Philosophy - Harvard University

Philosophy from Harvard University is a Campus Bachelor Philosophy degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Philosophy is about truth and questions of how we are to think; it is directed to the world and to what we do, and to what we could or should do, and be, as well. Questions of this sort are perennial: Philosophical monographs are among the oldest texts known to scholars. Moreover, much progress has been made, throughout the centuries, on the questions with which philosophers are concerned; real insights were already achieved in antiquity. It is for this reason that philosophers not only consider current debates, but also those of the past; the history of philosophy is itself a part of the subject of philosophy . Philosophy seeks to illuminate fundamental aspects of the world, of our relation to and knowledge of the world, and of our own nature as rational, purposive, social beings. In studying philosophy , we seek to understand the ways this enterprise has been, is being, and might be approached. Such approaches are many and various; they differ not just in the answers they offer to philosophical questions, but also in the questions they deem significant and in the methods by which they seek answers. A philosophical training is in part intended to furnish some grasp of what it is to have an approach to philosophical problems, that is, of what is involved in developing and defending positions on questions of a general and fundamental nature. Philosophy divides into a number of special areas, principally: the philosophy of logic and philosophy of language; epistemology and philosophy of science; metaphysics; moral and political philosophy ; and aesthetics. But no proper appreciation of philosophy can be parochial; none of these areas can be pursued in complete isolation from the others. For this reason, the Department requires its concentrators to satisfy 'distribution requirements' to guarantee that they become familiar with the central issues of several sub-disciplines and with contemporary treatments of these same issues, as well as with the approaches of philosophers from the past. View more details on Harvard University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Philosophy courses.