University of Dallas Philosophy Department

The Greek term philosophia means “love of wisdom.” But what is wisdom? At UD, that is what we seek to discover.

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,

04/23/2021

What skills have you used and developed throughout your education? Many will be transferable to the workplace.

8 Jobs for Philosophy Majors You have the skills you need to land a great job!

02/05/2021

Saint Agatha by Francesco Guarino, c.17th century in the Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli

Liberal Learning for Life - University of Dallas

12/17/2020

What do you love about UD?
From Chad Engelland, philosophy department chair

Liberal Learning for Life - University of Dallas What do you love about UD? After a class of contemplating the being of angelic substances with Thomas Aquinas, a business major came up to me with wonder in his eyes: “Even though we are talking about such seemingly uninteresting topics, when I look around the room I see my classmates glued to the...

11/25/2020

Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and—Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:”
Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favor, able interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted; for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.
And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally, to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.
Go. Washington

Portrait of George Washington by Thomas Sully, ca. 1820, The Minneapolis Institute of Art

11/25/2020

Did you know that the United States Air Force awarded UD and Cerium Laboratories a $500,000 STTR Phase II contract to develop a Silicon Nitride Seal for Thermal Barrier Coating in Gas Turbines for Extended Engine Life?

Learn more about the project from this interview with the co-principal investigators, Affiliate Research Assistant Professor of Physics Will Flanagan, Ph.D., and Associate Professor of Chemistry Ellen Steinmiller, Ph.D.: https://fal.cn/3bMIz