Philosophy in the LAS program - what's the point?

Philosophy does not have good press today (or maybe it never had?). We associate this noble discipline with discussions of little use and importance in everyday life. In the field of Liberal Arts and Sciences, we recognize that philosophy in the traditional sense (meant as "love of wisdom": gr. philein - to love, sophia - wisdom) plays a fundamental role. This wisdom organizes our world and answers essential yet abstract questions: about truth, goodness and beauty. Individual sciences provide us with interesting, detailed knowledge, but they will not answer the question of what science itself is. That is why our interdisciplinary program cannot do without philosophy! It allows students to organize the knowledge from the particular disciplines they learn.

Liberal Arts and Sciences program includes the following classes dedicated (at least in part) to philosophy:

Theory of Knowledge (30h) - class' page

Theory of Science (30h) - class' page

Knowledge in Context (30h) - class' page

Science in Context (30h) - class' page

Responsibility and Leadership  (30h) - class' page

Philosophy and History of Mathematics (30h) - class' page

Language and Knowledge (30h) - class' page

Logic (30h) - class' page

Philosophical Foundations of Social and Political Sciences (30h) - class' pages

In sum, there are 270 hours of philosophy in LAS program. If beaing able to look from a birds-eye persptive matters to You, Liberal Arts and Sciences migth be the bachelor program You're looking for. 2022 enrolment begins on 1st of June!

Painting: C. D. Friedrich, Wanderer over the sea of fog (1818), Wikimedia Commons