PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS 2017
General Philosophy of Science
| Institution | Rounded Mean | Median | Mode(s) | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Irvine | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5,5.0 | 1 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Cambridge University | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| London School of Economics | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| New York University | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Stanford University | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of Bristol | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of California, San Diego | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 2 |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 2 |
| University of Notre Dame | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of Sydney | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Australian National University | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Columbia University | 3.5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Duke University | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 |
| Indiana University, Bloomington | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 |
| Oxford University | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3 |
| University of British Columbia | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Durham | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Leeds | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 |
| University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3 |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 |
| University of Toronto | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Utah | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 |
| University of Western Ontario | 3.5 | 3.75 | 4 | 3 |
| City University of New York Graduate Center | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Florida State University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 3 | 2.75 | 2.0,3.0 | 4 |
| King's College, London | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ohio State University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Princeton University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Rutgers University, New Brunswick | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| University of Arizona | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| University of Calgary | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
| University of California, Davis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| University of Edinburgh | 3 | 3 | 2.5,4.0 | 4 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| University of Miami | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| University of Southern California | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Washington University St. Louis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, University of Exeter, University of Groningen, University of South Carolina
Evaluators: Anna Alexandrova, Andre Ariew, Brad Armendt, Jeffrey Barrett, John Bickle, Alexander Bird, David Braddon-Mitchell, Mazviita Chirimuuta, David Danks, Shamik Dasgupta, Stephen Downes, Marc Ereshefsky, Ken Gemes, Paul Griffiths, Gary Gutting, William Harper, David Hilbert, Chris Hitchcock, Simon Hutteger, Jim Joyce, Elisabeth Lloyd, Edouard Machery, Dominic Murphy, Daniel Nolan, Jill North, John Norton, Samir Okasha, Richard Pettigrew, A. Rosenberg, Paul Roth, Howard Sankey, Wilfried Sieg, Brian Skyrms, Chris Smeenk, Sonja Smets, Kyle Stanford, Kim Sterelny, Michael Strevens, J.D. Trout, Michael Weisberg, Eric Winsberg, Christian Wuthrich.
Philosophy of Physics
| Institution | Rounded Mean | Median | Mode(s) | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford University | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| New York University | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 |
| University of California, Irvine | 4.5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| University of Southern California | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University, of California, San Diego | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 |
| Cambridge University | 4 | 3.75 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Columbia University | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5,5.0 | 3 |
| London School of Economics | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Arizona | 4 | 4 | 3.5,4.0 | 3 |
| University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul | 4 | 4 | 3.5,4.0 | 3 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 3 |
| University of Western Ontario | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Princeton University | 3.5 | 3.75 | 4 | 4 |
| Stanford University | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.0,3.5,4.0 | 4 |
| University of Bristol | 3.5 | 4 | 4.0,4.5 | 4 |
| University of Illinois, Chicago | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5,4.0 | 4 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 4 |
| Boston University | 3 | 3 | 3.0,3.5 | 5 |
| Duke University | 3 | 2.75 | 2.5,3.5 | 5 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 5 |
| King's College, London | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Rutgers University, New Brunswick | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| University of Leeds | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| University of North Carolin, Chapel Hill | 3 | 3 | 2.0,3.0,4.0 | 5 |
| University of Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, University of South Carolina
Evaluators: Jeffrey Barrett, David Braddon-Mitchell, Shamik Dasgupta, Stephen Downes, William Harper, Nicholas Huggett, Oliver Pooley, Chris Smeenk, Sonja Smets, Michael Strevens, Jill North, John Norton, David Wallace, Eric Winsberg, Christian Wuthrich.
Philosophy of Biology
| Institution | Rounded Mean | Median | Mode(s) | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian National University | 4.5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Duke University | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| University of Sydney | 4.5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| University of Bristol | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of Calgary | 4 | 4.5 | 4.0,4.5 | 2 |
| University of California, Davis | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 |
| University of Utah | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison | 4 | 4 | 4.0,5.0 | 2 |
| University of British Columbia | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| University of California, Irvine | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul | 3.5 | 3.75 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Toronto | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Arizona State University | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
| Cambridge University | 3 | 3.25 | 4 | 4 |
| Columbia University | 3 | 3.25 | 1.0,3.0,3.5,5.0 | 4 |
| Florida State University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Indiana University, Bloomington | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
| University of Leeds | 3 | 3 | 3.0,4.0 | 4 |
| University of Texas, Austin | 3 | 3 | 1.0,3.0 | 4 |
| Washington University St. Louis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: University of Cincinnati, University of Exeter
Evaluators: Andre Ariew, John Bickle, David Braddon-Mitchell, Mazviita Chirimuuta, Stephen Downes, Marc Ereshefsky, Paul Griffiths, Elisabeth Lloyd, Edouard Machery, Mohan Matthen, Dominic Murphy, Bence Nanay, Samir Okasha, A. Rosenberg, Paul Roth, Chris Smeenk, Kyle Stanford, Kim Sterelny, Michael Weisberg, Robert Wilson.
