Johns Hopkins UniversityEST. 1876

America’s First Research University

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Faculty (Patrick Connolly) discussing with students.

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.

Department News

Congratulations to Mason Westfall and EJ Green

Congratulations to Mason Westfall and EJ Green who won the Poster Prize at the 2026 Society for Philosophy and Psychology meeting for their work on “The Structure of Perceptual Event Representations”. This […]

Jenann Ismael named the 2027 Patrick Romanell Lecturer

The American Philosophical Association has named William H. Miller III Professor of Philosophy Jenann Ismael the 2027 Patrick Romanell Lecturer. From the selection committee: “Jenann Ismael’s work spans philosophy of physics, […]