{"id":2,"date":"2020-06-24T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/master\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:34:27","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/phil\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Department of Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Learn how to think, not what to think, as we explore life\u2019s deepest questions.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover how to tackle the big issues\u2013the nature of happiness, the requirements of justice, the limits of knowledge and the meaning of freedom\u2013and engage in effective arguments with alternative points of view. These philosophical skills are essential to all areas of modern life, not just academics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll get a cross-cultural perspective of philosophy, addressing concepts from a wide range of areas, such as western, African and Islamic philosophies. Our diverse courses blend traditional (history of philosophy, continental thought, logic, philosophy of law) and contemporary (applied ethics, philosophy of mind, social and political philosophy, argumentation theory, feminism) ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

快播视频 with award-winning faculty active in cutting-edge research that\u2019s heavily supported by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant funding. Choose from undergraduate courses in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, as well as a graduate program in Philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our program is ranked in the top 10 in Canada, and top 100 in the world by the QS World University Rankings.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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