Philosophy addresses fundamental questions that engage all reflective people, but which apparently cannot be answered by the empirical sciences: Are our actions determined by forces over which we lack control, or is free choice possible? What distinguishes people from (non-human) animals? Are there objective standards of right and wrong, or is morality subjective? Does altruism exist or are people essentially self-interested? What are the limits of human knowledge? Can machines think? What is the relationship between mind and body? Is there a God? Our majors explore topics such as these in a range of introductory and advanced courses, including “Introduction to Ethics”, “History of Philosophy: Empiricists to Kant”, “Philosophy of Mind”, and “Freedom and Determinism”.