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Philosophy Department First-Year Orientation Open House

Students can focus on particular areas within philosophy, such as ethics, law, medicine, art, science, mind and cognition, logic and mathematics, or the history of philosophy.

Friday, September 11, 2015
9:00am – 10:00am
107 Thornton Hall
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Academic Calendar
  • What makes an economic system fair or unfair? 
  • What can we know and what should we believe?
  • What, if anything, makes a life a meaningful life?
  • Might art be an important, yet non-scientific, approach to understanding our world?
  • What are the limits of artificial intelligence?

Philosophers do not simply try to answer questions, they examine the questions themselves. Philosophy is the attempt to think clearly and precisely about the basic questions that we confront as individuals and as members of societies. The study of philosophy is exciting on its own terms and it provides students with critical, analytical abilities to succeed in many fields of professional and academic work, as well as a basis for leading a richer, more contemplative life.

The Philosophy faculty invite you to join them for casual conversations during their Orientation Open House at 9am on Friday, September 11 in Thornton Hall.

For more information, contact:
Meredyth Morley
philosophy@dartmouth.edu
646-8172
Permanent URL to this event: https://philosophy.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=36222

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