At Shippensburg University, the philosophy professors encourage interest in, and enthusiasm for, intellectual endeavors and wisdom. Philosophy is also an academic discipline with a certain history and content. The content of philosophy courses at Shippensburg is primarily related to Western philosophers and thinkers. Finally, philosophy is a discipline with characteristic methods and techniques. The most common technique taught at Shippensburg is the creation, analysis, and evaluation of arguments.
Philosophy teaches people how to understand, analyze, and evaluate concepts and arguments.
It helps us to comprehend peoples ideas and form intelligent opinions about them. Therefore, philosophy is used everywhere. Since philosophy teaches people how to understand, analyze, and evaluate ideas, it is helpful in any career. A small number of Shippensburg University students use the minor in philosophy as a stepping stone to graduate study in philosophy. Those students hope to teach philosophy at the university level.