Philosophical Gourmet Report 2002-2004
Brian Leiter's Ranking of Graduate Programs in Philosophy in the English-Speaking World
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PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS

 
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PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY

Group 1 (1-3) (mean of 4.5)

Australian National University (4.5)
Duke University (4.5)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (4.75)

Group 2 (4-5) (mean of 4.0)

Columbia University (4.0)
University of California, Davis (4.0)

Group 3 (6-14) (mean of 3.5)

Indiana University, Bloomington (3.5)
University of British Columbia (3.5)
University of California, Irvine (3.5)
University of Chicago (3.75)
University of Exeter (3.75)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (3.5)
University of Pittsburgh (3.5)
University of Queensland (3.75)

Group 4 (15-22) (mean of 3.0)

Florida State University (3.5)
Harvard University (3.0)
King's College, London (3.0)
University of Bristol (3.5)
University of Cincinnati (3.0)
University of Notre Dame (2.5)
University of Texas, Austin (3.25)
University of Toronto (3.0)

Also Notable (median of 3.0): Cambridge University; University of Calgary; University of Maryland, College Park; University of Pennsylvania.

In addition, the aggregated faculties of the colleges making up the University of London received a rounded median score of 3.0.

In the judgment of the Advisory Board, the following programs that were not part of the survey ought to be considered by students interested in this area: Victoria University, Wellington.

Evaluators: John Dupre, Marc Ereschefsky, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Philip Kitcher, Elisabeth Lloyd, Mohan Matthen, Alexander Rosenberg, Kim Sterelny. (Remember: Evaluators were not permitted to evaluate their own department or the department from which they received their graduate degree.)


 

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