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"Krea has offered me the opportunity to explore all my interests in the same place, and has changed the way I approach problems and come up with impactful solutions".

Aishwarya Sivaramakrishnan

Cohort of 2022
Passionate about creating measurable social impact in the field of education, and dreams of moving to Germany and owning a library

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Philosophy at Krea

Philosophical inquiries often begin in moments of wonder, doubt, reflection, and curiosity. Philosophical training sharpens our critical thinking ability, power of imagination, and our capacity for innovation. Learning the process of conducting meta-inquiry along with a concrete engagement with real-world issues makes philosophy students reflective and innovative learners. The minor in philosophy is committed to Global philosophical traditions and practices. Tracing historical trajectories of development of ideas is a cornerstone for the minor, it will signpost the shift in thinking of philosophy as a scholarship-based discipline to redefining it as a process-based discipline. Most of the pressing questions in the 21st Century including questions of social categories, technology and progress, the human condition and its ethical quandaries, and the future of ‘us’, all demand philosophy’s renewed attention. Keeping all this in mind, Philosophy at Krea will incorporate practice, immersion, application and theorisation as its pedagogical pillars. Students of this philosophy minor will not just be potential scholars in philosophy but more importantly, philosophically motivated learners.

The Approach

The programme will effectively aid students to pursue their individual intellectual and creative interests with philosophical rigour by involving them with philosophical concepts collectively, writing and reflecting on philosophical questions and situating their ideas within the historical context of philosophy. Philosophical training will prepare them to conduct their own interdisciplinary enquiries with conceptual clarity such that they are able to absorb and question meaningfully, the given premises of any discipline of their pursuit.

Students are required to take courses in the following four streams – Philosophical Methods, Philosophical Concepts, Philosophical Practice and Philosophy and Society. The former two streams will emphasise historicity of philosophy whereas the latter two streams will be application oriented in the contemporary context. While all these courses will integrate Euro-American as well as South Asian references into the curriculum, the course work is open for independent studies from other philosophies such as Chinese, Arabic, African and Native American traditions. Additionally, they must take two electives and participate in two seminars. None of the required courses have any prerequisites

Programme Details

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School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences (SIAS), Krea University