{"id":40802220388,"date":"2022-09-14T12:14:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T16:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-history-and-anthropology\/?page_id=40802220388"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:58:00","slug":"minor-in-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-history-and-anthropology\/programs-of-study\/minor-in-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-the-program\">About the Program<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Tackle life&#8217;s biggest questions as a Philosophy minor. Philosophy and the liberal arts not only provide an inquiry into every dimension of human life, but they teach techniques that can be applied to problems in any field or endeavor. The ability to systematically question relationships between fields of study, one\u2019s personally held beliefs, and worldview is significant and should serve to deepen an understanding of the meaning of human existence. Through these courses, you will be able to recognize assumptions, think logically, solve complex problems, and understand both sides of an argument.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"core-courses\">Core Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introduction to Philosophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-in-page\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.monmouth.edu\/undergraduate-catalog\/wayne-d-mcmurray-humanities-social-sciences\/world-languages-cultures\/philosophy-minor\/\">View Curriculum &amp; Sequence Charts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div><span id=\"expander-40802220388\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"306\" height=\"336\" style=\"object-position: 50.495% 40.87%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Manuel Chavez, Ph.D.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez-280x307.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/manuel-chavez\/\">Manuel Ch\u00e1vez, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Assistant Professor;<br>Director of Philosophy and Religious Studies Program;<br>ISP Faculty Coordinator<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">History and Anthropology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">James and Marlene Howard Hall, 324<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5738\">732-263-5738<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:mchavez@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Manuel'>mchavez@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Program Tackle life&#8217;s biggest questions as a Philosophy minor. 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