The Philosophical Gourmet Report
A Ranking of Graduate Programs in Philosophy in the English-Speaking World

METAPHYSICS & EPISTEMOLOGY

PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
New York University4.54.505Group 1
Rutgers University, New Brunswick4.54.755Group 1
University of Southern California4.54.505Group 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4.04.004Group 2
Oxford University4.04.005, 4Group 2
Princeton University4.04.005Group 2
University of California, Berkeley4.04.004.5, 4Group 2
University of California, Los Angeles4.04.004Group 2
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor4.04.004Group 2
University of Texas, Austin4.04.004Group 2
Yale University4.04.254.5Group 2
City University of New York Graduate Center3.53.503.5Group 3
Columbia University3.53.504, 3Group 3
Harvard University3.53.504.5, 3.5, 3, 2Group 3
Stanford University3.53.504Group 3
University College London3.53.503.5, 3Group 3
University of Connecticut, Storrs3.53.504Group 3
University of Maryland, College Park3.54.004Group 3
University of Toronto3.54.004Group 3
Australian National University3.03.003, 2Group 4
Brown University3.03.002.5Group 4
Cornell University3.03.002Group 4
Johns Hopkins University3.03.003.5Group 4
Ohio State University3.03.003Group 4
University of Arizona3.03.003Group 4
University of California, Davis3.03.003Group 4
University of California, Irvine3.02.753, 2.5Group 4
University of California, San Diego3.03.003Group 4
University of Chicago3.03.004, 3Group 4
University of Edinburgh3.03.003.5, 3Group 4
University of Glasgow3.02.503, 2Group 4
University of Massachusetts, Amherst3.03.003Group 4
University of Melbourne3.02.503.5Group 4
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.03.002.5, 2Group 4
University of Notre Dame3.03.002Group 4
University of Pittsburgh3.03.003Group 4
University of Reading3.03.002Group 4
University of St. Andrews/Stirling Joint Program3.03.004, 2Group 4
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: None Listed.

Philosophy of Language Evaluators: Jonathan Cohen, Anthony Gillies, Michael Glanzberg, Benjamin Hellie, Grace Helton, Leon Horsten, Robin Jeshion, Jeffrey King, Harvey Lederman, Barry Loewer, Peter Ludlow, Edwin Mares, Alex Miller, Peter Pagin, David Pitt, Diana Raffman, Michael Rescorla, Ian Rumfitt, Nathan Salmon, David Sosa, Robert Stainton, Stephen Stich, Daniel Stoljar, Timothy Williamson, Jose Zalabardo.

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
New York University4.55.005Group 1
Johns Hopkins University4.04.004Group 2
Rutgers University, New Brunswick4.04.505Group 2
University of California, Berkeley4.04.004.5Group 2
University of California, Los Angeles4.04.004.5Group 2
Australian National University3.53.504Group 3
Brown University3.53.503.5Group 3
City University of New York Graduate Center3.53.504Group 3
Columbia University3.53.504Group 3
Cornell University3.53.503.5Group 3
Harvard University3.53.754Group 3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3.53.504, 3Group 3
Oxford University3.54.004Group 3
University of California, San Diego3.53.504Group 3
University of Maryland, College Park3.53.503Group 3
University of Pittsburgh3.53.503Group 3
University of Texas, Austin3.54.004Group 3
University of Toronto3.53.504, 3Group 3
Washington University, St. Louis3.53.253Group 3
Yale University3.53.504, 3.5, 3Group 3
Florida State University3.03.003Group 4
King’s College, London3.03.003Group 4
Monash University3.03.003Group 4
Ohio State University3.03.003Group 4
Princeton University3.03.503.5, 2Group 4
Purdue University3.02.753Group 4
Rice University3.03.503.5Group 4
Stanford University3.03.003Group 4
University of Birmingham3.03.003Group 4
University of British Columbia3.03.253Group 4
University of California, Riverside3.03.003Group 4
University of California, Santa Barbara3.03.003Group 4
University of Chicago3.02.503Group 4
University of Edinburgh3.03.003Group 4
University of Glasgow3.03.503.5Group 4
University of Massachusetts, Amherst3.03.002Group 4
University of Miami3.03.504Group 4
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.02.504, 3, 1Group 4
University of Notre Dame3.03.003.5, 3Group 4
University of Southern California3.03.003Group 4
University of Sydney3.03.504Group 4
University of Warwick3.03.003Group 4
University of Western Ontario3.03.003Group 4
University of York3.02.503, 2.5Group 4
York University, Toronto3.03.003Group 4

Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Central European University, Simon Fraser University, University of Arkansas.

