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PGR 2021 Preview: Programs with the most “Group 2” rankings in the specialty rankings

Following up on the listing of programs with the most "Group 1" programs, below the fold are those programs with four or more specialty areas ranked in "Group 2":


Ranked in "Group 2" in 8 areas:

New York University (areas: Epistemology, Normative Ethics, Metaethics & Moral Psychology, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics, Ancient Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy:  17th Century; Early Modern Philosophy:  18th Century) (plus 6 "Group 1" areas)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (areas:  Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Normative Ethics, Metaethics & Moral Psychology, Applied Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, General Philosophy of Science) (plus 2 "Group 1" areas)

Ranked in "Group 2" in 7 areas:

University of California, Berkeley (areas:  Philosophy of Mind, Philosophical Logic, Normative Ethics, Metaethics & Moral Psychology, Political Philosophy, Kant, Chinese Philosophy) (plus 1 "Group 1" area:  Philosophy of Language").

University of Toronto:  (areas:  Philosophy of Language,Normative Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Medieval Philosophy, Kant, Chinese Philosophy) (plus 1 "Group 1" area: ancient philosophy)

Ranked in "Group 2" in 6 areas:

Princeton University (areas:  Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophical Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Decision, Rational Choice & Game Theory) (plus 3 "Group 1" areas)

Ranked in "Group 2" in 5 areas:

Rutgers University, New Brunswick (areas:  Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law) (plus 4 "Group 1" areas)

University of Texas, Austin (areas;  Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophical Logic, Normative Ethics, Kant) (plus 1 "Group 1" area: History of Analytic Philosophy).

Ranked in "Group 2" in 4 areas:

Cambridge University (areas:  General Philosophy of Science, Ancient Philosophy, Kant, History of Analytic Philosophy) (plus 1 "Group 1" area: Philosophy of Law).

Cornell University (areas:  Philosophy of Action, Metaethics & Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Law, Ancient Philosophy).

Oxford University (areas:  Metaethics & Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Physics, Decision, Rational Choice & Game Theory, Kant) (plus 10 "Group 1" areas)

Stanford University (areas:  Political Philosophy, Decision, Rational Choice & Game Theory, Ancient Philosophy, History of Analytic Philosophy) (plus 1 "Group 1" area:  Kant)

University of California, Los Angeles (areas:  Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Normative Ethics, Political Philosophy) (plus 1 "Group 1" area:  Philosophy of Law)

University of Notre Dame (areas:  Philosophical Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Mathematical Logic, History of Analytic Philosophy) (plus 3 "Group 1" areas)

Yale University (areas:  Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law) (plus 3 "Group 1" areas)

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