Philosophy
Degree: PhD
Objectives: The Department of Philosophy offers a program of study leading to the master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees with specialization in the major areas of philosophy. These areas include metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, philosophy of history, and philosophy of culture.
The department emphasizes thorough study of the history of philosophy and offers courses in the major periods, including ancient philosophy, medieval philosophy, Renaissance philosophy, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century continental and British philosophy, nineteenth- and twentieth-century continental, analytic, and American philosophy. The department regards a grounding in the history of philosophy as the necessary basis for the special areas of interest or problems that the student may pursue in the advanced stages of doctoral study.
Additional Information: The Doctor of Philosophy degree requires four semesters of study in residence at the level of advanced standing, passing examinations for reading knowledge of two foreign languages, passing the written examinations for the doctorate, writing a doctoral dissertation, and passing a final oral examination on it.
Program Application Deadline: January 3, 2008
Faculty: 16
Students: In residence 50; average in entering class 7
Mailing Address:
Emory University
Department of Philosophy
561 Kilgo Circle, Suite 214
Atlanta, GA 30322
U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 404.727.6577
Fax: +1 404.727.4959
Email: cwillet@emory.edu
