{"id":6759,"date":"2019-12-12T11:20:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/?page_id=6759"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:03:16","slug":"what-is-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/about-philosophy\/what-is-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Philosophy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        What is Philosophy?\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-is-philosophy\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Philosophy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We all think of the world and our place in it in a unique way. To do so, however, we rely on general ideas shared by all such as the self, knowledge, truth, reality, time, nature, the supernatural, the division between mind and body, language, freedom, happiness, the good, responsibility, love, etc. Most of the time, these ideas appear obvious to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rarely do we get the time or opportunity to reflect on these ideas. Philosophy provides us with just this opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Academic philosophy is divided in different branches. Some of them take us far from the sphere of ordinary experience. This is the case of <strong>metaphysics<\/strong>, which questions our conception of \u2018reality\u2019, or <strong>epistemology<\/strong>, which explores the nature of knowledge. Others focus on issues we struggle with on a daily basis, such as <strong>ethics<\/strong>, the branch of philosophy which explores the conditions of happiness, the nature of values, and our conceptions of \u2018right\u2019 and \u2018wrong\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Critical thinking<\/strong> and the study of <strong>logic<\/strong> traditionally play an important role in philosophy because they teach us how to reason well. The <strong>history<\/strong> of the discipline also plays a central role in a training in philosophy, because it is often by examining the insights (and insightful mistakes) of past thinkers that we are inspired to come up with our own insights in the exploration and assessment of ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/Word-Art-5-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/Word-Art-5-2.png 997w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/Word-Art-5-2-160x80.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/Word-Art-5-2-240x121.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/Word-Art-5-2-768x386.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/Word-Art-5-2-400x201.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/Word-Art-5-2-360x181.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"curious-to-learn-more\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curious to learn more?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Try one of our introductory philosophy courses without prerequisites, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-phil-1000-introductory-philosophy-fields-figures-and-problems\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    PHIL 1000: Introductory Philosophy: Fields, Figures and Problems\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-phil-1000-introductory-philosophy-fields-figures-and-problems\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>PHIL&nbsp;1000&nbsp;[0.5 credit]<br>Introductory Philosophy: Fields, Figures and Problems<br><\/strong>What is metaphysics? Who was Socrates? What is Freedom? This introduction sketches many branches of philosophy and the important problems associated with each. It introduces great philosophers, present and past, and traces enduring philosophical themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Precludes additional credit for FYSM 1208 (no longer offered),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/search\/?P=FYSM%201211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FYSM 1211<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/search\/?P=PHIL%201100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PHIL 1100<\/a>. This course is not suitable for students with previous formal study of philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-phil-1200-the-meaning-of-life\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    PHIL 1200: The Meaning of Life\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-phil-1200-the-meaning-of-life\">\n            \n\n<p><strong><span class=\"courseblocktitle\"><span class=\"courseblockcode\">PHIL&nbsp;1200<\/span>&nbsp;[0.5 credit]<br>\nThe Meaning of Life<\/span><\/strong><br>\nAn introduction to concerns expressed by the perennial philosophical question, &#8220;What is the meaning of life?&#8221; Students will be familiarized with the major philosophical approaches to life&#8217;s meaning through a consideration of various contemporary and late modern works in the philosophy of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lectures three hours a week.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-phil-1301-mind-world-and-knowledge\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    PHIL 1301: Mind, World, and Knowledge\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-phil-1301-mind-world-and-knowledge\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>PHIL&nbsp;1301&nbsp;[0.5 credit]<br>Mind, World, and Knowledge<\/strong><br>Introduction to a variety of philosophical works, including contemporary, on such topics as: the nature of being, the mental, the external, consciousness, perception, experience, meaning, truth, the nature of knowledge, scientific understanding, and how language and thought represent the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Precludes additional credit for PHIL 1006 (no longer offered), PHIL 1501 (no longer offered).<br>Lectures three hours per week.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-phil-1550-introduction-to-ethics-and-social-issues\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    PHIL 1550: Introduction to Ethics and Social Issues\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-phil-1550-introduction-to-ethics-and-social-issues\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>PHIL&nbsp;1550&nbsp;[0.5 credit]<br>Introduction to Ethics and Social Issues<\/strong><br>An introduction to understanding, assessing, and formulating ethical arguments concerning controversial issues. Particular issues studied, such as world hunger, capital punishment, abortion, animal rights, terrorism, may vary each time the course is offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Precludes additional credit for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/search\/?P=FYSM%201209\">FYSM&nbsp;1209<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/search\/?P=PHIL%201500\">PHIL&nbsp;1500<\/a>.<br>Lectures three hours a week.