Philosophy is a fascinating field - but it can also be intimidating. The subject demands clear logic, patience, and a willingness to question everything. Whether it's Aristotle's ethics or modern ...

The undergraduate Philosophy Major places a heavy emphasis on reading and writing. The students' reading and writing skills are tested mainly through writing assignments in which the philosophy ...

During a zip-lining trip last summer, my tour guide chatted with me as he readied my gear, and asked the question college students hear so often: “What are you majoring in?” I told him I wasn’t sure, ...

This guide provides a brief introduction to writing in the field of philosophy through the lens of threshold concepts. It includes: A statement of threshold concepts in philosophy "So you're taking a ...

The following is an academic article from the field of Philosophy. Miami faculty from Philosophy have inserted comments to indicate and explain disciplinary writing conventions in Philosophy. This ...

New York: The Modern Library. 1927. 16mo. vii+390 pp. $.95. Philosophy, by Bertrand Bussell, is not, as the wrapper of the book would have you believe, ‘Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy.’ That, in itself ...

Benjamin D. Young, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy, a member of the graduate faculty in interdisciplinary neuroscience, and the Institute for Neuroscience at the ...