News
- Mariska Leunissen recieved a residential fellowship from the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies for next year!
- Thomas Sattig received the Wolfgang-Stegmuller Prize of 2009 from the German Society of Analytic Philosophy for his book, The Language and Reality of Time.
- New this year! Philosophy of Science major and minor!
The Philosophy department offers a major and a minor at the undergraduate level. In addition, the department has a graduate program offering a Ph.D. The Philosophy department houses the PNP (Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology) Program at both the graduate and undergraduate level. The department's research strengths lie in the following areas:
- Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, and Philosophy of Law
- Philosophy of Mind / Psychology / Cognitive Science
- History of Philosophy
The department is particularly receptive to interdisciplinary work. Among the special opportunities available to students in the Philosophy department are the following:
- Undergraduate Major in Philosophy or
(PNP)
- Undergraduate Minor in Philosophy, PNP or History and Philosophy of Science (HPS)
- Ph.D in Philosophy or PNP
- Graduate certificate in Women's studies.