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Philosophy

A RICH CURRICULUM

The Philosophy curriculum at Trinity combines a strong emphasis on the history of philosophy with a rich variety of courses on the various disciplines of philosophy as well as contemporary issues and problems.  These include:

 

 *Introductory and survey courses covering various periods in the history of  philosophy.

 *Introductory courses on various topics in philosophy, including ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of art, philosophy of film, philosophy of sport, African philosophy, and philosophy of human rights.

 *Courses specifically developed around critical thinking, symbolic logic,

philosophy of mathematics, and computers.

*Courses on cognitive science, the mind and the brain, and on philosophic issues in the emerging neuro-sciences.

 *Upper-level courses on major thinkers in the history of philosophy, including

Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger,

Wittgenstein, Freud, Foucault, and Sartre.

 *Upper-level courses on advanced topics in philosophy, including ethics,      political philosophy, public policy, epistemology, and philosophy of language.

 

 
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