Johns Hopkins UniversityEST. 1876

America’s First Research University

Asking the Big Questions

In the William H. Miller III Department of Philosophy, students are provided a broad and analytically rigorous philosophical education, with particular areas of strength in philosophy of mind and language, the history of philosophy, philosophy of science, moral psychology, metaphysics, and epistemology.

  • Degrees Offered BA, BA/MA, PhD
  • Major Philosophy
  • Minor Philosophy, Bioethics

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Faculty

Scholarship by our world-renowned faculty addresses a wide range of topics in theoretical philosophy, value, and the history of philosophy.

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PhD Program

The department prepares graduate students to make original contributions to the field and to pursue careers in college and university teaching.

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Undergraduate

The department offers a Major in Philosophy, a Minor in Philosophy, an accelerated BA/MA program, and collaborates with the Berman Institute of Bioethics to offer a Minor in Bioethics.

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Lecture – Vili Lähteenmäki (University of Oulu)

Vili Lähteenmäki (University of Oulu) will be giving a talk from 2:00-3:30 on Monday November 24 in Gilman 288.  The talk is on "Self-Cognition: Descartes and Locke."  Further information about Prof. Lähteenmäki's […]

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Insight Into Inattentional Blindness

A recent study by Ian Phillips, Chaz Firestone, and colleagues sheds new light on the fascinating phenomenon of inattentional blindness. See the article in Johns Hopkins Magazine for more information.

Journal Devotes Full Issue to Jenann Ismael’s Work

The Australian Philosophical Review has published a volume dedicated to Jenann Ismael’s paper “The Open Universe: Totality, Self-reference and Time”. Follow this link to read her lead article, commentaries by 11 distinguished philosophers and […]