PGR 2021 Preview: what the summary of specialty rankings by department will look like

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PGR 2021 Preview: what the summary of specialty rankings by department will look like

12/14/2021

Brian Leiter

Below the fold, I give two examples, for Cornell (#19 overall, in a tie)) and for MIT (#7 overall, in a tie). This should be particularly useful for students figuring out where to apply given their interests.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Metaphysics & Epistemology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Language	Group 1 (1-6) (rounded mean of 4.5)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Mind	Group 3 (7-22) (rounded mean of 3.5)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Metaphysics	Group 2 (5-8) (rounded mean of 4)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Epistemology (incl. formal epistemology)	Group 3 (9-29) (rounded mean of 3.5)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophical Logic	Group 2 (5-11) (rounded mean of 4)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Action	Group 3 (3-8) (rounded mean of 3.5)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Religion	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of the Sciences and Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	General Philosophy of Science	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Physics	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Biology	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Social Sciences	Recommended
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Cognitive Science	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Decision, Rational Choice, & Game Theory	Group 4 (16-28) (rounded mean of 3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Mathematics	Group 3 (6-10) (rounded mean of 4)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Mathematical Logic	Group 5 (10-19) (rounded mean of 3.5)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Theory of Value
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Normative Ethics	Group 3 (11-23) (rounded mean of 3.5)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Metaethics & Moral Psychology	Group 3 (12-24) (rounded mean of 3.5)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Applied Ethics	Group 4 (13-49) (rounded mean of 3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Political Philosophy	rounded mean score of less than 3.0.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Law	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Art	#N/A
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	History of Philosophy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Acnient Philosophy	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Medieval Philosophy	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Early Modern: 17th Century	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Early Modern: 18th Century	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Kant	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	19th Century Continental	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	20th Century Continental	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	History of Analytic	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	American Pragmatism	#N/A
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Other Areas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Feminist Philosophy	Highly Recommended
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Chinese Philosophy	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy of Race	Highly Recommended

Cornell University	Metaphysics & Epistemology
Cornell University	Philosophy of Language	Group 4 (28-52) (rounded mean of 3)
Cornell University	Philosophy of Mind	Group 3 (7-22) (rounded mean of 3.5)
Cornell University	Metaphysics	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	Epistemology (incl. formal epistemology)	Group 4 (30-50) (rounded mean of 3)
Cornell University	Philosophical Logic	Group 4 (27-43) (rounded mean of 3)
Cornell University	Philosophy of Action	Group 2 (2-4) (rounded mean of 4)
Cornell University	Philosophy of Religion	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	Philosophy of the Sciences and Mathematics
Cornell University	General Philosophy of Science	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	Philosophy of Physics	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	Philosophy of Biology	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	Philosophy of Social Sciences	#N/A
Cornell University	Philosophy of Cognitive Science	Group 3 (8-14) (rounded mean of 3.5)
Cornell University	Decision, Rational Choice, & Game Theory	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	Philosophy of Mathematics	Group 5 (15-33) (rounded mean of 3)
Cornell University	Mathematical Logic	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	Theory of Value
Cornell University	Normative Ethics	Group 4 (24-56) (rounded mean of 3)
Cornell University	Metaethics & Moral Psychology	Group 2 (3-11) (rounded mean of 4)
Cornell University	Applied Ethics	Group 4 (13-49) (rounded mean of 3)
Cornell University	Political Philosophy	Group 4 (24-46) (rounded mean of 3)
Cornell University	Philosophy of Law	Group 2 (6-14) (rounded mean of 3.5)
Cornell University	Philosophy of Art	#N/A
Cornell University	History of Philosophy
Cornell University	Acnient Philosophy	Group 2 (5-9) (rounded mean of 4)
Cornell University	Medieval Philosophy	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	Early Modern: 17th Century	Group 5 (19-34) (rounded mean of 3)
Cornell University	Early Modern: 18th Century	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	Kant	Group 3 (14-32) (rounded mean of 3)
Cornell University	19th Century Continental	Group 4 (12-25) (rounded mean of 3)
Cornell University	20th Century Continental	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	History of Analytic	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	American Pragmatism	#N/A
Cornell University	Other Areas
Cornell University	Feminist Philosophy	Recommended
Cornell University	Chinese Philosophy	rounded mean score of less than 3.0
Cornell University	Philosophy of Race	#N/A

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