Specific Objectives for the Student of Philosophy

1. To provide the student an understanding of the method and subject matter of philosophy.
2. To engender in the student’s life the love of truth and the desire for an enriched life.
3. To resolve the oppositions of skepticism and dogmatism by an investigation of all experience.
4. To foster in the student the habit of accurate and consistent thinking.
5. To teach the student what and how to question.
6. To help the student evaluate life to determine its worth and meaning in the light of philosophic, scientific, and religious truth.

Learn more from the A.B. in Philosophy Academic Catalog entry.