Department of Philosophy
« Viewing all majors and minors
- African American Studies
- American Studies
- Area Studies
- Art
- Asian Studies
- Biology
- Business
- Chemistry
- Cinema Studies
- Classical Studies
- Communication
- Computer Science
- Digital Media Design
- Economics
- Education
- English
- Environmental Studies
- Finance
- French
- German
- History
- Honors Seminar
- Independent Scholar
- International Relations
- Islamic World Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Legal Studies
- Mathematics
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Modern Languages and Literatures
- Music
- Music Education
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Politics
- Psychology
- Religion
- Social Justice
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Spanish
- Theater
- Urban Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies
- Master of Liberal Studies
- Master of Arts in Teaching
- Engineering
- International Studies
- Law
- Pharmacy
- Ethics Center
- First-Year Studies
- Health (medicine, dentistry, veterinary, nursing, pharmacy, optometry, physical therapy, and public health)
- Law
Graduate Programs
Dual-Degree Programs
Other Areas of Study
Pre-Professional Programs
Our Mission
Department News
-
One key initiative in the Office of Residence Life this year invites faculty members to visit students in their residence halls to continue the dialogue that begins in classrooms.
Philosophy remains at the center of the liberal arts, spreading its branches throughout the curriculum in supporting and challenging ways. Philosophy continues to be a gadfly, upsetting the complacency that often sets in when underlying assumptions are not questioned. Challenges to modernity, postmodernism, traditional gender roles, cultural biases, and established public policy all have important philosophical roots. In pursuing wisdom, clarity, and intellectual responsibility, philosophers have engaged a wide range of issues: the relationship between human beings and nature, the value of justice, the possibility of knowledge, and the meaning of human existence.
The philosophy curriculum at Lake Forest College highlights the discipline’s central and critical role:
1. We explore the immense range of philosophical concerns.
2. We stress the practical as well as the intrinsic value of philosophical inquiry.
3. We recognize the value of philosophical training for a broad range of careers.
Click this link http://wiki.lakeforest.edu/groups/philosophynewsletter/ to catch up on all Philosophy news! The Philosophy Newsletter is updated with new articles and information for students to submit papers and much more!
