The Department of Philosophy of Boston College has a profound humanistic academic heritage, and its research achievements in western traditional philosophy, modern ethical philosophy and religious philosophy have high influence in the international humanistic research field. It attracts many overseas students who are interested in humanistic thinking, ethical research and ideological and cultural research to carry out in-depth study and academic exchanges here.
The department's courses cover ancient Greek philosophy, modern western philosophy, comparative philosophy, life ethics and social ethics and other classic research contents. The classroom teaching focuses on guiding students to carry out independent ideological discussion and logical thinking sorting, rather than simply instilling theoretical knowledge. In view of the differences in ideological and cultural backgrounds of international students, teachers will carry out multi-angle interpretation and comparative analysis of philosophical viewpoints of different schools of thought.
The department regularly holds international philosophy academic seminars and humanistic thought exchange meetings, inviting philosophy researchers from various countries to share academic achievements and research viewpoints. Students can sort out the ideological origin and development context of different philosophical schools through in-depth study, and form their own independent philosophical thinking system. Many overseas students engage in humanistic education, cultural research and social value research after graduating from this major, and their professional humanistic literacy is widely recognized by the international academic circle.
Department of Philosophy Website(https://www.bc.edu/morrissey/departments/philosophy)
