A community of students, graduate and undergraduate, and faculty, united in a philosophical consideration of abiding questions about the whole, and about our place within it.
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Dean's Welcome
As we learn from Plato, Socrates thought that philosophy was to be carried out in the back and forth, at once playful and serious, of open-ended conversation...
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History and Mission
Formally inaugurated in 1895, students and faculty in the School of Philosophy have confronted every major philosophical discipline and every major figure in the history of philosophy.
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Ecclesiastical Status
Catholic University has a unique relationship with the Holy See stemming from its founding by the bishops of the United States under a papal charter issued by Pope Leo XIII in 1887.
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Career Outlook
The study of philosophy will develop your mind by improving your ability to analyze, organize, synthesize, and express your own thoughts and the expressed thoughts of others.
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