Introduction

The study of philosophy begins with questions that are as personal as they are universal: What truths can I know? How should I live? Who, or what, am I? Where is my place in the grand scheme of things? To respond fruitfully to such questions requires training in critical habits of mind, learning from the rich traditions and the great minds that have reflected on such questions and engaging in lively discussion with a community of inquirers. Seattle University undergraduate philosophy courses communicate the value of philosophy and impart knowledge of its most influential figures. Courses in the curriculum help students to bring their own intellectual concerns into dialogue with great minds of the past and present, and to hone skills of reasoning and argumentation that make that questioning illuminating, reliable, and useful. 

Matteo Ricci College Dean Michael Andrews presents the Loyola Medal to Professor Emeritus James Reichmann, S.J., as Provost Isiaah Crawford looks on. The Loyola Medal is awarded by Matteo Ricci College and the Faith and Great Ideas Academic Program. Father Reichmann, a philosophy professor, has been an integral part of Seattle University since 1955.
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Alpha Sigma Nu Award

Daniel Dombrowski, Professor of Philosophy, received the Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award for his latest publication Rethinking the Ontological Argument: A Neoclassical Theistic Response.  Please read more on the award.  Alpha Sigma Nu Award