Areas

Areas of Study

The Department of Philosophy is ranked 11th in the country, and as good or excellent (with a rating of 4.0 or better) in the following areas, according to a recent Gourmet Guide to Graduate Study in Philosophy:

• ancient philosophy
  
  
• Indian philosophy
  
  
• philosophy of language
  
  
• philosophy of law
  
  
• philosophical logic
  
  
• metaphysics
  
  
• philosophy of mind, and
  
  
• nineteenth-century Continental philosophy after Hegel

It supports special programs in ancient philosophy, law and philosophy, and history and philosophy of science.