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

PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS

GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
University of California, Irvine4.54.505Group 1
University of Pittsburgh4.54.505Group 1
Cambridge University4.04.504.5Group 2
London School of Economics4.04.504.5Group 2
New York University4.04.004.5Group 2
University of California, San Diego4.04.004Group 2
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor4.04.004Group 2
Carnegie Mellon University3.54.004Group 3
Johns Hopkins University3.54.004Group 3
Oxford University3.53.504Group 3
University of Bristol3.54.004Group 3
University of Edinburgh3.53.503Group 3
University of Miami3.53.504, 3Group 3
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.53.504, 3Group 3
University of Pennsylvania3.53.253Group 3
University of Sydney3.54.004Group 3
University of Utah3.53.754.5, 4Group 3
University of Western Ontario3.53.503.5Group 3
Australian National University3.04.004Group 4
Boston University3.03.003Group 4
City University of New York Graduate Center3.03.003Group 4
Duke University3.03.003Group 4
Indiana University, Bloomington3.03.003Group 4
King's College, London3.03.003Group 4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3.03.003Group 4
Ohio State University3.02.503Group 4
Princeton University3.03.003Group 4
Rutgers University, New Brunswick3.03.003.5, 3Group 4
Stanford University3.03.004, 3, 2Group 4
University of British Columbia3.03.003Group 4
University of Calgary3.02.754Group 4
University of California, Berkeley3.02.503Group 4
University of California, Los Angeles3.03.003Group 4
University of California, Santa Barbara3.03.003Group 4
University of Colorado, Boulder3.02.503, 2Group 4
University of Durham3.03.004, 3Group 4
University of Leeds3.03.003Group 4
University of Notre Dame3.03.004, 3Group 4
University of Toronto3.03.003Group 4
University of Wisconsin, Madison3.02.503Group 4
Washington University, St. Louis3.03.003Group 4

Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: LMU Munich; University of Exeter; University of Groningen; University of Indiana, Bloomington, History & Philosophy of Science (note that the list of Indiana HPS faculty was inadvertently not included in the overall rankings for Indiana, which would likely have appeared in these rankings if that list had been included); University of Salzburg; University of South Carolina.

General Philosophy of Science Evaluators: Andre Ariew, Sam Baron, Jeffrey Barrett, Eva Benjamin, David Braddon-Mitchell, Justin Bruner, Craig Callender, Eddy Keming Chen, Ian Church, Luis Favela, Stephan Hartmann, Grace Helton, Christopher Hitchcock, Simon Hutteger, Jenann Ismael, Arnon Levy, Elisabeth Lloyd, Barry Loewer, Alan Love, Edouard Machery, Edwin Mares, Kevin Mccain, Krzysztof Mierzewski, Alyssa Ney, Daniel Nolan, John Norton, Samir Okasha, Sarah Robins, Howard Sankey, Chris Smeenk, Kyle Stanford, Justin Sytsma, Serife Tekin, J.D. Trout, David Wallace, James Weatherall, Jessica Wilson, Eric Winsberg, Christian Wuthrich.

PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
University of California, Irvine5.05.005Group 1
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor5.05.005Group 1
University of Pittsburgh5.05.005Group 1
Oxford University4.54.755Group 2
University of California, San Diego4.54.254Group 2
University of Western Ontario4.54.504.5Group 2
Johns Hopkins University4.04.004.5, 4Group 3
London School of Economics4.04.004Group 3
New York University4.04.505, 3Group 3
Princeton University4.04.004Group 3
Rutgers University, New Brunswick4.03.753Group 3
University of Bristol4.04.004Group 3
Cambridge University3.53.754Group 4
Columbia University3.53.253Group 4
King's College, London3.53.504, 3Group 4
University of Illinois, Chicago3.53.504, 3.5, 3Group 4
University of Notre Dame3.54.004Group 4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3.02.753Group 5
University of California, Santa Barbara3.02.503.5Group 5
University of Leeds3.02.503, 2.5Group 5
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.03.254, 3.5, 3Group 5
University of Toronto3.03.004, 3, 2Group 5

Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: LMU Munich; University of Salzburg; University of South Carolina.

Philosophy of Physics Evaluators: Sam Baron, Jeffrey Barrett, Thmas Barrett, Craig Callender, Eddy Keming Chen, Neil Dewar, Stephan Hartmann, Jenann Ismael, Arnon Levy, Alyssa Ney, Jill North, John Norton, Chris Smeenk, David Wallace, James Weatherall, Eric Winsberg, Christian Wuthrich.

PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Australian National University4.04.505Group 1
Cambridge University4.04.004Group 1
University of California, Irvine4.04.504.5Group 1
University of Pittsburgh4.04.004Group 1
University of Sydney4.04.004Group 1
Washington University, St. Louis4.04.004.5, 4, 3Group 1
University of Bristol3.54.005, 4Group 2
University of British Columbia3.53.503.5Group 2
University of Calgary3.53.504, 3, 2.5Group 2
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul3.54.005, 2Group 2
University of Pennsylvania3.53.754, 3.5Group 2
University of Utah3.53.503.5Group 2
City University of New York Graduate Center3.03.254, 3.5Group 3
London School of Economics3.03.254, 3Group 3
New York University3.03.003, 1.5Group 3
University of California, Santa Barbara3.03.003Group 3
University of Texas, Austin3.03.505, 3.5, 3, 1Group 3
University of Toronto3.03.503.5, 1Group 3

Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: University of Exeter.

Philosophy of Biology Evaluators: Andre Ariew, John Bickle, Justin Bruner, Stephan Hartmann, Arnon Levy, Elisabeth Lloyd, Alan Love, Samir Okasha, Kyle Stanford.

PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Carnegie Mellon University4.04.505, 4.5Group 1
London School of Economics4.04.255, 4.5, 4, 3Group 1
University of California, Irvine4.04.504.5Group 1
University of Pennsylvania4.04.004.5, 4Group 1
Australian National University3.53.754Group 2
Cambridge University3.53.504.5, 2.5Group 2
Duke University3.54.004Group 2
New York University3.53.504Group 2
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor3.54.004Group 2
Rutgers University, New Brunswick3.02.502.5Group 3
University of California, Los Angeles3.03.50Group 3
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.03.003.5, 3Group 3
University of Pittsburgh3.03.503.5Group 3
University of Western Ontario3.02.753Group 3
University of Wisconsin, Madison3.03.003Group 3
Yale University3.03.003Group 3

Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: University of Exeter; University of Kentucky; University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Philosophy of Social Sciences Evaluators: Jeffrey Barrett, Justin Bruner, Ian Church, David Danks, Stephan Hartmann, Arnon Levy, Elisabeth Lloyd, Ryan Muldoon, Alexander Prescott-Couch, David Schmidtz, J.D. Trout, James Weatherall.

PHILOSOPHY OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, COGNITIVE & BRAIN SCIENCES

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
City University of New York Graduate Center4.04.004Group 1
Johns Hopkins University4.04.505, 4.5Group 1
New York University4.04.005, 4Group 1
Rutgers University, New Brunswick4.04.005Group 1
University of Pittsburgh4.04.004Group 1
Washington University, St. Louis4.04.004Group 1
Yale University4.04.004Group 1
Australian National University3.53.003Group 2
Cornell University3.53.503Group 2
Duke University3.53.003Group 2
Monash University3.53.253Group 2
Purdue University3.53.504.5Group 2
Stanford University3.53.504Group 2
University of California, San Diego3.53.754, 3Group 2
University of California, Santa Barbara3.53.754.5, 4Group 2
University of Edinburgh3.54.004Group 2
University of Maryland, College Park3.53.503Group 2
University of Sydney3.53.503Group 2
York University, Toronto3.53.504Group 2
Florida State University3.03.003Group 3
London School of Economics3.03.003.5, 3Group 3
Oxford University3.02.253.5, 2Group 3
University of British Columbia3.03.003Group 3
University of California, Berkeley3.03.003, 2Group 3
University of California, Irvine3.02.502Group 3
University of California, Los Angeles3.03.504, 3.5Group 3
University of California, Riverside3.03.003Group 3
University of Glasgow3.03.003.5, 3Group 3
University of Miami3.02.503Group 3
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor3.02.753.5Group 3
University of Toronto3.02.503Group 3
University of Warwick3.03.003.5Group 3
University of Western Ontario3.03.003Group 3

Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Macquarie University; Simon Fraser University; University of Adelaide; University of Indiana, Bloomington, History & Philosophy of Science (note that the list of Indiana HPS faculty was inadvertently not included in the overall rankings for Indiana, which may have appeared in these rankings if that list had been included).

Philosophy of the Psychological, Cognitive & Brain Science Evaluators: Kristin Andrews, John Bickle, Ned Block, David Braddon-Mitchell, Peter Carruthers, Ian Church, David Danks, John Doris, Luis Favela, Javier Gomez-Lavin, Steven Gross, Stephan Hartmann, Grace Helton, Christopher Hill, Arnon Levy, Elisabeth Lloyd, Barry Loewer, Edouard Machery, Brian McLaughlin, John Morrison, Bence Nanay, Ian Phillips, Gualtiero Piccinini, Hanna Pickard, Diana Raffman, Michael Rescorla, Sarah Robins, Robert Rupert, Elizabeth Schechter, Eric Schwitzgebel, Nick Shea, Stephen Stich, Justin Sytsma, Serife Tekin, J.D. Trout, Evan Westra.

