The department of philosophy offers graduate students rigorous training in critical thinking and philosophical methods relative to important topics and questions in each of its three specializations: Law, Ethics and Society; Philosophy, Medicine and Ethics; and Mind and Brain. The coursework in these programs is designed to prepare students for law school and the legal professions, medical school and the medical profession, or for further graduate study in psychology and neuroscience. Because these programs also include general philosophy courses and emphasize critical writing skills, they can prepare students more broadly for other professions and the philosophical questions raised by everyday life.
Faculty
Professor and Chair
- Richards, Richard A.
Professors
- Wrenn, Chase
- Poston, Ted
- Alter, Torin
Associate Professors
- Bordner, Seth
- Hunt, Luke
- Kozuch, Ben
- Nath, Rekha
Assistant Professors
- Erasmus, Adrian
- Le Blevennec, Marie K. Feldblyum
Instructors
- Arico, Adam
- Davey, Stephen
- Feldblyum, Leonard
- Gleason, Jenn
- Kantin, Holly
- Solis, Eric
Professors Emeriti
- Hestevold, Scott
- Hocutt, Max O.
- Richards, Norvin W.
- Wu, Kathleen
Courses
This course concerns the nature of meaning and its connection to metaphysics and epistemology. Students will study classic works by Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, Saul Kripke, and others. Students will also study more recent work in philosophical semantics and its application to arguments in the philosophy of mind. This course concerns the nature of linguistic reference, meaning, and their connection to metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. Students will also study more recent works by David Chalmers, Amie Thomasson, Jennifer Saul, and others.