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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