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-phil-1700-philosophy-of-love-and-sex\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    PHIL 1700: Philosophy of Love and Sex\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-phil-1700-philosophy-of-love-and-sex\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>PHIL&nbsp;1700&nbsp;[0.5 credit]<br>Philosophy of Love and Sex<\/strong><br>A survey of philosophical classics, on themes of romantic love, self-love, altruistic love, sexuality, eroticism and the passion\/reason dichotomy, from Plato\u2019s Symposium to Foucault\u2019s History of Sexuality; and an examination of related contemporary issues in light of these perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lectures three hours a week.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-fysm-1210-first-year-seminar-special-topics\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    FYSM 1210: First Year Seminar, Special Topics\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-fysm-1210-first-year-seminar-special-topics\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>PHIL&nbsp;1700&nbsp;[0.5 credit]<br>Philosophy of Love and Sex<\/strong><br>A survey of philosophical classics, on themes of romantic love, self-love, altruistic love, sexuality, eroticism and the passion\/reason dichotomy, from Plato\u2019s Symposium to Foucault\u2019s History of Sexuality; and an examination of related contemporary issues in light of these perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lectures three hours a week.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-phil-2001-introduction-to-symbolic-logic\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    PHIL 2001: Introduction to Symbolic Logic\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-phil-2001-introduction-to-symbolic-logic\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>PHIL 2001 [0.5 credit]<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Introduction to Symbolic Logic<\/strong><br>\nAn introduction to the techniques and philosophical implications of formal logic with emphasis on translation of expressions into symbolic form, testing for logical correctness, the formulation and application of rules of inference, and the relation between logic and language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lectures three hours a week. Open to first-year students.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-phil-2003-critical-thinking\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    PHIL 2003: Critical Thinking\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-phil-2003-critical-thinking\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>PHIL 2003 [0.5 credit]<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Critical Thinking<\/strong><br>\nAssessment of reasoning and the development of cogent patterns of thinking. Reference to formal logic is minimal. Practice in criticizing examples of reasoning and in formulating one&#8217;s own reasons correctly and clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lecture three hours a week. Open to first-year students.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-phil-2330-happiness-well-being-and-the-good-life\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    PHIL 2330: Happiness, Well-being, and the Good Life\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-phil-2330-happiness-well-being-and-the-good-life\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>PHIL 2330 [0.5 credit]<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Happiness, Well-being, and the Good Life<\/strong><br>\nA philosophical exploration of what makes a good human life. Topics may include the role of happiness, well-being, and flourishing in a good life, the relations between these aspects, and the extent to which they depend on luck and social considerations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lectures three hours a week. Open to first-year students.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-phil-2340-philosophy-and-popular-culture\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    PHIL 2340: Philosophy and Popular Culture\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-phil-2340-philosophy-and-popular-culture\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>PHIL 2340 [0.5 credit]<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Philosophy and Popular Culture<\/strong><br>\nPhilosophy is all around us, it permeates culture. This course explores philosophical questions through the lens of popular culture. The material used may include films, shows, music, novels, video games, advertising, comic books, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lectures three hours a week. Open to first-year students.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-phil-2380-introduction-to-environmental-ethics\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    PHIL 2380: Introduction to Environmental Ethics\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-phil-2380-introduction-to-environmental-ethics\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>PHIL 2380 [0.5 credit]<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Introduction to Environmental Ethics<\/strong><br>\nMajor questions in environmental ethics: How should human beings view their relationship to the rest of nature? Is responsible stewardship of the environment compatible with current technology? Must future generations be protected? Do animals, other life forms, endangered species, ecosystems and\/or the biosphere have value\/rights?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Precludes additional credit for PHIL 1804. Open to first-year students.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-phil-2807-philosophy-of-art\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    PHIL 2807: Philosophy of Art\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-phil-2807-philosophy-of-art\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>PHIL 2807 [0.5 credit]<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Philosophy of Art<\/strong><br>\nPhilosophical approaches to the study of art. Topics such as: the nature of art and artistic value; representation and symbolism in art; art and artifice; art and the emotions; art, culture and ideology; post-structuralism and art; theories of creativity; relationship between artworks and audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lectures three hours a week. Also listed as <a class=\"bubblelink code\" title=\"ARTH&nbsp;2807\" href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/search\/?P=ARTH%202807\">ARTH&nbsp;2807<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/courses\/PHIL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a> for a full list of courses in the Department of Philosophy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Philosophy? We all think of the world and our place in it in a unique way. To do so, however, we rely on general ideas shared by all such as the self, knowledge, truth, reality, time, nature, the supernatural, the division between mind and body, language, freedom, happiness, the good, responsibility, love, etc. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":6195,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-6759","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6759"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12463,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6759\/revisions\/12463"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=6759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}