Philosophical Gourmet Report 2006-2008
Brian Leiter's Ranking of Graduate Programs in Philosophy in the English-Speaking World
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THEORY OF VALUE

 

PHILOSOPHY OF ART

Group 1 (1-2) (mean of 5.0) (median, mode)

Temple University (5, 5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (5, 5)

Group 2 (3-6) (mean of 4.5) (median, mode)

University of Chicago (4.25, 4)
University of Maryland, College Park (4.5, 4 & 4.5 & 5)
University of Nottingham (4.5, 5)
University of Southampton (4.5, 5)

Group 3 (7-13) (mean of 4.0) (median, mode)

McGill University (4.25, 4.5)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (4, 4)
# University of Cincinnati (4.0, n/a)
University of Durham (4, 4.5)
University of Leeds, (4.25, 5)
University of Pennsylvania (3.5, 3.5)
University of St. Andrews (4, 4)
University of York (4, 3.5 & 4.5 & 5)

Group 4 (14-21) (mean of 3.5) (median, mode)

Princeton University (3.5, 3.5 & 4)
# State University of New York, Buffalo (3.5, n/a)
University of Auckland (3.5, 3.5)
University of British Columbia (4, 4)
University of Miami (3.5, 3.5)
University of Sheffield (4, 4)
University of Warwick (3.5, 3 & 3.5)
Yale University (3.5, 3 & 3.5 & 4.5)

Group 5 (22-28) (mean of 3.0) (median, mode)

Cambridge University (3, 3)
Columbia University (3, 3)
Oxford University (3.5, 4)
University of Alberta (2.75, 2.5)
University of Illinois, Chicago (3, 2.5)
University of Southern California (3, 2.5 & 3.5)
University of Texas, Austin (3, 4.5)

* inserted by Board
# based on 2004 results, in some cases with modest adjustments by the Advisory Board to reflect changes in staff in the interim

Evaluators: Daniel Came, Gregory Currie, David Davies, Stephen Davies, Berys Gaut, Paul Guyer, Robert Hopkins, Peter Lamarque, Jerrold Levinson, Diana Raffman, George Wilson.

Remember: evaluators were not permitted to evaluate either their own department or the department from which they received their highest degree (PhD, DPhil, sometimes the BPhil).


 

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