be found here.

Degree requirements:

15 semester hours of philosophy courses.
Required courses:

PHIL 1105 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 2115 Formal Logic
PHIL 3115 Ancient-Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 3116 Modern-Contemporary Philosophy

Ninesemester hours of upper division philosophy courses (including the history of philosophy sequence (3115 & 3116). However, if either PHIL 1105 or PHIL 2115 is used to fulfill a core requirement in Areas A through E, the courses may be replaced by any other upper or lower division philosophy course.

 

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