University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Philosophy

Philosophy in one form or another has been taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since its opening in 1795. The modern Department of Philosophy dates to the 1880s, when it was established as the School of Metaphysics. The school was soon transformed into the Department of Mental and Moral Science, which became the Department of Philosophy around 1895. The department has become nationally recognized and offers both undergraduate and graduate curricula. In 1967 it began sponsoring, in cooperation with the university's Extension Division (beginning in 1976, the Division of Extension and Continuing Education), the annual Chapel Hill Colloquium in Philosophy, which featured lectures and seminars by noted philosophers.

From the guide to the Department of Philosophy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1976-1986, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.)