Philosophy of Mind Evaluators: Kristin Andrews, John Bengson, Ned Block, Matt Boyle, David Braddon-Mitchell, Wesley Buckwalter, Peter Carruthers, Jonathan Cohen, David Danks, Luis Favela, Javier Gomez-LAvin, Steven Gross, Benjamin Hellie, Grace Helton, Christopher Hill, Uriah Kriegel, Arnon Levy, Barry Loewer, Peter Ludlow, Brian McLaughlin, Alex Miller, Michelle Montague, John Morrison, Bence Nanay, Timothy O’Connor, Derk Pereboom, Ian Phillips, Gualtiero Piccinini, Hanna Pickard, David Pitt, Diana Raffman, Michael Rescorla, Sarah Robins, Robert Rupert, Eric Schwitzgebel, Nick Shea, David Sosa, Stephen Stich, Daniel Stoljar, Justin Sytsma, Serife Tekin, J.D. Trout, Michael Tye, Evan Westra, Jose Zalabardo.

METAPHYSICS

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
New York University5.05.005Group 1
Rutgers University, New Brunswick5.05.005Group 1
Oxford University4.54.505, 4Group 2
Princeton University4.54.504.5Group 2
University of Southern California4.54.505Group 2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4.04.004Group 3
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor4.04.004Group 3
University of Notre Dame4.04.004Group 3
University of Virginia4.04.004, 3.5Group 3
Cambridge University3.53.504, 3.5Group 4
Columbia University3.53.504, 3.5Group 4
Johns Hopkins University3.53.504Group 4
Syracuse University3.53.003Group 4
University of California, Berkeley3.54.004Group 4
University of California, Davis3.53.003Group 4
University of California, Santa Cruz3.53.503Group 4
University of Durham3.53.503Group 4
University of Leeds3.53.504Group 4
University of Manchester3.53.504Group 4
University of Massachusetts, Amherst3.53.504Group 4
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.53.503.5Group 4
University of St. Andrews/Stirling Joint Program3.53.504, 3Group 4
University of Texas, Austin3.54.004Group 4
University of Toronto3.53.504Group 4
Yale University3.53.253Group 4
Australian National University3.03.004Group 5
Brown University3.02.752.5Group 5
City University of New York Graduate Center3.02.752.5Group 5
Cornell University3.03.003Group 5
Florida State University3.03.003Group 5
Harvard University3.03.503.5Group 5
Indiana University, Bloomington3.03.254, 3.5, 2Group 5
King’s College, London3.02.503Group 5
Monash University3.02.503.5, 2.5, 2Group 5
National University of Singapore3.03.003Group 5
Stanford University3.02.503.5Group 5
University at Buffalo3.03.003.5, 3Group 5
University College London3.03.504Group 5
University of Arizona3.03.504Group 5
University of Birmingham3.03.003Group 5
University of Bristol3.03.504Group 5
University of British Columbia3.03.003Group 5
University of California, Irvine3.02.503, 2Group 5
University of California, Los Angeles3.02.504.5Group 5
University of California, San Diego3.03.003Group 5
University of California, Santa Barbara3.03.004Group 5
University of Chicago3.02.503Group 5
University of Colorado, Boulder3.03.003Group 5
University of Connecticut, Storrs3.02.753Group 5
University of Edinburgh3.03.003Group 5
University of Miami3.02.752.5, 2Group 5
University of Nottingham3.03.004, 2.5Group 5
University of Pittsburgh3.03.004, 2.5Group 5
University of Sheffield3.02.504, 2Group 5
University of Sydney3.03.002Group 5
University of Wisconsin, Madison3.03.002.5Group 5
Washington University, St. Louis3.02.502.5Group 5
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Trinity College Dublin.

Metaphysics Evaluators: Sam Baron, Jeffrey Barrett, John Bengson, Karen Bennett, Eddy Keming Chen, Justin Clarke-Doane, Javier Cumpa, Michael Della Rocca, Grace Helton, Leon Horsten, Nicholas K. Jones, Uriah Kriegel, Barry Loewer, Peter Ludlow, Edwin Mares, Alex Miller, Alyssa Ney, Daniel Nolan, Timothy O’Connor, Graham Oppy, David Pitt, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra, Paul Russell, Nathan Salmon, Ted Sider, Jack Spencer, Eleonore Stump, Peter van Inwagen, Timothy Williamson, Jessica Wilson, Jose Zalabardo, Dean Zimmerman.

