Undergraduate major, minor, and M.A. Graduate option combining special study in language and linguistics with philosophy. Major topics of consideration are: the history of Western philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present; Eastern philosophy, including Islamic and Indian religious thought; logic; metaphysics; theory of knowledge; language and meaning; ethics; aesthetics; social and political philosophy, including philosophy of law; philosophy of natural and social science; philosophy of religion, including phenomenological approaches; philosophy of history; philosophy of education; and feminist theory.

Advanced study.

        The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for philosophy:

        B (Philosophy (general)): General; Ancient (general); Ancient Occident; Renaissance; Modern (1450-1600); United States; England and Scotland; France; Germany. Selectively collected categories: Ancient Orient; Medieval (430-1450); Canada; Latin America; Modern Greece and Italy, Netherlands, Belgium; Russia; Scandinavia; Spain and Portugal; Switzerland; Eastern Europe; Modern Asia (general); Modern Middle East; Modern South Asia; Eastern Asia. Southeastern Asia; Modern East Asia; Modern Africa; By religion.

        BC (Logic): The following categories are selectively collected: General; Special systems; General works and treatises; Special topics (e.g., proof, limit, paradox, etc.).

        BD (Speculative Philosophy): Metaphysics; Epistemology. Theory of knowledge; Methodology; Ontology. Selectively collected categories: General philosophy; Cosmology.

        BH (Aesthetics): General; Philosophy. Methodology; History; Special topics.

        BJ (Ethics): General. History. Philosophy; Religious ethics; Evolutionary and genetic ethics; Existential, humanist, positivist ethics; Socialist, communist, totalitarian ethics; Feminist ethics; Special topics (e.g., good and evil, death, violence, fame, solitude); Individual ethics. Character. Professional ethics.

        K (Law (general)): The following category is selectively collected: Jurisprudence. Philosophy and theory.

        P (Philology. Linguistics (general)): Philosophy, origin of language.

        QA (Mathematics): Philosophy.

        QB (Physics): Cosmology.

Mainly English. Primary source material in Latin, Greek, French, German, and other languages is also acquired on a selective basis.

Emphasis is on current U.S. and British publications; selective acquisition of European publications; very selective Asian acquisitions.