{"id":103,"date":"2012-06-04T14:23:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T14:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/ugrad1213\/sas\/programs\/philosophy-and-humanistic-studies\/"},"modified":"2014-03-20T13:28:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T13:28:21","slug":"philosophy-and-humanistic-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/ugrad1416\/sas\/programs\/philosophy-and-humanistic-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy and Humanistic Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philosophy and Humanistic Studies<\/h1>\n

Stuart Dalton, Chair<\/strong><\/em>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 daltons@wcsu.edu <\/a>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 White Hall 021b, Midtown campus
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (203) 837-3282
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (203) 837-8905 (fax)<\/p>\n

Carol O’Connor, Department Secretary<\/strong><\/em>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0oconnorc@wcsu.edu<\/a>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Warner Hall 304, Midtown campus
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (203) 837-8470\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (203) 837-8905 (fax)<\/p>\n

Faculty<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S. Dalton, Chair<\/td>\nK. Aronson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Adjunct Faculty<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
k. Baxter<\/td>\nC. Bohnet<\/td>\nD. Capps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
H. Charen<\/td>\nL. Dayley<\/td>\nT. Flynn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R. Hozda<\/td>\nM. Horton<\/td>\nC. Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C. Netto<\/td>\n\u00a0M. O’Neill<\/td>\n\u00a0J. Pickle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W. Remley<\/td>\nW. Spontak<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Overview<\/p>\n

Courses in philosophy explore some of the major areas of philosophic inquiry with reference to both historical and contemporary thought. They seek to develop analytical thinking, to explore the relationship of philosophy to other disciplines and to lay the foundation for further work in philosophy and related disciplines.<\/p>\n

Humanistic studies courses have an interdisciplinary structure which aims at integrating knowledge and thus counteracting the trend toward fragmentation in academic studies. This approach demonstrates that there is no one way of looking at anything and that, indeed, there may not be a best way, but only a collection of ways.<\/p>\n

Mission<\/p>\n

The mission of the philosophy and humanistic studies department is to provide courses for students to explore some of the major areas of philosophic inquiry with reference to both historical and contemporary thought, and to maintain an interdisciplinary structure in the humanities which aims at integrating knowledge and thus counteracting the trend toward fragmentation in academic studies.<\/p>\n

Objectives<\/p>\n

To accomplish this mission, the Department of Philosophy and Humanistic Studies:<\/p>\n