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Top Philosophy of Physics Programs 2017-18 PGR

The full results for the 2017-18 Philosophical Gourmet Report, will appear online soon. Here is a preview of the “top ten” for Philosophy of Physics.

Philosophy of Physics

Group 1 (1-2) (rounded mean of 5.0) (median, mode)

Oxford University (5, 5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (5, 5)

Group 2 (3-6) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)

New York University (4.5, 4.5)
University of California, Irvine (5, 5)
University of California, San Diego (4.5, 4.5)
University of Southern California (4, 4)


Group 3 (7-13)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)

Columbia University (4, 4,5 & 5)
London School of Economics (4, 4)
University of Arizona (4, 3.5 & 4)
University of Cambridge (3.75, 4.5)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul (4, 3.5 & 4)
University of Pittsburgh (4.5, 5)
University of Western Ontario (4, 4)

Group 4 (14-19)  (rounded mean of 3.5)

Group 4 will be provided on the new Philosophical Gourmet Report site hosted by Wiley-Blackwell

Group 5  (rounded mean of 3.0)

Group 5 will be provided on the new Philosophical Gourmet Report site hosted by Wiley-Blackwell.

Evaluators: Jeffrey Barrett, David Braddon-Mitchell, Shamik Dasgupta, Stephen Downes, William Harper, Nicholas Huggett, Oliver Pooley, Chris Smeenk, Sonja Smets, Michael Strevens, Jill North, John Norton, David Wallace, Eric Winsberg, Christian Wuthrich.

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