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Why Study Philosophy?
Our daily lives are about navigating through a world of ideas. To listen to a politician’s speech, a critic’s analysis of a piece of art, or even your friend’s business plans, is to be confronted with ideas and arguments. These ideas and arguments are meant to get you to see the world in a specific way and thus influence your actions. Philosophy enables you to reason through these often convoluted and complex ideas in a reasonable and logical manner, allowing you to consider a topic independently of rhetoric and flash. More…

What Do You Study in Philosophy?
Those new to Philosophy might have a hard time conjuring up a clear image of what philosophers do. Popularly, Philosophy is associated with stargazing and asking questions that are as vague as they are irrelevant, and to which there are no answers. To the contrary, Philosophy deals in a clear and precise manner with the real world, its complex social, material nature, and our place in it. Because of this, philosophical fields of studies are diverse. More…

What Can Philosophy Do for You?
Philosophy is a classic liberal arts major that is known for being both challenging and fascinating. It is good to study what you love, since it leads to a happier life. It turns out philosophy is good for careers as well as for minds and happiness. Students graduate with a broad range of knowledge and skills that are applicable in every profession, making philosophy one of the most flexible undergraduate programs. More…

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    ATTENTION!!! There is no talk on April 21, 2023! The Philosophy Department presents Spring Colloquia Series@ 3:30pm – 5:30pm April 28 Anne M. CoughlinProfessor, University of Virginia School of LawIn MIT 361 May 5Tamar SchapiroProfessor, Philosophy Department, MITIn CRT 175... Read more →

  • Overturning Roe V. Wade, Debating the Dobbs Cas

    April 28th, 2023 at 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM in Mitchel Hall 361
    Professor Coughlin has taught at the University of Virginia School of Law since 1995. Her research interests include criminal law, criminal procedure, feminist jurisprudence, and law and humanities. She has served as co-chair of the National Association of Women Lawyers Supreme Court Evaluation Committee, lead the Molly Pitcher Project, which challenged the ban on women in military combat, and served as managing editor for the New York University Law Review Read more →

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    This event with Anne M. Coughlin on Overturning Roe V. Wade, Debating the Dobbs Case on February 10, 2023, from 3:00pm-5:30pm has been postponed. Download the postponed event flyer here. Read more →

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    The Philosophy Department presents the Spring 2023 Colloquia Series Curtin Hall 175 3:30 – 5:30 February 10 Anne M. Coughlin Professor, University of Virginia School of Law February 24 Kayla Ebels Duggan Professor, Philosophy Department, Northwestern University March 10 Morgan... Read more →

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