Welcome to the Philosophy Department at Northwestern University. The faculty have research and teaching interests that range widely over the philosophical terrain.  Among them are: the history of philosophy (ancient, medieval, modern), ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of language and mind, epistemology, metaphysics, continental philosophy in both the German and French traditions (including feminist philosophy, gender theory, post-structuralist theory, hermeneutics, and critical theory), race theory, philosophy of religion, aesthetics, philosophy of science, philosophy of logic and mathematics. The faculty have a strong reputation and many have received distinguished awards.  Our graduate students are no less diverse in their interests and have been successful in receiving fellowship support and finding academic positions.  We are committed to maintaining a strong sense of community among all our students, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

The Department is able to draw on the strengths of its many affiliated faculty, whose research interests in other disciplines have a strong philosophical component. In addition, we have recently developed new interdisciplinary clusters of graduate studies.  We encourage applicants to our graduate program to consider these affiliations. Members of the Department maintain formal and informal ties to other philosophical groups meeting throughout the Chicago area, such as the Chicago Area Consortium in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy.

Browse our website for more information, and if you cannot find your questions answered there, please contact me or the staff in the philosophy department.

Kenneth Seeskin,
Chair

Please refer also to these direct links for often requested information:

• Further Department Officers (Admissions, Placement, Directors of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies)
• Committee on Institutional Cooperation (links our program & our students options to other Big Ten universities & U of Chicago)