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PGR 2021 Preview: Programs with the most “Group 1” rankings in the specialties (CORRECTED)

Below the fold are the programs ranked among the top programs ("Group 1") in two or more specialty areas of philosophy:


Ranked in "Group 1" in 10 specialty areas

Oxford University (areas:  Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophical Logic, Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Ancient Philosophy, 20th-Centrury Continental Philosophy).

Ranked in "Group 1" in 6 specialty areas:

New York University (areas:  Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Philosophical Logic, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Law)

Ranked in "Group 1" in 4 specialty areas:

Rutgers University, New  Brunswick (areas:  Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science)

University of Pittsburgh (areas:  General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Kant)

Ranked in "Group 1" in 3 specialty areas:

Princeton University (areas:  Metaethics & Moral Psychology, Ancient Philosophy, Kant)

University of Notre Dame (areas:  Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Medieval Philosophy)

University of Southern California (areas:  Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic, Metaethics & Moral Psychology)

Yale University (areas:  Ancient Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy:  17th Century, Early Modern Philosophy:  18th Century)

Ranked in "Group 1" in 2 specialty areas:

Columbia University (areas:  19th-Century Continental Philosophy, 20th-Century Continental Philosophy)

Harvard University (areas:  Mathematical Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics)

University of Chicago (areas: Philosophy of Law, 19th-Century Continental Philosophy)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (areas:  Philosophy of Physics, Decision, Rational Choice & Game Theory)

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