Area
Humanities
Sub-Discipline
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
University of the Andes
- City: Santiago,
- Municipality: Las Condes,
- Region: Metropolitan Region
goals
To train professionals in an overview of the fundamental themes of philosophical anthropology, ethics, political philosophy and the history and philosophy of art, in dialogue with the great figures of philosophical thought.
Applicant Profile
Professionals from disciplines other than philosophy, who are developing projects and making decisions that have an impact on society.
Graduate profile
Graduates of the Master's Program in Applied Philosophy evaluate and integrate diverse philosophical information to conceptualize, problematize, make well-founded judgments, and communicate effectively within this discipline. They are capable of resolving new professional situations they encounter, arriving at judicious solutions through the application of acquired philosophical concepts and arguments.
Lines of investigation
The program's professors work in the following lines of research: philosophical anthropology (Thomas Aquinas and contemporary phenomenology); classical, medieval and modern ethics (Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Kant, Nietzsche, McIntyre); classical and modern political philosophy (Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Spinoza, Tocqueville, tolerance); Aristotelian practical philosophy; philosophy of art (especially film and images, based on the contributions of Cassirer, Benjamin, Francastel, Bürger, Belting and others).
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