哲学的研究是要问一些大问题，即生命的意义，我们周围世界的本质以及什么构成道德基础。虽然学习更多地侧重于“什么”，但是哲学系学生则面临着确定“为什么”的挑战。通过选择学习哲学，您可以学习可用于职业和个人生活的宝贵生活技能。这些生活技能包括有效的沟通，批判性和逻辑思维能力，以及掌握论点的各个角度并进行分析以解决问题的关键的能力-对法律，政治，商业和学术界的工作至关重要的技能。
By choosing to study philosophy, you can learn valuable life skills to put to use in both your professional and personal lives. You will learn to communicate effectively. You will be able to think critically and logically. You will know how to grasp all angles of an argument and analyze it to get to the heart of an issue. This set of skills is vital to work in law, politics, business, government, and the academia.<br><br>Philosophy tackles the most fundamental questions. How should I live Is there a God What are my rights and responsibilities Do I have free will Studying philosophy will give you insight into such questions. It will help you develop the skills of analysis, argumentation, and clear expression. Philosophical questions underlie the theory and practice of every academic field.<br><br>At Acadia, we teach you to question. Our award-winning professors will challenge you to think critically. You will learn to debate and engage. No other department at Acadia matches the Philosophy Department in its focus on the pursuit of intellectual challenge for the intrinsic rewards it offers. We provide our students with an exceptional grounding in critical thinking. Through our rigorous program, our graduates go on to high academic achievement. In fact, philosophy graduates do better on standardized tests such as the LSAT and GRE than graduates in any other field.<br><br>Some recent graduates have won the prestigious Presidential Graduate Fellowship at MIT and gained admission to graduate schools at Brown, Carleton, Cornell, Dalhousie, Harvard, Indiana, McGill, Memorial, MIT, Ottawa, Princeton, Purdue, Queen's, Simon Fraser, Toronto, UBC, Victoria, Western, and York. Others have gained admission to law school at Dalhousie, Osgoode Hall, Ottawa, Queen's, and Wales. Still others have gained admission to medical school at Memorial. Our recent graduates have won graduate scholarships totalling well over 500,000. Philosophy prepares you for whatever career challenges youll face later in life.