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Top Ancient Philosophy 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 Ancient Philosophy.

Ancient Philosophy

Group 1 (1-4) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)

Oxford University (4.75, 5)
Princeton University (4.5, 4)
University of Toronto (4.5, 5)
Yale University (4.5, 5)


Group 2 (5-6) (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)

Stanford University (4, 4)
University of Chicago (4, 4)

Group 3 (7-15)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)

Columbia University (3.5, 4)
Cornell University (3.5, 4.5)
New York University (3.5, 4)
University of Cambridge (4, 4 & 5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3.5, 4)
University of Notre Dame (3.5, 3 & 3.5)
University of Pittsburgh (3.5, 3.5)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3.5 & 3)
University of Texas, Austin (3.5, 3 & 4)

Group 4  (rounded mean of 3.0)

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

Evaluators: Joachim Aufderheide, Rachel Barney, Jessica Berry, Chris Bobonich, Tad Brennan, Agnes Callard, Victor Caston, Dan Devereux, David Ebrey, Verity Harte, Brad Inwood, Terence Irwin, Thomas Johansen, Mi-Kyoung Lee, Stephen Menn, Jessica Moss, Calvin Normore, Martha Nussbaum, C.D.C. Reeve, Christopher Shields, Allan Silverman, Nicholas Smith, Katja Vogt.

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