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University of Florida
Academic Year:
2022 - 2023
Website
Department Name
Department of Philosophy
Department Chair
John Palmer,
Professor
Degrees Offered
Ph.D., Terminal Masters, Non-Terminal Masters
Financial Aid
Teaching Fellowships:
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
Teaching Assistantships:
16
Scholarships:
Students teaching their own classes:
Other Financial Information:
Students admitted to the graduate program typically receive a teaching assistantship with a stipend of $17,722 and a tuition waiver for 3 graduate courses each semester. Students who have satisfied the requirements for an MA might receive a teaching assistantship over the summer to teach on their own courses, and advanced students might have the opportunity during the fall or spring semesters to do the same.
Faculty
Members
Jaime Ahlberg, Associate Professor |
John Biro, Professor |
Rodrigo Borges, Lecturer |
Chris Dorst, Assistant Professor |
Stewart Duncan, Associate Professor |
Molly Gardner, Assistant Professor |
Lyndal Grant, Lecturer |
David Grant, Assistant Professor |
John Palmer, Professor and Chair |
Arina Pismenny, Lecturer |
Duncan Purves, Associate Professor |
Greg Ray, Professor |
Jon Rick, Lecturer |
Amber Ross, Assistant Professor |
Jennifer Rothschild, Assistant Professor |
Nathan Rothschild, Lecturer |
Gene Witmer, Associate Professor |
Demographics
Ph.D.
Program Strengths
The Department has 17 faculty covering all the major areas of philosophical research (history, value theory, and metaphysics & epistemology). Several recent hires include philosophers with expertise in the specific area of the ethics of technology and artificial intelligence (Purves, Ross, D. Grant, L. Grant), an investment supported by the ongoing university-wide initiative in artificial intelligence (see http://ai.ufl.edu). Several other faculty who work in areas of ethics and social and political theory support this as well (Ahlberg, Gardner, Pismenny, Rick, J. Rothschild). By way of history, the faculty include experts in ancient and modern philosophy (Biro, Duncan, Palmer, N. Rothschild). By way of "M&E," the faculty include epistemologists (Biro, Borges), philosophers of science (Dorst, D. Grant), philosophers of mind and language (Biro, Ray, Witmer) and metaphysicans (Ray, Ross, Witmer). Some modest coverage of Continental philosophy is provided as well (N. Rothschild).
The Department takes pride in the supportive and friendly community it has built over the years, a community including both faculty and graduate students. In recent years working groups involving both have become active, providing a venue for participants to share work in progress, discuss recent work in the area, or work through classic texts together. The department maintains an active speaker series and has recently twice hosted the Southeastern Epistemology Conference (in 2020 and 2021), among other events (see the events archive at https://phil.ufl.edu/previous-events/). It is not unusual for faculty and graduate students to collaborate on research, and doctoral students have opportunities for designing and teaching their own courses as part of their training. New Teaching Assistants are provided an “in house” workshop before starting their duties so as to ease their way into the job, and all faculty supervising TAs are required to sit in on TA sections so as to provide appropriate and helpful feedback. High quality teaching is taken seriously here, which is one reason the community includes not just faculty and graduate students but an exceptionally robust body of undergraduate philosophy majors and minors.
Student Demographics
Degrees Awarded
Ph.D. Tuition (US$ in FTEs)
Number of Required Courses:
30
Additional Information:
Students admitted to the PhD program usually have a Teaching Assistantship that provides a tuition waiver for 3 courses (9 credits) each fall and spring. Taking 3 courses each fall and spring is the standard for making appropriate progress.
Ph.D. Program Entry Requirements
Transcripts:
Yes
Writing Sample:
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?:
No
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
No
TOEFL Required?:
Yes
Master's
Program Strengths
For a general description of strengths of the program, see the description for the PhD. By way of specific information on the MA, two points are relevant. First, MA students are eligible for Teaching Assistantship support, just as PhD students. Second, the department has an excellent record of placing their MAs in good PhD programs. Of the 17 students who received an MA between 2013 and 2019 and who sought placement with funding in a PhD program in philosophy, and disregarding those who started in the PhD here at UF, 15 succeeded. The programs into which they were placed were: Arizona State University (2), Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University, Oklahoma University, UC-Davis (2), University of Kent (UK), University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Miami, University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Univesity of South Florida, and University of Texas, Austin.
Student Demographics
Master's Tuition (US$ in FTEs)
Number of Required Courses:
12
Additional Information:
Students admitted to the MA program usually have a Teaching Assistantship that provides a tuition waiver for 3 courses (9 credits) each fall and spring. Taking 3 courses each fall and spring is the standard for making appropriate progress.
Master's Program Entry Requirements
Transcripts Required?:
Yes
Writing SampleRequired?:
Yes
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
No
GPA Required?:
No
TOEFL Required?:
Yes
Other Requirements:
Types of Master's
Terminal Master's:
Yes
Non-Terminal Master's:
Yes
Placement
Summary of PhD Students 2018
Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2017
Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015
Summary of Master's Students, 2017
Summary of Master's Students, 2011 - 2015
Students Retention Summary 2015