Graduate Program

The Philosophy Department at the University of Waterloo offers programs of study leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. At present, the department consists of 12 faculty members and about 30 graduate students. This high faculty/student ratio permits close and frequent contact between faculty and students. The Ph.D. program is specifically designed to make use of this by emphasizing individually-supervised research and area projects instead of set preliminary examinations. [see here]

Financial Support

Financial support for graduate study is currently available from federal, provincial and internal university sources. The department is able to offer up to $15,000 (Cdn.) per annum to an incoming student by combining scholarships and teaching assistantships. [see here]

The Campus

Situated on a beautiful campus in Waterloo, Ontario, the University is ranked among the best in Canada, has a student population of more than 25,000 (2,500 graduate students), and impressive research and computing facilities.

Contact Information

For more information please contact,
Dr. Patricia Marino, Graduate Officer
Department of Philosophy
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3G1
Canada

Phone: (519) 888-4567, ext. 32779
Email: pmarino@uwaterloo.ca
Web: http://philosophy.uwaterloo.ca

Faculty

E. Jennifer Ashworth (emeritus)
Ph.D., Bryn Mawr, (1965). Medieval and Post-Medieval Logic; Medieval Philosophy; Aquinas
Shannon Dea
Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, (2007). History of Philosophy (especially Early Modern Philosophy and Classic Pragmatism).
David DeVidi
Ph.D., Western Ontario, (1994). Logic; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Mathematics; Metaphysics; Philosophy of Science
Chris Eliasmith
Ph.D., Washington University, (2000). Cognitive Science; Philosophy of Mind; Theoretical Neuroscience
Colin Farrelly (adjunct)
Ph.D., University of Bristol, (1999). Moral, Legal and Political Philosophy
Doreen Fraser
Ph.D., Pittsburgh, (2006). Philosophy of Physics; Philosophy of Science; History of Science (esp. 17 th century)
Rolf George (emeritus; adjunct)
Ph.D., Munster, (1961). Epistemology; Logic; History of Philosophy; Kant; Brentano; Bolzano
Lawrence Haworth (distinguished emeritus; adjunct)
Ph.D., Illinois, (1952). Social and Political Philosophy
Brian Hendley
Ph.D., Yale, (1966). Philosophy of Education; American Philosophy
Richard Holmes
Ph.D., Washington University, (1972). Contemporary European Philosophy;
Philosophy of/in Literature
James Horne (emeritus; adjunct)
Ph.D., Columbia (1964). Philosophy of Religion; Ethics
Tim Kenyon
Ph.D., Western Ontario, (1998). Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of Language
Angus Kerr-Lawson (emeritus; adjunct)
Ph.D. McMaster University (1963). The Philosophy of George Santayana
Patricia Marino
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, (2002). Truth; Ethics; Philosophy of Mathematics; Philosophy of Language
Jan Narveson (distinguished emeritus)
Ph.D., Harvard, (1961). Ethical and Political Theory; Applied Ethics
Joseph A. Novak
Ph.D., Notre Dame, (1977). Ancient Philosophy; Medieval Philosophy
Richard A. Nutbrown (adjunct)
Ph.D., Carleton, (1985). Political Philosophy
Brian Orend
Ph.D., Columbia, (1998). Ethics and Political Philosophy
Paul Thagard
Ph. D., Toronto, (1977). Philosophy of Science and Medicine; Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind
James Van Evra
Ph.D., Michigan State, (1966). Logic; Philosophy of Science
Steven Weinstein
Ph.D., Northwestern University, (1998). Philosophy of Science, esp. Philosophy of Physics; Computation and Information.