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Philosophy
 Philosophy at Ave Maria University is understood according to its original meaning as the love and pursuit of wisdom, viz. philosophia. It is deeply rooted in man’s desire to know himself, his place in the universe, and answer the question of life’s ultimate meaning. Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? How must I live? What is the meaning and significance of the world around me? Who made all this, and why? Beginning in awe and wonder, philosophy tries to find answers to these questions and to articulate them in a systematic and rigorous way.
The philosophy program recognizes the human person’s natural desire for knowledge and affirms his capacity to achieve it; that is to say, to go ‘beyond mere opinions’ and come to know ‘how things really are.’ Students will learn how this affirmation can be brought to explicit evidence, and why it is of such crucial importance for the integrity of all the sciences. |  | recent graduatesDan Baquerizo '07 will be attending Ave Maria School of Law Fall 2007.
Niki Repka and Peter Crawford '07 will be attending University of Louvain in Belgium Fall 2007.
Jon Fidero '05 is pursuing an MA in Theology at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia.
Matt Kenny '05 is attending seminary in Houston. |
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 | The Philosophy department recently completed a lecture series entitled "Christian Philosophy and Metaphysics." The series aimed to explore some of the distinctive contributions that Christian philosophers have made to the study of metaphysics in the wake of Pope John Paul II's 1998 encyclical Fides et Ratio. Jorge J.E. Gracia from University of New York at Buffalo, John J. Haldane from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Robert E. Wood from the University of Dallas (March 16) and Oliva Blanchette from Boston College (March 30) visited to lecture on the successful series. For more information on the series, click here. |
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This course studies science in its distinction from philosophy and as an effort to understand nature. The course focuses on the character and goal and methods of scientific inquiry as a human activity. The goal of the course is to understand the nature and power of modern science in the contemporary world.
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