Introduction

The department offers a wide range of courses in various traditions of philosophy, with strengths and a well-established reputation in the history of philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of art as well as other central topics. We also have affiliated faculty members in the Law School, the Classics Department, the Linguistics Department, the Political Science Department, and the Divinity School, and have close connections with the Cognitive Science Program. Our undergraduate major is thriving, in no small part, because of the excellent teachers on our faculty. Our graduate program welcomes students from various backgrounds, and our placement record for graduate students is excellent.

The Department's main office is located in New Haven's oldest building, Connecticut Hall, on Old Campus, across the West Side of the Green, through Phelps Gate (right by the statue of Nathan Hale). Click Directions on the left for travel directions.

For more information about the department, contact Patricia Slatter, Assistant to the Chair
(patricia.slatter@yale.edu)

For information about the graduate program, contact Victoria D'Agostino, Registrar
(victoria.dagostino@yale.edu)

For more information about the graduate program, visit:
http://www.yale.edu/philosophy/grad.html

For information about the application process, visit:
http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/admissions

Officers and Staff:

Tamar Gendler, Chair
Sun-Joo Shin, Director of Graduate Studies
Keith DeRose, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Patricia Slatter, Assistant to the Chair
patricia.slatter@yale.edu
203.432.1686

Victoria D'Agostino, Registrar
victoria.dagostino@yale.edu
203.432.1682

Monique Boney, Administrative Assistant
monique.boney@yale.edu
203.432.1665

Mailing Address:

Department of Philosophy
Yale University
P.O. Box 208306
New Haven, CT 06520-8306 

The Philosophy Department mourns the loss of our long-time colleague Ruth Barcan Marcus, who passed away on February 19, 2012. Memorial notices can be found here, here, here, here. Additional tributes can be found here and here