Philosophy

Faculty

Professors: Frederic Bender, Mary Ann Cutter (Chair), Dorothea Olkowski, and Raphael Sassower; Associate Professor: Robert Welshon; Assistant Professor: Sonja Tanner; Senior Instructors: Lorraine Arangno and Patrick Yarnell; Instructors: Darrell Arnold, Christal Frakes, Jeff Scholes, and Mary Jane Sullivan.

Philosophy teaches analytical and critical thinking, develops oral and written communication skills, and contributes to interdisciplinary understanding. Philosophy as a discipline attempts to answer perennial questions about values, human existence, and the nature of reality. Skills developed in this inquiry help philosophy students to excel in careers in law, medicine, management, education, government, writing, computer science, psychology, sociology, and ministry, among many others. Philosophy majors consistently score in the top percentiles for all majors on the GRE, LSAT, GMAT, MCAT and other graduate and professional admissions tests.

Programs of Study

Philosophy Double Majors

Adding a philosophy major to one’s major in another discipline, thereby creating a double major, is an option for students who wish to obtain a broader perspective in their discipline for post-graduate work. All requirements for the philosophy major apply to double majors. Students may have two different majors in two different colleges or in the same college.