Last month, about 150 philosophers, scientists, and other thinkers gathered at a Baltimore hotel to discuss topics ranging from consciousness to evolution, cosmology to math.
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.
PhD Program
The department prepares graduate students to make original contributions to the field and to pursue careers in college and university teaching.
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
Allais and Ismael Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Congratulations to Lucy Allais and Jenann Ismael who have both been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! The Academy was founded in 1780, during the American Revolution, by […]
In memoriam: Tom Beauchamp
The Department mourns the passing of our distinguished alumnus Tom Beauchamp. Information about Tom and his career can be found in the Washington Post obituary.