EPISTEMOLOGY

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Oxford University4.54.505, 4.5Group 1
Rutgers University, New Brunswick4.54.504.5Group 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4.04.004Group 2
New York University4.04.504Group 2
Princeton University4.04.504.5Group 2
University of California, Irvine4.04.004Group 2
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor4.04.004Group 2
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill4.04.004Group 2
University of Southern California4.04.004Group 2
University of Texas, Austin4.04.004.5Group 2
University of Toronto4.04.004Group 2
Yale University4.04.004Group 2
Australian National University3.53.504Group 3
Brown University3.53.503.5Group 3
Harvard University3.54.004Group 3
Northwestern University3.53.504.5Group 3
University of Bristol3.53.504.5, 3.5Group 3
University of California, Berkeley3.53.504Group 3
University of California, Los Angeles3.53.503Group 3
University of Colorado, Boulder3.53.504Group 3
University of Glasgow3.54.004.5Group 3
University of Massachusetts, Amherst3.53.503.5Group 3
University of Notre Dame3.53.003Group 3
University of St. Andrews/Stirling Joint Program3.53.504Group 3
University of Wisconsin, Madison3.53.003Group 3
Washington University, St. Louis3.53.504Group 3
Cambridge University3.03.003Group 4
Carnegie Mellon University3.03.003Group 4
Columbia University3.03.003Group 4
Cornell University3.03.003Group 4
Georgetown University3.03.003Group 4
Johns Hopkins University3.03.003Group 4
London School of Economics3.03.004, 3Group 4
National University of Singapore3.02.503Group 4
Ohio State University3.03.003Group 4
Stanford University3.03.003Group 4
University of Birmingham3.03.003Group 4
University of California, Riverside3.03.003Group 4
University of California, San Diego3.02.753Group 4
University of Chicago3.03.003Group 4
University of Edinburgh3.03.003Group 4
University of Leeds3.02.753Group 4
University of Miami3.02.503Group 4
University of Pittsburgh3.03.003.5Group 4
University of Rochester3.03.003Group 4
University of Warwick3.02.503Group 4
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Baylor University; Fordham University; Loyola University, Chicago; LMU Munich.

Epistemology (incl. formal epistemology) Evaluators: Jeffrey Barrett, John Bengson, Eva Benjamin, Sven Bernecker, Ian Church, Justin Clarke-Doane, Juan Comesaña, J. Angelo Corlett, Kevin Dorst, Lidal Dror, Kenny Easwaran, Jeremy Fantl, Rachel Fraser, Dmitri Gallow, Dan Greco, John Greco, Stephen Grimm, Toby Handfield, Stephan Hartmann, Allan Hazlett, Grace Helton, Leon Horsten, Simon Hutteger, Robin Jeshion, Jim Joyce, Hyunseop Kim, Uriah Kriegel, Harvey Lederman, Arnon Levy, Peter Ludlow, Kevin Mccain, Matt McGrath, Ram Neta, Duncan Pritchard, Michael Rescorla, Bernhard Salow, David Sosa, Ernest Sosa, Julia Staffel, J.D. Trout, Ted Warfield, Timothy Williamson, Jose Zalabardo.

PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
New York University4.55.005Group 1
Oxford University4.55.005Group 1
Stanford University4.54.504.5Group 1
University of Southern California4.54.755Group 1
University of St. Andrews/Stirling Joint Program4.54.504Group 1
Carnegie Mellon University4.04.005Group 2
City University of New York Graduate Center4.04.005, 3.5Group 2
National University of Singapore4.04.004Group 2
Princeton University4.04.004, 3.5Group 2
Rutgers University, New Brunswick4.03.503.5Group 2
University College London4.04.004Group 2
University of Bristol4.04.004Group 2
University of California, Berkeley4.04.004Group 2
University of California, Los Angeles4.04.004Group 2
University of Texas, Austin4.04.004Group 2
Brown University3.53.253Group 3
Columbia University3.53.504Group 3
Harvard University3.53.503.5Group 3
Johns Hopkins University3.53.503.5Group 3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3.53.503.5Group 3
Ohio State University3.53.503Group 3
University of California, Irvine3.53.503Group 3
University of Connecticut, Storrs3.53.504, 3.5Group 3
University of Maryland, College Park3.54.254.5Group 3
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor3.53.503.5Group 3
University of Notre Dame3.54.005Group 3
University of Pittsburgh3.54.004Group 3
University of Toronto3.53.504, 3.5Group 3
University of Wisconsin, Madison3.53.503.5Group 3
Australian National University3.02.752.5Group 4
Cambridge University3.03.504Group 4
King’s College, London3.02.752Group 4
London School of Economics3.03.253.5Group 4
Monash University3.03.003Group 4
University of Alberta3.02.502.5Group 4
University of Arizona3.03.003, 2Group 4
University of Auckland3.02.753, 0Group 4
University of Calgary3.03.003Group 4
University of California, Davis3.03.003Group 4
University of California, San Diego3.03.002Group 4
University of Chicago3.02.753Group 4
University of Durham3.02.753Group 4
University of Edinburgh3.03.003Group 4
University of Leeds3.03.503.5Group 4
University of Manchester3.03.003Group 4
University of Massachusetts, Amherst3.02.753, 2.5Group 4
University of Miami3.02.503, 2.5, 1Group 4
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul3.03.003Group 4
University of Nottingham3.03.003Group 4
University of Sydney3.02.502.5Group 4
Yale University3.02.753.5, 2Group 4
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Baylor University.

