Since its founding in 1963, the UCSD Philosophy Department has grown to become a nationally ranked department, offering excellent instruction and supervision at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Faculty have a broad range of research interests, with special concentrations in the philosophy of science, ethics and political philosophy, history of philosophy, and epistemology and metaphysics.
The department is strongly committed to interdisciplinary work in philosophy, which graduate students can pursue through joint doctoral studies in the Science Studies Program and in the Department of Cognitive Science. The department has close ties to many other departments and programs on campus including History, Classical Studies, Psychology, Political Science, and the Division of Biological Sciences. Graduates of our Ph.D. program have been successfully placed in top departments across the country and abroad.
Philosophy faculty have demonstrated their skill and dedication as teachers by winning many university-wide teaching awards. Among our current faculty are a MacArthur Fellow and the recipients of numerous competitive research fellowships.
News
- Matthew Fulkerson receives Sony Scholar Jr. Faculty award
- 2 Open Faculty Postions in Philosophy
- Henry E. Allison Endowed Chair in the History of Philosophy, and
- Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment in Applied Ethics
- We are sad to report that long-time Philosophy faculty member and former chair, Frederick Olafson, passed away on August 14th. He was 87.
- Executive Vice Chancellor names Saba Bazargan a 2012-13 Hellman Fellow
- Philosopher of Science Nancy Cartwright to receive honorary degree at SMU Commencement
Events
- New Undergraduate Philosophy Journal Intuitions, Call for Papers
Due April 8th, 2013 - New Symposium Series Ethics in the Public Sphere
Aims of Education Symposium
Saturday, April 20th, 1:00pm - 5:30pm
Open to the Public
Read more about the series:
interview with Philosophy Department Chair, Donald Rutherford
- Colloquium Series
- New Undergrad Philosophy Club launches new website
- Philosophy: Then & Now Symposium in honor of UCSD's 50th Anniversary
Symposium Video - Contribute to our institutional memory blog
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