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The Department of Philosophy stands out for its ecumenical environment to support research and teaching in all the major subfields of the discipline at the highest level. It teaches lively and innovative sequences of historical and contemporary approaches. Epistemologists often work also in logic and metaphysics, while philosophers of mind frequently work in philosophies of language, cognition, and psychology. Ethics and aesthetics often join with legal, social, and political philosophy. Fields of contemporary research engage the history of philosophy back to Antiquity. While the Department with its specializations testifies to important boundaries between subfields, it encourages a cross-fertilization through debates over common problems: theoretical and practical. The cross-fertilization is evident within the department and without, in the university as a whole. Many members of the faculty of Philosophy are accordingly affiliated with Institutes, Centers, Seminars, and Committees of the University.