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Philosophy Program at Fredonia

Important:

  • Students are no longer accepted into this program as of June 5, 2024.
  • Students currently enrolled in this program are asked to contact their department chair for a teach-out plan.

The Philosophy program at Fredonia focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to the theoretical foundations and methods of other disciplines. 

The Fredonia Difference

The Department of Philosophy is dedicated to helping students learn to become their own best teacher, to view education as a continuing process, to reason effectively, to think critically, to write persuasively, and to speak articulately. 

Career Opportunities for Philosophy

  • Tech design
  • Higher education
  • Any career that requires you to make an argument or think independently
  • Executive
  • Lawyer

PHIL 223 Roman Philosophy

This course chronicles philosophy in action -- in historical and political contexts. We examine the crucial role Platonism, Aristotelianism, Stoicism, and Epicureanism played during major social upheaval as Caesar, Pompey, Cicero, Cato, Brutus, and Cassius struggle with the often conflicting demands of seeking personal salvation, honoring philosophical conviction, and fulfilling patriotic duty in the final days of the Roman Republic.

PHIL 345 The Meaning of Life

The course addresses the most fundamental questions of human existence in theistic, humanistic, and practical dimensions. Does life as a whole have inherent meaning? Does human life in particular have inherent meaning?

PHIL 432 The Age of Analysis: Philosophy Since 1900

Major currents and themes in 20th century analytic philosophy. Attention devoted to the work of such philosophers as Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, Quine and others. A critical examination of analytic approaches to the philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology and other traditional areas of philosophy.

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