Philosophical Logic Evaluators: John Bickle, Tad Brennan, Justin Clarke-Doane, Michael Glanzberg, Volker Halbach, Stephan Hartmann, Benjamin Hellie, Wesley Holliday, Leon Horsten, John Horty, Nicholas K. Jones, Harvey Lederman, Peter Ludlow, Edwin Mares, Krzysztof Mierzewski, Alex Miller, Daniel Nolan, Peter Pagin, Ian Rumfitt, Nathan Salmon, Ted Sider, Timothy Williamson, Jose Zalabardo.

PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Florida State University4.54.255, 4Group 1
Cornell University4.04.004.5, 4, 3Group 2
University of California, Riverside4.04.004Group 2
University of California, San Diego4.04.004Group 2
Indiana University, Bloomington3.53.504, 3.5Group 3
Princeton University3.53.003Group 3
Stanford University3.54.004Group 3
University College London3.53.503.5Group 3
University of California, Los Angeles3.53.253Group 3
University of Leeds3.53.503.5Group 3
University of Pittsburgh3.53.504Group 3
University of Texas, Austin3.53.503.5Group 3
Brown University3.03.003.5, 3, 2.5Group 4
Cambridge University3.03.002.5Group 4
Columbia University3.02.503.5, 2Group 4
Duke University3.02.253, 2Group 4
Harvard University3.03.003, 2Group 4
Johns Hopkins University3.03.004, 3Group 4
King’s College, London3.03.503.5, 2Group 4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3.03.254Group 4
Oxford University3.03.003Group 4
Rutgers University, New Brunswick3.03.503.5Group 4
University of Arizona3.03.003Group 4
University of Calgary3.02.752.5Group 4
University of California, Berkeley3.02.752.5Group 4
University of California, Irvine3.03.003Group 4
University of California, Santa Barbara3.02.753Group 4
University of Chicago3.02.752Group 4
University of Edinburgh3.03.004, 2Group 4
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign3.02.502.5Group 4
University of Massachusetts, Amherst3.02.753Group 4
University of Notre Dame3.03.003Group 4
University of Southern California3.03.003Group 4
University of St. Andrews/Stirling Joint Program3.02.003.5, 2Group 4
University of Toronto3.03.003, 2Group 4
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Baylor University; Simon Fraser University.

Philosophy of Action Evaluators: John Bengson, Matt Boyle, J. Angelo Corlett, Michael Della Rocca, Tracy Isaacs, Alfred Mele, Timothy O’Connor, Derk Pereboom, Paul Russell, Peter van Inwagen, Manuel Vargas, Ted Warfield, Eric Wiland.

PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Rutgers University, New Brunswick4.54.505Group 1
University of Notre Dame4.55.005Group 1
Princeton University4.04.004.5, 4Group 2
Purdue University4.04.004Group 2
Saint Louis University4.04.004Group 2
Monash University3.53.503Group 3
Oxford University3.53.504Group 3
Georgetown University3.04.004Group 4
Indiana University, Bloomington3.03.253.5, 2Group 4
University of St. Andrews/Stirling Joint Program3.02.503, 2.5Group 4
University of Texas, Austin3.03.004, 3.5, 1.5Group 4
Yale University3.03.004, 3, 2Group 4
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Baylor University; Fordham University; University of New England (Australia); University of Oklahoma, Norman.

Philosophy of Religion Evaluators: Lara Buchak, Andrew Chignell, Stephen Grimm, Brian Leftow, Mark Murphy, Timothy O’Connor, Graham Oppy, Derk Pereboom, Eleonore Stump, Peter van Inwagen, Ted Warfield, Dean Zimmerman.