Bachelor of Arts [B.A] (Philosophy)
Field of Study:
₹17.1 L/Yr
Representing an older metaphysical tradition, Leibniz said that the very first question philosophy should ask is, “Why is there something rather than nothing?” thus understood is concerned with the source and nature of being; this is what philosophy fundamentally meant for Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas. Turning away from this metaphysical tradition, Immanuel Kant later tried to capture the tasks of philosophy in the three famous questions, “What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?” The nature of philosophy is itself part of the philosophical debate.
Philosophy overlaps with many other disciplines: the question of knowledge, for example, has implications that touch on psychology and neuroscience. In dealing with ethical questions, the philosopher may need to be in dialogue with medicine (medical ethics), biology (environmental ethics), or economics (business ethics). Philosophy of language partially overlaps with linguistics, while the philosophy of religion is related to religious studies.
What always distinguishes the philosophical approach, however, is its focus on fundamental principles not reducible to natural science or empirical data. Furthermore, although philosophy is a theoretical discipline that is engaged in a disinterested quest for knowledge, most philosophers, from Plato to the present, have also considered philosophy as an existential quest for the true and the good. Philosophers, one could say, do not only want to understand the world; they want to lead a life which reflects this understanding.
Philosophy vs. Theology
In asking questions concerning the foundations of human existence, philosophy is not unlike theology. It is not surprising, therefore, that many Western philosophers—especially in the patristic and medieval periods—were also or even primarily theologians. There are, however, important differences between the two disciplines: although many of the questions that philosophy and theology ask are the same, they arrive at their answers by different means. Whereas theology draws on Scripture and Tradition as its principal sources, philosophy relies on reason and human experience. Philosophical inquiry is therefore accessible to believers and non-believers alike.
Philosophy at the University of Dallas
Philosophic studies at the University of Dallas have three features that set the UD philosophy program apart from many others. First, UD philosophy students read the great philosophers themselves, not textbook summaries. The core courses and the historical courses, in particular, focus on the study of some of the most influential texts of the Western philosophical tradition, from Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Augustine’s Confessions, and Thomas Aquinas’s On Being and Essence to Descartes’ Meditations, Kant’s Prolegomena, and Heidegger’s Being and Time.
Second, majors in the UD philosophy program receive a solid grounding in the history of Western philosophy. In this fashion, they acquire an understanding of not merely an isolated thinker or theory, but of the unfolding of the philosophic tradition as a whole. Third, as a philosophy department at a Catholic university, the UD philosophy program encourages dialogue with theological texts and ideas.
Important Dates
Event | Application Date |
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Priority Scholarship Deadline For 2024 Intake | |
Regular Application Deadline For 2024 Intake | |
Tuition Fees
Year | 1st Year Fees |
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Tuition Fees | ₹1710684 (USD 20638) |
Eligibility & Entry Requirement
Academic Requirements:
- Submit high school transcripts and diploma with official english translation
- Submit a counselor recommendation
- Submit national exam scores or notification of high school completion
- Submitting SAT/ACT score is optional
- Submit English Language Proficiency test scores
English Language Requirements:
- TOEFL: minimum 80 in ibt;
- IELTS: minimum 6.5
- Duolingo: minimum 110
Scores Required
6.5 / 90
Avg. Score in
IELTS
79 / 120
Avg. Score in
TOEFL
53 / 90
Avg. Score in
PTE
Scholarship Grants & Financial Aids
Name | Scholarship Per Student | Level of Study | Type | |
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BrokerFish International student scholarship | Scholarship per student₹ 82,890/Yr$1,000 | Level Of StudyBachelor | TypeMerit-Based | |
Debesh Kamal Scholarship | Scholarship per student₹ 1.1 L/Yr$1,385 | Level Of StudyBachelor | TypeMerit-Based | |
Hani Zeini Scholarship | Scholarship per student₹ 82,890/Yr$1,000 | Level Of StudyBachelor | TypeMerit-Based | |
Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship Program | Scholarship per studentVariable Amount | Level Of StudyBachelor | TypeMerit-Based | |
TEC Scholarship | Scholarship per student₹ 82,890/Yr$1,000 | Level Of StudyBachelor | TypeMerit-Based | |
Microsoft Tuition Scholarship | Scholarship per studentVariable Amount | Level Of StudyBachelor | TypeMerit-Based |
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