Program Description Philosophy enables us to reflect on questions of who we are and how we should live. It is crucial to intelligent decision making in all spheres of life. Students of philosophy have made important contributions to life across the spectrum of occupations. Studying philosophy provides you with advanced reading, writing, and critical skills that open many doors.
Our program is recognized for excellence in teaching and research and has an international reputation for work in informal logic and argumentation theory. Our faculty members are at the forefront of research into the roots of environmental problems, the possibility of artificial intelligence, women’s struggle for equality, and the future of democracy and a rational society. Necessary in a world with rapid scientific, technological, environmental, political, cultural and economic changes Cultivates the ability to understand and criticize underlying principles of action and belief Not an ivory tower pursuit Develops the ability to systematically question and criticize accepted practices and beliefs and to argue rigorously in support of unexplored possibilities Investigates the most important problems facing our world Involves UWindsor philosophers who are at the forefront of research into sound and unsound reasoning, the roots of environmental crisis, the possibility of artificial intelligence, women’s struggle for equality, and the future of democracy and a rational society
