Home to a distinguished tradition of philosophical research and teaching, our department provides a comprehensive academic atmosphere for pursuing advanced study in a wide range of philosophical subjects and methods—systematic, analytic, and historical. Please follow the appropriate link on the navigation column to the left to learn more about our faculty, our graduate and undergraduate programs, our events, and more.
In 2001, Columbia’s Philosophy Department was united with the Philosophy Department at Barnard College. We now function as a single department with shared policies and standards. For a tour of the Columbia campus and for a tour of the Barnard campus. Our department is also home to The Journal of Philosophy.
Announcements
Lead Teaching Fellowship Event ("Teaching Philosophy Writing: Communicating Our Implicit Knowledge") with Devin Morse Tuesday, November 16, 2021 4:10pm – 6:00pm via Zoom
Description:
Do you struggle to help your students develop a paper idea that is doable but interesting to them? Do you wish you knew more about how to explain what a good philosophy paper should look like, beyond the standard guides? In this discussion-based workshop, we will, in collaboration with a writing pedagogy specialist from the Writing Center, work to identify and make explicit our implicit knowledge of how to write a philosophy paper and what a good paper looks like, and develop strategies for communicating this knowledge to our students. The event will be held on Zoom.
Colloquium Talk on Thursday, December 2, 2021 with speaker David Albert.
Colloquium Talk on Thursday, December 2, 2021, with speaker David Albert and the title of his talk, is "The Difference Between the Past and the Future Considered as a Mechanical Phenomenon of Nature". The talk is from 4:10-6:00 pm via Zoom.
Ph.D. Open House (Thursday, March 31, and Friday, April 1, 2022)
Ph.D. Open House on Thursday, March 31, and Friday, April 1, 2022.