Philosophy of Social Sciences
| Institution | Rounded Mean | Median | Mode(s) | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Durham | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 4 | 4 | 2.0,3.5,4.5,5.0 | 2 |
| London School of Economics | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
| Stanford University | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of Arizona | 4 | 4.5 | 3.0,4.5,5.0 | 2 |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 4 | 4.25 | 4.5 | 2 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 4 | 4 | 3.0,4.0,4.5 | 2 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Australian National University | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Columbia University | 3.5 | 3.25 | 2.5,4.0 | 3 |
| Duke University | 3.5 | 4 | 2.5,4.0 | 3 |
| Harvard University | 3.5 | 2.75 | 2.5 | 3 |
| Princeton University | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5,3.0,4.0,4.5 | 3 |
| University of Bristol | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| University of British Columbia | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| University of California, Irvine | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Sydney | 3.5 | 3.25 | 2.0,3.0,3.5,5.0 | 3 |
| Birkbeck College, University of London | 3 | 2.75 | 2.5,4.0 | 4 |
| Cambridge University | 3 | 2.75 | 1.5,2.5,3.0,5.0 | 4 |
| City University of New York Graduate Center | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3 | 3 | 1.5,2.0,3.0,3.5,4.0 | 4 |
| New York University | 3 | 3 | 2.0,3.0,3.5 | 4 |
| Oxford University | 3 | 3 | 2.0,3.0,4.0 | 4 |
| Rutgers University, New Brunswick | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| University of California, San Diego | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| University of Nebraska, Lincoln | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 3 | 3.25 | 3.5 | 4 |
| Washington University St. Louis | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: University of Exeter, University of Kentucky
Evaluators: Anna Alexandrova, Cristina Bicchieri, Stephen Downes, Dominic Murphy, Alexander Prescott-Couch, A. Rosenberg, Paul Roth, David Schmidtz, J.D. Trout, Somogy Varga.
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
| Institution | Rounded Mean | Median | Mode(s) | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
| City University of New York Graduate Center | 4 | 4.25 | 4.0,5.0 | 2 |
| New York University | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
| Rutgers University, New Brunswick | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
| University of Arizona | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 2 |
| University of California, San Diego | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of Edinburgh | 4 | 4 | 4.5,5.0 | 2 |
| University of Sydney | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Washington University St. Louis | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Australian National University | 3.5 | 3.25 | 3.0,4.0 | 3 |
| Duke University | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| University of British Columbia | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| University of Toronto | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 |
| University of Western Ontario | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Yale University | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 |
| Columbia University | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 |
| Monash University | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5,4.0 | 4 |
| Ohio State University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Princeton University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| University of California, Berkeley | 3 | 3.25 | 2.5,3.0,3.5,4.5 | 4 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
| University of California, Riverside | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| University of Miami | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| York University, Toronto | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Macquarie University, Simon Fraser University, University of Adelaide, University of Cincinnati
Evaluators: Avery Archer, Murat Aydede, John Bickle, David Braddon-Mitchell, Berit Brogaard, Peter Carruthers, Mazviita Chirimuuta, Kevin Connolly, David Danks, Jake Davis, John Doris, Stephen Downes, Frances Egan, Rocco Gennaro, Alvin Goldman, Paul Griffiths, David Hilbert, Anne Jacobson, Ernest LePore, Edouard Machery, Ronald Mallon, Brian McLaughlin, Friederike Moltmann, Dominic Murphy, Bence Nanay, Gualtiero Piccinini, Michael Rescorla, Richard Samuels, Chris Smeenk, Robert Stainton, Kim Sterelny, Stephen Stich, Michael Strevens, J.D. Trout, Somogy Varga, Jonathan Weinberg, Robert Wilson.
