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Philosophy
Location: McKee 318
Telephone: 970.351.2572
Faculty:Paul F. Hodapp, Ph.D.; Jack Temkin, Ph.D.; Thomas K. Trelogan, B.A.
Philosophy is the ongoing attempt to remain true to the spirit of the Socratic dictum: "The unexamined life is not worth living." As such, it entails serious reflection on all of our fundamental convictions and beliefs, with an eye in particular to the clarification of the concepts that these involve and the discovery of reasons for regarding these convictions and beliefs as either true or false.
The Philosophy program places special emphasis on helping its students to become capable of such serious reflection and it does so not only in the courses it offers primarily for its majors and minors, but in those it offers primarily as service courses for students of other disciplines as well.
Philosophy B.A.
The major in philosophy is designed to provide both a solid undergraduate education in philosophy and a foundation for the further study of philosophy at the graduate level. It is an excellent major not only for students interested in philosophy itself but also for pre-professional students-especially, perhaps, for those who intend to study the law. Students may want to consider a double major because of the ways the study of philosophy can enhance one's ability to investigate fundamental issues in other fields.
Ethics and Public Policy Emphasis
In a society that offers most of its students only technical training, those who wish to distinguish themselves in their chosen fields must pay special attention to questions of ethics and public policy. Many programs claim to teach students how to get where they are going. Applied philosophy teaches them to evaluate their goals-both those they set for themselves and those they set for their society. Applied philosophy is thus relevant to students' vocations in the traditional sense of the word: instead of being just the first in a series of trainings and retrainings designed to keep them abreast of recent developments in the changing job market, it provides students with a firm foundation for further learning, whatever their callings might be.
For degree and program requirements, see:
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