DECISION, RATIONAL CHOICE & GAME THEORY

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Carnegie Mellon University5.05.005Group 1
London School of Economics4.54.505, 4.5Group 2
University of California, Irvine4.55.005Group 2
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor4.55.005Group 2
Australian National University4.04.004Group 3
Princeton University4.04.004Group 3
University of Bristol4.04.004Group 3
Stanford University3.53.503.5Group 4
University of California, Berkeley3.53.503Group 4
University of Chicago3.53.503Group 4
University of Pennsylvania3.53.504Group 4
University of Southern California3.53.503Group 4
University of Toronto3.53.503.5Group 4
University of Wisconsin, Madison3.54.004Group 4
Columbia University3.03.503.5Group 5
Duke University3.03.503.5Group 5
Harvard University3.03.003Group 5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3.03.004Group 5
New York University3.03.002Group 5
Oxford University3.03.504Group 5
University of California, Los Angeles3.02.504Group 5
University of California, San Diego3.03.003.5, 3Group 5
University of Colorado, Boulder3.03.004, 3.5, 3, 1.5, 1Group 5
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign3.03.003Group 5
University of Maryland, College Park3.03.004, 3Group 5
University of Massachusetts, Amherst3.03.003Group 5
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.03.004Group 5
University of Rochester3.03.003Group 5
University of Sydney3.03.003Group 5
University of Texas, Austin3.03.003Group 5

Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: LMU Munich; University of Groningen.

Decision, Rational Choice, & Game Theory Evaluators: Jeffrey Barrett, Eva Benjamin, Justin Bruner, Lara Buchak, Kenny Easwaran, Dmitri Gallow, Toby Handfield, Stephan Hartmann, Christopher Hitchcock, Wesley Holliday, Simon Hutteger, Jim Joyce, Harvey Lederman, Ryan Muldoon, Jake Nebel, Michael Rescorla, David Schmidtz, Brian Skyrms, Jack Spencer, Julia Staffel, John Thrasher, James Weatherall.

PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Harvard University4.54.505, 4.5, 4Group 1
Carnegie Mellon University4.04.505Group 2
Columbia University4.03.503.5Group 2
New York University4.04.504.5Group 2
Ohio State University4.04.504.5Group 2
Oxford University4.03.755, 3Group 2
Princeton University4.04.005, 4Group 2
University of California, Berkeley4.04.004Group 2
University of California, Irvine4.04.004Group 2
University of Notre Dame4.04.004Group 2
McGill University3.54.004Group 3
University of Calgary3.53.754Group 3
University of California, Los Angeles3.53.754Group 3
Brown University3.03.003Group 4
Cambridge University3.03.254Group 4
City University of New York Graduate Center3.03.004, 3Group 4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3.03.504Group 4
National University of Singapore3.03.004, 3Group 4
Stanford University3.03.004, 3Group 4
University College London3.03.254Group 4
University of Bristol3.03.503.5Group 4
University of California, Davis3.03.253.5Group 4
University of Connecticut, Storrs3.03.503.5Group 4
University of Miami3.03.003Group 4
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor3.03.253.5, 2Group 4
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul3.03.253.5Group 4
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.02.503Group 4
University of Pittsburgh3.03.503.5Group 4
University of Rochester3.03.003Group 4
University of Southern California3.03.004, 3, 1.5Group 4
University of St. Andrews/Stirling Joint Program3.03.503.5Group 4
University of Sydney3.03.254Group 4
University of Warwick3.03.253.5Group 4
University of York3.03.503.5Group 4

Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: None listed.

Philosophy of Mathematics Evaluators: Sam Baron, Jeffrey Barrett, Justin Clarke-Doane, Kenny Easwaran, Michael Glanzberg, Volker Halbach, Leon Horsten, John Horty, Arnon Levy, Edwin Mares, Krzysztof Mierzewski, Alex Miller, Michael Rescorla, Ian Rumfitt, James Weatherall, Timothy Williamson, Christian Wuthrich.

MATHEMATICAL LOGIC

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Harvard University5.05.005Group 1
Carnegie Mellon University4.54.504.5Group 2
Oxford University4.04.505Group 3
University of Notre Dame4.04.254.5Group 3
New York University3.53.005Group 4
Princeton University3.54.005, 4Group 4
Stanford University3.54.004Group 4
University of California, Berkeley3.53.003Group 4
University of California, Irvine3.53.504Group 4
City University of New York Graduate Center3.03.504Group 5
Columbia University3.02.504, 2Group 5
National University of Singapore3.03.004, 3Group 5
Ohio State University3.03.754Group 5
University of Bristol3.03.505Group 5
University of Calgary3.03.003Group 5
University of California, Los Angeles3.03.254Group 5
University of Connecticut, Storrs3.02.753Group 5
University of Pittsburgh3.03.003.5, 2Group 5
University of Warwick3.03.504, 3.5, 0Group 5

Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: LMU Munich; Simon Fraser University; University of Adelaide.

Mathematical Logic Evaluators: Jeffrey Barrett, Justin Clarke-Doane, Michael Glanzberg, Volker Halbach, Wesley Holliday, Leon Horsten, John Horty, Edwin Mares, Krzysztof Mierzewski, Ted Sider, James Weatherall, Timothy Williamson.