In philosophy at the University of the West Indies, Mona, the emphasis is placed on the development and recognition of precise and careful argumentation, while the goal is the cultivation and nurturing of a critical, analytical, and cultured mental disposition and attitude to life, the environment, nature, other forms of life and fellow human beings. To attain these objectives, effort is made to pay attention to the central elements of philosophy, such as logic, metaphysics, epistemology and methodology, values and valuation, and the various applications of philosophy to specialized disciplines such as science, religion, politics, psychology, technology, engineering, peace and war, and cyberspace. There is also a deliberate effort made to explore traditions that are immediately relevant to the region – that is, African and Caribbean philosophical traditions alongside the Western and Oriental ones.