“Constantly pursuing insight, learning to be wrong to learn to be right – these are some of the basic skills needed to then figure out how to change the world in new ways – and I don`t think a degree could prepare me for that like my bachelor`s degree in philosophy.” – Curt Bowen `08, social entrepreneur and founder of Semilla Nueva Philip Reed began teaching at Canisius in 2009. His areas of expertise are ethics and moral psychology. He is also interested in political philosophy, logic, the history of philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the built environment. Professor Reed is Co-Director of the Minors in Ethics and Justice and leads Canisius` Conversations in Christ and Culture lecture series. He is a member of the Romanell Center for Clinical Ethics and the Philosophy of Medicine at the University at Buffalo. During your philosophy studies at Whitman College, you`ll be grappling with big philosophical questions: 99% of alumni were “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the content of their philosophy courses.* Course offerings cover a wide range of contemporary topics such as the philosophy of feminism, environmental ethics, punishment, and responsibility. the core of the program focusing on great philosophers such as Confucius. Mencius, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Kant. * As reported in a 2015 survey of former philosophy graduates from 2006 to 2015.
The philosophy major includes the field requirements, level requirements, and thesis requirements. Courses of interest to philosophy students are also taught in the faculties of political science and mathematics in classical political philosophy, modern political philosophy, Hegel and Marx, judgment and mathematical logic. These questions are explored in most courses in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, but not all courses examine them in the same way or assume the same degree of sophistication. The number of courses is a good indication of the level targeted. 200-level courses are designed for second-year students, 300-level courses for juniors, and 400-level courses for seniors. However, a qualified student may, with the consent of the instructor, be admitted to a course at any level. A single course can meet both a domain requirement and a level requirement. No course is allowed to meet two required areas or levels. A maximum of two courses at the 200 level can meet space requirements.
The thesis (470) must not meet any field or level requirements. “Against Recategorizing Physician-Assisted Suicide,” Public Affairs Quarterly, 34:1 (January 2020): 50-71. “Is Euthanasia a Suicide?”, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 40:2 (2019): 123-139. “Empirical Adequacy and Deethics of Virtue,” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 19:2 (2016): 343-357. “Hume on Sympathy and Pleasant Quality,” British Journal for the History of Philosophy 24:6 (2016): 1136-1156. Philosophy majors often work closely with faculty members, collaborate on research projects, and are even co-authors of published papers. In some current cooperations: Learn more about learning outcomes, the junior aptitude test and the thesis. B.A., Davidson College M.A. & Ph.D., University of Notre Dame “The Alliance of Virtue and Vanity in Hume`s Moral Theory,” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 93:4 (2012): 595-614.
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