Ph.D. Philosophy
Bachelor's degree
In Princeton (USA)
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Princeton (USA)
The graduate program in philosophy is designed to equip promising students for careers as philosophers and teachers of philosophy. To that end, the program provides broad general training, an opportunity for specialized research in the major areas of philosophic inquiry, and experience in undergraduate teaching. Students pursue an individual plan of study appropriate to their background, interests, and aims.
In the Standard Program, the first four semesters of graduate study are typically devoted to formal course work and independent research; by the end of the fifth semester, the student takes the general examination; having passed generals and demonstrated a capacity for doing scholarly work, the student proceeds to write a doctoral dissertation. The requirements for the three Special Programs—the Logic and the Philosophy of Science Track, the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Philosophy, and the Interdepartmental Program in Political Philosophy—are all variations on the requirements for the Standard Program.
Although there is no admission with advanced standing, regardless of previous work in philosophy, students with a strong undergraduate background, or those who have done graduate work at other institutions, may be able to satisfy the standard pre-generals requirements more quickly and hence take the general examination in two years or less.
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Subjects
- GCSE Physics
- GCSE Mathematics
- Plato
- History of Philosophy
- Logic
- Mathematics
- Metaphysics
- Ethics
- Semantics
- Philosophy
- Teaching
- Political Philosophy
- Works
Course programme
CLA 526 Problems in Greek and Roman Philosophy (also
HLS 527
PHI 522
) Special problems are selected for intensive investigation. The subject matter of the course changes to adapt to the particular interests of the students and the instructor.
PHI 500 The Philosophy of Plato (also
CLA 555
HLS 530
) The course is a study of the development of Plato's thought and an examination of the validity of his major contributions in the areas of metaphysics, epistemology, cosmology, and ethics.
PHI 501 The Philosophy of Aristotle (also
CLA 519
HLS 508
) The course is an historical and critical study of the major concepts of the metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and ethics of Aristotle. Particular attention is given to the Metaphysics, to parts of the Physics, Categories, Posterior Analytics, and the de Anima, and to the Nicomachean Ethics.
PHI 502 The Philosophy of Kant Selected works of Kant are read, analyzed, and discussed.
PHI 503 Plato's Political Philosophy (Half-Term) (also
CLA 530
POL 556
) This course discusses central issues in Plato's Political Philosophy based closely on study of the pertinent Platonic dialogues.
PHI 506 Topics in Medieval Philosophy The course is an intensive examination of selected developments in medieval philosophical thought. Topics may range from the detailed examination of a single text or the work of a single philoso- pher to the consideration of various medieval approaches to a significant philosophical problem. Among the areas that may be considered are medieval logic and semantics, universals, individuation and the plurality of forms, abstractive and intuitive knowledge, theories of human nature, and natural theology.
PHI 510 German Philosophy since Kant (also
COM 510
PHI 511 Pre-Kantian Rationalism The course focuses on reading and discussion of the works of one or more of the major rationalist philosophers of the early modern period. Normally the course focuses on the writings of Descartes, Spinoza, and/or Leibniz.
PHI 513 Topics in Recent and Contemporary Philosophy The course gives an intensive analysis of the major movements in philosophy in recent decades.
PHI 514 Recent and Contemporary Philosophy Seminar will review developments in the semantics of natural language since 1975.
PHI 515 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy (also
CLA 550
PHI 516 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy (also
COM 512
PHI 519 Normative Ethics (also
CHV 519
PHI 520 Logic The course is a study of selected topics in logic.
PHI 523 Problems of Philosophy A systematic examination of selected philosophical problems.
PHI 524 Systematic Ethics The course gives an analysis of theories of the nature and foundations of morality.
PHI 525 Ethics An introduction to the philosophical understanding and analysis of particular moral issues.
PHI 530 Philosophy of Art (also
COM 531
PHI 531 Philosophy of Science The course is a study of selected problems concerning the structure, methods, and presuppositions of the natural and the social sciences.
PHI 532 Philosophical Problems in Logic The course is an intensive study of selected problems in logical theory. In various years, topics include foundations of intuitionist theory, set theory, modal logic, or formal semantics.
PHI 533 Decision Theory Several accounts of individual and group decision making and of preference, utility, and probability are examined.
PHI 534 Philosophy of Language (also
LIN 534
PHI 535 Philosophy of Mind The course gives an analysis of psychological concepts and of philosophical problems in which they play a part.
PHI 536 Philosophy of Mathematics The course is a study of selected philosophic issues in mathematics: truth and proof, the relation of mathematics to logic, constructivity, the traditional viewpoints of formalism, intuitionism, and logicism.
PHI 538 The Philosophy of Physics A discussion of philosophic problems suggested by theories of physics, such as the logical status of Newton's laws; the nature of theories of space and time; the foundations of special and general relativity theory; and problems of quantum theory, including causal versus statistical laws, complementarity, correspondence, and measurement in quantum mechanics.
PHI 539 Theory of Knowledge The course is a critical study of the nature of knowledge.
PHI 540 Metaphysics An intensive study of concepts such as causality, being, time, and appearance and reality.
PHI 550 First Year Philosophy Graduate Student Seminar This seminar is an introduction to graduate study in Philosophy for first-year graduate students. It provides students with a common background in the subject, and facilitates philosophical discussion with each other. The course is for first-year Philosophy graduate students only. Topics discussed vary from year to year based on the interests of students and faculty.
PHI 590 Extramural Teaching Internship One-term teaching internship at a host institution to perform teaching directly relevant to a student's dissertation work. Objectives will be determined by the student's advisor in consultation with the outside host. Monthly progress reports are required. Students will be permitted to enroll in this one-semester course at most twice. Participation will be considered exceptional.
PHI 599 Dissertation Seminar Students will make presentations of work in progress, discuss each other's work, and share common pedagogical problems and solutions.
POL 507 Topics in Plato (Half-Term) (also
CLA 507
PHI 507
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HLS 507
) A study of fundamental questions of political theory in Plato¿s works, focusing on one or another of those works (or some part of one or more of them) while attending to the broader thematic and historical frameworks in which they must be interpreted. Topics may include part or all of Plato¿s Apology, Crito, Gorgias, Republic, Statesman, and Laws.
POL 518 Political Philosophy (also
PHI 529
POL 563 Philosophy of Law (also
PHI 526
Ph.D. Philosophy