The study of philosophy provides a framework through which students can develop and sharpen their ability to analyze information, giving them the tools to think and write clearly, critically, and logically, within a contextual framework of ethics.
According to its program learning outcomes, students graduating with a major in philosophy will be able to:
- Employ analytical techniques to construct arguments that proceed via trustworthy inferences from plausible starting points. Though emphasis is on philosophical arguments, the techniques apply to all areas of argumentation.
- Supplement their informal reasoning with an ability to employ formal techniques.
- Communicate complex and abstract ideas clearly both orally and via written text.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the motivations and problems for a wide variety of positions in historical and contemporary philosophy.