Philosophy

Awards available	MPhil MLitt PhD
Duration of programme	MPhil: One year full-time; two years part-time MLitt: two years full-time; four years part-time PhD: three years full-time; six years part-time
Number of places	Not fixed

Page contents

• Programme overview
• Entry requirements
• Staff research interests

Programme overview

The Department of Philosophy is one of the best in the UK. With a reputation for high-quality research in all aspects of the subject, we are particularly well known for our strength in logic and the philosophy of science and mathematics, and have expertise in applied ethics, phenomenology and the philosophy of medicine.

The principal research areas of the Department of Philosophy are:

• Philosophy of Science, Mathematics and Logic
• Philosophy of Mind, Psychology and Epistemology
• Moral and Political Philosophy

We have an active postgraduate community and internationally renowned staff who set the agenda and break new ground in their respective fields. Teaching is informed by the latest research and we are proud of the contributions made by our postgraduates to the Department's vibrant research culture. We have an exciting seminar and conference programme, including regular seminars in philosophy and history of science, and medicine, mathematics and logic, as well as weekly departmental seminars with visiting speakers, and joint sessions run with the Physics, Mathematics and Psychology Departments. We also host the Centre for Science and Philosophy which promotes the interpretation of science through collaboration with other disciplines.

Individual members of staff have been highly successful in attracting external and internal research awards, including three Philip Leverhulme Prizes, five AHRC Research Leave Awards, one Mind Association Research Fellowship, and two Bristol University Research Fellowships.

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Entry requirements

MPhil: An upper second-class degree (or international equivalent). MLitt/PhD: A pass at MA level (or international equivalent).

For information on international equivalent qualifications, please see our International Office website.

Admissions statement

Read the programme admissions statement for important information on entry requirements, the application process and supporting documents required.

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Key research interests

Professor Chris Bertram, Political philosophy.

Professor Alexander Bird, Philosophy of science; metaphysics; epistemology.

Dr Joanna Burch-Brown, Ethics; political philosophy; philosophy of social science; decision theory; philosophy of literature.

Dr Havi Carel, Philosophy of medicine; death; phenomenology; film and philosophy; Heidegger, Freud and Merleau-Ponty.

Dr Anthony Everett, Philosophy of language and mind; metaphysics; philosophical logic.

Dr Johnathan Grose, Philosophy of biology; philosophy of economics; philosophy of social science; decision theory and rationality.

Professor Leon Horsten, Philosophical logic; philosophy of mathematics; epistemology and metaphysics.

Professor James Ladyman, Philosophy of physics; metaphysics; epistemology.

Dr Michelle Montague, Philosophy of mind; language.

Dr Seiriol Morgan, Ethics; history of philosophy.

Professor Samir Okasha, Philosophy of biology; philosophy of science; epistemology and metaphysics.

Dr Giles Pearson, Ancient philosophy; ethics.

Dr Richard Pettigrew, Philosophy of mathematics; formal epistemology.

Dr Kathy Puddifoot, Philosophy of psychology; philosophy of mind; epistemology.

Dr Andrew Pyle, History and philosophy of science; 17th century philosophy.

Dr Finn Spicer, Philosophy of mind; epistemology.

Dr Giulia Terzian, Philosophical logic; philosophy of mathematics and language; metaphysics.

Dr Dagmar Wilhelm, Intuitions, autonomy, meta-philosophy.

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