University of Missouri-Kansas city

Asking the Questions Can Be as Important as Finding the Answers

Studying philosophy means reasoning about questions that are of basic importance to the human experience — What is a good life? What is reality? How are knowledge and understanding possible? What should we believe? What norms should govern our societies, our relationships and our activities?

• Students of philosophy critically analyze ideas and practices that often are assumed without reflection.
• Our faculty draw on multiple traditions of inquiry, offering a wide variety of perspectives and methods for addressing these questions.
• As a student in philosophy you will find your time in the classroom — and in reading and arguing about the great philosophers — to be among the most rewarding intellectual experiences of your college career.
• The best reason to study philosophy is that you enjoy reflection, creative thought and contemplation. However, our students are well prepared for a variety of careers, as well as further study in law and medicine.