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The Department of Philosophy offers a well-balanced program in the major areas of Philosophy and has particular areas of strength in Applied Ethics (including Bioethics, Legal Ethics, Environmental Ethics and Business and Professional Ethics), Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Social Science, Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, Practical Reason, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy, International Justice, Feminist Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Early Modern Philosophy. Learn More about Philosophy
Undergraduate Program
In addition to the Philosophy major, the department offers a major in Philosophy of Science, and minors in Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Applied Ethics as well.
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Graduate Program
We offer MA/MS and PhD degrees, and funding is available to students in both programs. Come join our collaborative and friendly Philosophy graduate community!
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Department Faculty
Our faculty members are recognized internationally for their scholarly expertise, and many are award-winning teachers at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Medical Humanities Major Celebrates First Year
The medical humanities major, housed in the philosophy department, was created to provide students from any discipline a humanistic approach to medicine—making it one of the few such programs in the West. Now, one year into the program, students are learning how to look beyond what medicine can do and ask instead what it should do.
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A Philosopher and Fly Fisherman’s Take on Games
What is a game? According to University of Utah Associate Professor of Philosophy Thi Nguyen, a game is a free agent’s crystallization of doing
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Exploring the ethics of artificial intelligence
Will AI become superintelligent? Would superintelligent AI take care of us? Or would it become evil and kill us all? The professors who designed the University of Utah’s new AI Ethics class think that is only one of many worries—and some of the other ones are affecting us right now.
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Emma Heflin's Publication Accepted in the British Journal of Aesthetics
Graduate Student, Emma Heflin, just had a huge publication accepted in the British Journal of Aesthetics. Her publication, "From Desire to Disinterest: Plato and Kant in Simone Weil’s Aesthetics," can be read here.
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