Jason Bridges (University of Chicago) will present a talk on Thursday, September 28, 2017. His lecture is titled "Comparison and Practical Reason" and will be presented in Pruyne Lecture Hall (Fayerweather 115) at 5:00pm. The event is free and open to the public. For further information, please contact the Philosophy Department at Amherst College 413-542-5805 or djbrace@amherst.edu.
The 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.
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An Amherst philosophy education conveys a sense of wonder about ourselves and our world, through exploration of philosophical texts and personal engagement with philosophical issues.
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Every year, the Amherst Lecture in Philosophy brings a distinguished philosopher to campus for a public lecture.
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The teaching of philosophy has a rich history at Amherst College.
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Meet 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 – some classical, some contemporary – in the philosophical tradition.
Examine the origins of Western philosophical thought in Ancient Greece, considering views of the Milesians, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Epicureans and the Stoics.
Address questions such as: What is it to be morally responsible for an action? Do we possess the freedom necessary for moral responsibility? And is this freedom compatible with causal determinism?