What is knowledge? What most fundamentally exists? What is freedom? How should we live? What is justice? These are among the perennial questions of philosophical inquiry. How we answer these questions drives, in turn, the work we do in countless other fields – in politics, law, business, peacemaking and warfare, the creative arts, science and technology. Philosophy teaches you ways to think about these questions, and why these questions matter.

What You'll Study

Our courses are designed to help you form habits of clear and imaginative thought. You will focus on different methods of persuasion and justification, and explain their roles in philosophical arguments and contributions to knowledge. Advanced philosophy courses are divided into three broad areas of philosophy: Epistemology and Metaphysics; Moral, Social and Political Philosophy; and Philosophical Traditions.