Department of Philosphy

Faculty:

Fred Grissom,  Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,  University, Professor of Religious Studies.

Adjunct Faculty:

Stephen Benko, M.A., Syracuse University, Instructor of Philosophy.

Nancy Crow, M.A. Louisiana State University, Instructor of Philosophy (Raleigh/RTP). 

Franklin Takei, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Instructor of Philosophy (Raleigh/RTP, Goldsboro). 

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What can I do with Philosophy?

Staley Lecture

"Philosophy begins in wonder"--Socrates

WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?

Philosophy is a Liberal Arts discipline which seeks to feed our human sense of wonder, and to investigate the foundations of everyday life and the other disciplines, including the arts and the social and physical sciences. Philosophers tend to ask a new question in response to any given answer. "How do you know?" is a favorite.

This method has been driving people crazy for 2500 years. It is still the best way of exposing the assumptions on which the other disciplines are built. Our ultimate goal is to make the foundations stronger, or at least to understand their weaknesses.

At North Carolina Wesleyan, Philosophy is a discipline within the Humanities Division. The faculty offer a variety of courses each semester.