Philosophy The American University of Paris

Overview

Through the Philosophy course from The American University of Paris you will be introduced to the fundamental methods of philosophical inquiry with a historical overview of Western philosophy, from ancient to contemporary philosophical thought, which will allow you to develop your own philosophical interests within a broad range of topic-oriented courses across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

The educational goals for this major are as follows:

• Philosophical Analysis: you will identify, comprehend and differentiate philosophical concepts, definitions, theses, and arguments paying attention to their discursive organization via slow and careful reading.

• Reflective Orientation: you will use conceptual analysis to articulate a problem or question that arises within an academic discipline or a social practice.

• Historical Contextualization: you will sketch the historical context of a philosophy and position it accurately within the history of philosophy.

• Interdisciplinary Imagination: you will gain the capacity to build bridges between philosophy and other academic disciplines, and to bring philosophy to bear on extra-philosophical objects.

• Written Arguments: you will write a structured and persuasive analytic argument that develops an enquiry in the genre of an academic essay.

• Lucid Speech: you will gain the capacity to clearly articulate and defend a philosophical position orally whilst maintaining correct syntax and an appropriate lexicon Analysis.