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Best PhD Programs for Philosophy of Mind for 2016-17

Following up on this post, and once again taking account of faculty changes since the fall 2014 PGR, here's an attempted update of the top (3.5 or higher) programs for philosophy of mind for 2016-17, again by rough "clusters" of peer programs:

Group 1 (1)

New York University

Group 2 (2)

Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Group 3 (3-4)

City University of New York Graduate Center

University of California, Los Angeles

Group 4 (5-19)

Australian National University

Brown University

Columbia University (incl. Barnard)

Harvard University

 

King's College, University of London

Massachussetts Institute of Technology

Princeton University

University of Arizona

University of British Columbia

University of California, Berkeley

University of Massachussetts, Amherst

University of Pittsburgh

University of Texas, Austin

University of Toronto

Washington University, St. Louis 

(Note:  UC San Diego and Maryland were close to Group 4)

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