Saving Philosophy at the University of Detroit Mercy
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Yiming Wang (2016)
11 years ago
Philosophy may be not that useful on its own, but it has lead every science advancement for centuries. Without critical thinking skills taught by philosophy class, students may just taken a saying as truth without examine, and that is just completely wrong.
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Chelsea Bates
11 years ago
philosophy is essential to higher education
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Emily Freeman (2005)
11 years ago
I enjoyed the philosophy courses at UDM so much. My background in philosophy gave me a tremendous advantage over my peers in graduate school who had not attended universities that emphasized the liberal arts. I hope that future UDM graduates will graduate with the same liberal arts background that has benefited me so much.
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Laurie Webber Stout (2015)
11 years ago
The ability to think critically is a crucial element of surviving in our complicated world. I consider it THE MOST valuable part of my UDM childrens' curriculum and appreciated being intellectually challenged in Oljar's class myself. Learning to think for yourself and filter out the garbage is key to contributing to a civilized society.
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Evan Stout
11 years ago
I find it sad that it has come to this.
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Ian Thibodeau
11 years ago
These classes are essential to undergraduate enlightenment. Everyone, nursing majors included, should be required to LEARN HOW TO THINK.
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Valmir Merkaj (2013)
11 years ago
Philosophy was an essential part of my education at UDM.
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Cody Rossler (2015)
11 years ago
Philosophical thinking, such as Logic, is crucially important to any student in any major. Cutting students' exposure to philosophy is short-sighted and would create less intellectually aware students with worse critical-thinking skills.
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Kaylah Berndt (2015)
11 years ago
I might be an engineering student, but philosophy is very important to me. This is, in part, because of the inclusion in the university core curriculum.
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Nara Gonczigsuren
11 years ago
Going into philosophy, yes it was an objective I had to take. However, this class has affected me more than I ever thought it would. It has changed my way of thinking, for the better, opening up my mind to so many more things. Whether you're aspiring to be an astronaut or a dentist, I believe that philosophy is fundamental for any career path one takes. It teaches you a whole new way of thinking, a more well rounded one. If you want well rounded students to be entering any career field, philosophy will be a great attribute. I am speaking from experience! Philosophy is something you incorporate into your everyday life. I took philosophy with Professor Renaud who is an outstanding professor who is very passionate about the subject and a very well rounded person. This is what the world needs! Students get a college education to make something of themselves in the future. The University of Detroit Mercy states they want great things. Especially being a Jesuit University I believe Philosophy must be a requirement to better the students education and teach them something that they'll actually use in everyday life instead of sin and cos. Let's learn something useful in school for once.
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Christopher Henisse
11 years ago
The University wants "Great Things" for the students, yet it doesn't want them to think critically, logically, or explore their mind? This is nonsense! Science seems to be the biggest field at UDM (I think, correct me if I am wrong), and the fundamentals of science came from philosophy! Why is the school taking the "well-rounded" out of the students here? This doesn't make any sense. Fun Fact: Med Schools are a fan of students who take logic. If you want to be a doctor, then you need to be good with patients. You need the humanities and the science.
-Chris Henisse, 2015
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Joe Jordan
11 years ago
As my friend and colleague Chris Henisse has pointed out, philosophy is the core of all sciences and all fields of knowledge. This university prides itself on the fact that it is a "Jesuit" university. However, over the last few years, we have erased our heritage in the traditions of St. Ignatius. Not only do we have a systematically weakened philosophy program, we have a tiny Catholic Studies program, and a dying Religious Studies program. Diversity in knowledge and a strong focus on the liberal arts is what this university wants to sell. However, at every chance it can get, the university attacks the liberal arts and the most recent assault on the field of philosophy has only strengthened the complaint that those in the Liberal Arts have been making for the last few years.
-Joseph Jordan, Class of 2015
Philosophy may be not that useful on its own, but it has lead every science advancement for centuries. Without critical thinking skills taught by philosophy class, students may just taken a saying as truth without examine, and that is just completely wrong.
philosophy is essential to higher education
I enjoyed the philosophy courses at UDM so much. My background in philosophy gave me a tremendous advantage over my peers in graduate school who had not attended universities that emphasized the liberal arts. I hope that future UDM graduates will graduate with the same liberal arts background that has benefited me so much.
The ability to think critically is a crucial element of surviving in our complicated world. I consider it THE MOST valuable part of my UDM childrens' curriculum and appreciated being intellectually challenged in Oljar's class myself. Learning to think for yourself and filter out the garbage is key to contributing to a civilized society.
I find it sad that it has come to this.
These classes are essential to undergraduate enlightenment. Everyone, nursing majors included, should be required to LEARN HOW TO THINK.
Philosophy was an essential part of my education at UDM.
Philosophical thinking, such as Logic, is crucially important to any student in any major. Cutting students' exposure to philosophy is short-sighted and would create less intellectually aware students with worse critical-thinking skills.
I might be an engineering student, but philosophy is very important to me. This is, in part, because of the inclusion in the university core curriculum.
Going into philosophy, yes it was an objective I had to take. However, this class has affected me more than I ever thought it would. It has changed my way of thinking, for the better, opening up my mind to so many more things. Whether you're aspiring to be an astronaut or a dentist, I believe that philosophy is fundamental for any career path one takes. It teaches you a whole new way of thinking, a more well rounded one. If you want well rounded students to be entering any career field, philosophy will be a great attribute. I am speaking from experience! Philosophy is something you incorporate into your everyday life. I took philosophy with Professor Renaud who is an outstanding professor who is very passionate about the subject and a very well rounded person. This is what the world needs! Students get a college education to make something of themselves in the future. The University of Detroit Mercy states they want great things. Especially being a Jesuit University I believe Philosophy must be a requirement to better the students education and teach them something that they'll actually use in everyday life instead of sin and cos. Let's learn something useful in school for once.
The University wants "Great Things" for the students, yet it doesn't want them to think critically, logically, or explore their mind? This is nonsense! Science seems to be the biggest field at UDM (I think, correct me if I am wrong), and the fundamentals of science came from philosophy! Why is the school taking the "well-rounded" out of the students here? This doesn't make any sense. Fun Fact: Med Schools are a fan of students who take logic. If you want to be a doctor, then you need to be good with patients. You need the humanities and the science. -Chris Henisse, 2015
As my friend and colleague Chris Henisse has pointed out, philosophy is the core of all sciences and all fields of knowledge. This university prides itself on the fact that it is a "Jesuit" university. However, over the last few years, we have erased our heritage in the traditions of St. Ignatius. Not only do we have a systematically weakened philosophy program, we have a tiny Catholic Studies program, and a dying Religious Studies program. Diversity in knowledge and a strong focus on the liberal arts is what this university wants to sell. However, at every chance it can get, the university attacks the liberal arts and the most recent assault on the field of philosophy has only strengthened the complaint that those in the Liberal Arts have been making for the last few years. -Joseph Jordan, Class of 2015