
About Philosophy
What is philosophy? Why Study Philosophy? Here are just a few of the many reasons.
Learn MoreThe Department of Philosophy at Amherst welcomes all students, from those who would like to sample a course or two, to those who would like to major in the discipline and perhaps even study the subject in graduate school.
What is philosophy? Why Study Philosophy? Here are just a few of the many reasons.
Learn MoreAn Amherst philosophy education conveys a sense of wonder about ourselves and our world, through exploration of philosophical texts and personal engagement with philosophical issues.
Learn MoreEvery year, the Amherst Lecture in Philosophy brings a distinguished philosopher to campus for a public lecture.
Learn MoreThe teaching of philosophy has a rich history at Amherst College.
Learn MoreMeet our alumni, including those teaching philosophy at colleges and universities around the world.
Learn MoreExplore issues pertaining to religious conviction, knowledge, mind, freedom, ethics, and value through critical engagement with written work in the philosophical tradition.
This course will address why we should care about what knowledge is, and what it requires; the relationship between our reasons for belief and the biases that we have.
In this class, we will explore language and the nature of meaning, the search for a philosophical method, and the limits of logic and of what can be thought.