Julia Jorati Coming to UMass
April 05, 2019
We are very happy to announce that Professor Julia Jorati will be joining our faculty beginning Fall 2019. Professor Jorati received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2013 and has been on the...
Graduate alum Luis Oliveira receives $1.3 million grant from Templeton Foundation
February 19, 2019
Luis Oliveira, who earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from UMass in 2015 and is now Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Houston, just received a $1.3 million grant from the Templeton...
Speaker Series: Branden Fitelson, Northeastern University
South College E470
3:30 pm
Speaker Series: Jamie Dreier, Brown University
South College E470
3:30 pm
Speaker Series: David Chalmers, NYU
South College E470
3:30 pm
Why Philosophy?
Whatever your career aspirations, the study of philosophy can help in strengthening your preparation, through developing your capacities to think and reason well, to deal critically and analytically with the ideas, the concepts, the problems, and the methodologies central to your chosen profession. Yet the study of philosophy equips you not just with skills for a trade or profession; it equips you with an important skill for living.
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