The Fighting Mongoose

Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. -Ambrose Bierce
A group weblog by the graduate philosophy students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Saturday, October 14, 2006

The Leiter Reports have been giving previews of the upcoming Philosophical Gourmet. Here are the top 20 schools for metaphysics and epistemology (which include phil language, phil mind, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of action, philosophical logic, and phil religion).

1. Oxford University (4.3)

2. New York University (3.9)

2. Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3.9)

4. University of Notre Dame (3.8)

5. University of Texas, Austin (3.5)

6. Massachussetts Institute of Technology (3.4)

6. Princeton University (3.4)

6. University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3.4)

9. University of California, Los Angeles (3.3)

10. Stanford University (3.2)

10. University of Pittsburgh (3.2)

10. University of Southern California (3.2)

13. Cornell University (3.1)

13. University of California, Berkeley (3.1)

13. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.1)

13. Yale University (3.1)

17. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3.0)

18. City University of New York Graduate Center (2.9)

18. Columbia University (2.9)

18. Indiana University, Bloomington (2.9)

18. University of California, Riverside (2.9)

18. University of Massachussetts, Amherst (2.9)


Geez. Most of these schools are nearly impossible to get into (with funding). Maybe I should change my interests over to applied ethics or something.

2 Comments:

At 8:43 AM, Blogger 10000A said...

Better yet, I hear that there's many more jobs in Asian phil...Maybe forego the Plantinga and pick up the Heidegger?

 
At 7:57 PM, Blogger Philo said...

Heidegger?? You want me to join the continental dark side? I might as well write my purpose statement with my blood. :-P

University of Hawaii is supposed to be the best for Chinese philosophy. 5-10 years doing grad work in Hawaii doesn't too bad. :-D

 

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