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
- UCSD Philosophy delighted to announce its inaugural Summer Program for Women in Philosophy, which will be held at UCSD from July 28 to August 8, 2014. For more details and applications, see the website.
- Cartwright honored at St. Andrews as one of the ‘best minds of our generation'
- The Department regrets to report that Emeritus Research Professor Avrum Stroll, one of its founding members, has died. Details here.
- Bill Bechtel appointed Interim Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science
- Clinton Tolley's paper, “The Generality of Kant's Transcendental Logic”, selected as one of the 10 Best Papers of 2012 by the Philosopher's Annual
- Craig Callender's talk "Falling Through Time" appears this week on television in Australia
- Jonathan Cohen Interviewed by Huffpost; "Can They Get a Search Warrant For Your Thoughts"
- Morgan Parker selected to recieve the 2013 Eric Paul Allison Memorial Prize Fellowship
Events
- Peter Singer on Effective Altruism: TED talk viewing and Skype discussion. Tuesday, February 25th, at 6:30pm. See flyer for details.
- New philosophy of perception working group
- Philosophy turns 50! Contribute to our institutional memory blog
- Read about Ethics in the Public Sphere series: interview with Professor Donald Rutherford
- Colloquium Series
- Undergrad Philosophy Club launches new website
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