Philosophy

Philosophy that has the oldest history of study has been regarded as the queen of all sciences and flower of humanities. Contents to study in the Department of Philosophy is classified into three great divisions.

• Firstly, at the Department of Philosophy, students develop logical and critical thinking skills form the foundation of all sciences and intelligent activities. Logic thought in the Department of Philosophy has been regarded as the foundation of study activities of all sciences in Western lands. As our society is gradually rationalized, logical thinking and rational communication become more important. This change is proved to be the fact that logical and critical thinking abilities are measured in the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT), Legal Education Eligibility Test (LEET), Dental Education Eligibility Test (DEET) or Medical Education Eligibility Test (MEET) as well as an essay test in a university entrance examination. Notably, many excellent students major in Philosophy to develop logical and critical thinking abilities that are of great importance in law school admission tests in the U.S., where there are no departments of the division of Law. As our education is improved in the direction of developing logical and rational communication abilities from learning by rote, the importance of Philosophy education, which learns to logically and rationally think, speak and write, will be gradually magnified.
• Secondly, practical standards like human life, values and a view of the world are reflected in the Department of Philosophy. Only material values are not important to human. Humans are spiritual and cultural beings. Interests in and demands for Philosophy are confirmed to be increasing in these days of being economically more prosperous compared to other time periods. Desire to offset these unbalances of psychologically disadvantaged life involved in economic affluence is spontaneously rising in humans. Not only does education of the Department of Philosophy awaken spiritual life values of humans and investigate the meaning of individual life in the modern material civilization, it seeks the practical standard about human social life plunged in confusion with the periodical change happening at fast pace, such as globalization, informatization, development of biotechnology and exorcises.
• Thirdly, the Department of Philosophy fosters outstanding individuals with creative minds who present appropriate answers about the question given in the rapidly changing capitalistic market society. Because today’s capitalistic market economy is rapidly changing with various variables, it needs creative individuals who correctly grasp the frequent problems and present appropriate solutions. Practical knowledge loses its value in the rapidly changing situations in a few years. Therefore, not the acquisition of knowledge that is effective for only few years, but the training for creativity is required to apply thinking in principle to various situations. The main subject in Philosophy education is to train judgment that applies the principle to each detail. Software that fills engineering hardware with contents is more important than it in a knowledge-based society, where ideas become competitive and knowledge becomes a capital. Philosophy can foster much bigger and substantial ideas than any practical study by providing cultural concepts in a knowledge-based society, similar to the value of a produced film value equal to tens of thousands of car sales. The Department. of Philosophy where flexible and creative thinking is trained is the leader of achieving high employment rate in Myongji University.

• Philosophy education as a practical fundamental study
• Creativity education for a knowledge-based society
• Practical standard of education