Decision, Rational Choice, & Game Theory
| Institution | Rounded Mean | Median | Mode(s) | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University | 4.5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| London School of Economics | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
| University of California, Irvine | 4.5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Australian National University | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Stanford University | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of Bristol | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Arizona State University | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Cambridge University | 3 | 3.5 | 2.0,3.5,4.0 | 3 |
| Columbia University | 3 | 3 | 2.5,3.0,3.5 | 3 |
| Harvard University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 |
| New York University | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Notre Dame University | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Oxford University | 3 | 3.25 | 2 | 3 |
| Princeton University | 3 | 3 | 3.0,3.5 | 3 |
| Rutgers University, New Brunswick | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Texas A&M University | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| University of California, Berkeley | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| University of Missouri, Columbia | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 3 | 3 | 2.5,3.0,4.0 | 3 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Southern California | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 |
| University of Toronto | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| University of Utah | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy
Evaluators: Anna Alexandrova, Brad Armendt, Jeffrey Barrett, Cristina Bicchieri, Lara Buchak, Mazviita Chirimuuta, David Danks, Stephen Downes, Gerald Gaus, Anthony Gillies, William Harper, Chris Hitchcock, Simon Hutteger, Jim Joyce, John Norton, Samir Okasha, Richard Pettigrew, Wlodek Rabinowicz, David Schmidtz, Wilfried Sieg, Brian Skyrms, Chris Smeenk, Sonja Smets, Kim Sterel
Philosophy of Mathematics
| Institution | Rounded Mean | Median | Mode(s) | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Irvine | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 4.5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Harvard University | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
| Ohio State University | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
| Oxford University | 4.5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Princeton University | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0,5.0 | 2 |
| University of Notre Dame | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| City University of New York Graduate Center | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| McGill University | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| New York University | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 3 |
| University of California, Berkeley | 4 | 4 | 4.0,5.0 | 3 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Sydney | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Brown University | 3.5 | 3.75 | 4.0,5.0 | 4 |
| University of Bristol | 3.5 | 4 | 3.0,4.0,4.5 | 4 |
| University of Connecticut, Storrs | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0,4.0 | 4 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| University of St. Andrews/Stirling Joint Program | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0,4.0 | 4 |
| Boston University | 3 | 2.75 | 2.0,2.5,4.5 | 5 |
| Cambridge University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Columbia University | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 |
| Cornell University | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Stanford University | 3 | 3 | 1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0 | 5 |
| Texas A&M University | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 5 |
| University of Calgary | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| University of California, Davis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| University of California, Riverside | 3 | 3 | 1.5,3.0,4.0 | 5 |
| University of Melbourne | 3 | 2 | 2.0,4.0 | 5 |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| University of Toronto | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| University of Western Ontario | 3 | 3.25 | 4 | 5 |
| Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board |
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board
Evaluators: Jeffrey Barrett, Warren Goldfarb, William Harper, Leon Horsten, Robin Jeshion, Mary Leng, Penelope Maddy, Edwin Mares, Robert May, Calvin Normore, John Norton, Ian Rumfitt, Wilfried Sieg, Chris Smeenk, Timothy Williamson.
Mathematical Logic
| Institution | Rounded Mean | Median | Mode(s) | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Harvard University | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| City University of New York Graduate Center | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
| Ohio State University | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Princeton University | 4 | 4 | 3.0,5.0 | 3 |
| University of Bristol | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| University of California, Berkeley | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 3 |
| University of California, Irvine | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 3 |
| Columbia University | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
| Cornell University | 3.5 | 4 | 4.0,5.0 | 4 |
| New York University | 3.5 | 3 | 3.0,4.5,5.0 | 4 |
| Oxford University | 3.5 | 3 | 2.5,5.0 | 4 |
| Stanford University | 3.5 | 4 | 3.0,4.0,5.0 | 4 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| University of Leeds | 3.5 | 3.25 | 1.5,5.0 | 4 |
| University of Notre Dame | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Boston University | 3 | 3 | 2.0,3.0,5.0 | 5 |
| Indiana University, Bloomington | 3 | 3 | 3.0,4.0 | 5 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 |
| University of Calgary | 3 | 2.75 | 2.0,2.5,3.0 | 5 |
| University of Connecticut, Storrs | 3 | 3.5 | 2.0,4.0,5.0 | 5 |
| University of Melbourne | 3 | 2.5 | 0.0,1.5,2.0,2.5,4.0,4.5,5.0 | 5 |
| University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul | 3 | 3.5 | 1.0,4.0 | 5 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 5 |
| University of Toronto | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| University of Western Ontario | 3 | 4 | 0.0,5.0 | 5 |
| Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: | ||||
| Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy | ||||
| Simon Fraser University | ||||
| University of Adelaide |
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy; Simon Fraser University; University of Adelaide
Evaluators: Jeffrey Barrett, Warren Goldfarb, Wesley Holliday, Leon Horsten, John Horty, Thomas Icard, John Kearns, Penelope Maddy, Edwin Mares, Robert May, Friederike Moltmann, Calvin Normore, Peter Pagin, Richard Pettigrew, Wilfried Sieg, Chris Smeenk.