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Philosophy

Basic Structure of the Department

  • The Philosophy department offers a single major and five minors, and can be part of a modified major.
  • Within the major a student can focus on particular areas within Philosophy, such as Ethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of the Mind, Theory of Knowledge, Logic, or the History of Philosophy. For descriptions of these sub-fields, see "What is Philosophy?" under the department's website: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~phil/whatis/.
  • The minors include: Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Epistemology and Metaphysics, Logic and Philosophy of Science.
  • The Philosophy department sponsors a Foreign Study Program to Edinburgh, Scotland in the fall. Prerequisites are two courses in the Philosophy department (unspecified).

Fall courses for the interested first-year student

  • PHIL 1: Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy
  • PHIL 3: Reason and Argument
  • PHIL 9: Topics in Applied Ethics: The Ethics of Reproduction

Winter courses for the interested first-year student

  • PHIL 6: Logic and Language
  • PHIL 8: Introduction to Moral Philosophy

Spring courses for the interested first-year student

  • PHIL 1: Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy
  • PHIL 6: Logic and Language

Information for the first-year student who plans on pursuing studies in Philosophy

  • Students who think that they are likely to major in philosophy should try to take the following courses as soon as their schedules permit:
    • PHIL 1 (Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy, offered in fall 2007 and spring 2007)
    • PHIL 3 (Reason and Argument, offered in fall 2007)
    • PHIL 8 (An Introduction to Moral Philosophy, offered winter 2008)
  • These courses will provide them with the needed skills and will guide them in choosing higher-level courses.
  • PHIL 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, or 9 is prerequisite for many upper-level Philosophy courses.

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Last Updated: 9/21/07