哲学是对所有经验领域（科学，宗教，艺术，政治和道德）进行清晰和批判性推理的尝试。其目的是理解和评估我们最基本的信念和价值观，然后将它们融入到我们自己和世界的一致观点中。哲学是为需要广泛的自由教育和清晰，创造性思维技能的职业的适当准备。这些职业包括法律，政府服务，写作，事工，医学以及许多类型的商业职位。与另一门教授技术或专业技能的专业（例如，具有大众传播能力的哲学）配对时，它特别有吸引力。
Philosophy is an attempt to reason clearly and critically about all areas of experience: science, religion, art, politics, and morality. Its purpose is to understand and evaluate our most basic beliefs and values, then to integrate them into a coherent view of ourselves and the world. Philosophy is an appropriate preparation for vocations that require a broad liberal education and skills in clear, creative thinking. Such vocations include law, government service, writing, the ministry, medicine, and many types of positions in business. It is especially attractive when paired with another major that teaches technical or professional skills, for example, philosophy with mass communication.