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

 

METAETHICS

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

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (5, 5)

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

Harvard University (4.5, 4 & 4.5 & 5)
Princeton University (5, 5)

Group 3 (4-8) (mean of 4.0) (median, mode)

Cambridge University (4, 4)
Cornell University (4, 3.5)
New York University (4, 4)
Oxford University (4, 4)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (4, 4)

Group 4 (9-16) (mean of 3.5) (median, mode)

Australian National University (3.5, 3.5)
Brown University (3.5, 3.5 & 4)
Ohio State University (3.25, 3)
University of Arizona (4, 4)
University of California, Berkeley (3.5, 4)
University of California, San Diego (3.5, 3.5)
University of Pittsburgh (3.5, 3)
University of Reading (3.5, 4)

Group 5 (17-27) (mean of 3.0) (median, mode)

* Bowling Green State University
Florida State University (3, 2.5)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3, 2 & 3)
Stanford University (3, 3)
University of California, Los Angeles (3, 3.5)
University of Edinburgh (3, 3)
University of Florida, Gainesville (3, 3)
University of Notre Dame (3, 3)
University of St. Andrews (3, 3) (Joint Program has median and mode of 3.5)
University of Texas, Austin (3, 3)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3.5, 3.5)

* 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: David Brink, Thomas Carson, Jonathan Dancy, Justin D'Arms, John Deigh, James Dreier, Gilbert Harman, Brad Hooker, Thomas Hurka, Frank Jackson, Karen Jones, Shelly Kagan, Robert Kane, Brian Leiter, David McNaughton, Alex Miller, Paul Noordhof, Daniel Nolan, Michael Ridge, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, David Sosa, Sharon Street, Larry Temkin, Evan Tiffany, Ralph Wedgwood, David Wong.

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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