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Mission Statement

Since philosophical virtues lie at the core of a general, liberal education, our teaching mission is to help students develop into mature, rational, morally sensitive, independent thinkers. This means fostering their ability to think and to communicate their ideas clearly, cogently, and respectfully about the complex philosophical issues concerning ethics, knowledge and justification, human nature, and world conceptions that arise in all fields of study as well as in life. This includes the ability to appreciate and evaluate alternative points of view. In this role we serve all students who take our courses. In addition, we aim to produce majors cognizant of the main lines of historical and contemporary Western philosophical thought in such a way as to prepare them for a variety of positions in the work world as well as to enjoy an enriched life. Further, we aim to provide a route to graduate study or professional schooling, e.g., in philosophy or law, for students with those career goals.

2006 Program Plan

University of Nevada, Reno
URL of this document: http://www.unr.edu/philosophy/index.html
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