Menu Philosophy, the word, is derived from an Ancient Greek word meaning “the love of wisdom” and is the dedication to pursuit of knowledge through logical and rigorous reasoning. Philosophers today examine a wide range of questions from “How do you live a good life?” to “What is beauty?” to “Does God exist?” and much more.
Featured Philosophy Courses
Intro Philosophy
This course introduces various fields of philosophy, philosophical methodology and the history of philosophy. Examines some philosophical issues in depth and develops the ability to think, speak and write critically about these problems that have concerned human beings for centuries.
Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking
An informal logic course (previously called Reason in Communication) that emphasizes critical thinking. Students will learn argument structure, different forms of inductive reasoning, how to recognize informal fallacies, and how to distinguish better and worse reasoning in the media and our everyday lives.
Business Ethics
Most of us will spend a large portion of our lives immersed in the world of work. Whether we are debating the merits of affirmative action in hiring, corporate responsibility and profits, terms of employment, conflicts of interest or whistleblowing, this course will examine our assumptions and help us reach a clearer understanding of what we ought to do and why.
Philosophy Faculty
Full-time Faculty
Laura Osinski (Department Chair)
Office: D2604, Truax
608.246.6850
losinski@madisoncollege.edu
Sonja Sullivan
Office: B2250, Truax
608.246.6126
srsullivan1@madisoncollege.edu
Joseph Lee
Office: E3856, Truax
608.616.3529
jslee@madisoncollege.edu
Part-time Faculty
Aric Doak
adoak@madisoncollege.edu
Stewart Eskew
seskew@madisoncollege.edu
Philip Gasper
pgasper@madisoncollege.edu
Joseph Lynch
jglynch@madisoncollege.edu
Elaine Swartzentruber
eswartzentruber@madisoncollege.edu