Philosophy

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The Department of Philosophy offers programs leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees.

Part-time M.A. studies are permissible.
MA Enquiries should be directed to our MA Faculty Advisor at 905 525-9140, Ext. 24312
E-mail: maphil@mcmaster.ca

PhD Enquiries should be directed to our PhD Faculty Advisor at 905 525-9140, Ext. 24312
E-mail: phdphil@mcmaster.ca

Website: http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~philos/

Faculty/Fall 2021

Distinguished University Professor

Barry Allen, B.A. (Lethbridge), Ph.D. (Princeton)

Professors

Sandra Lapointe, B.A., M.A. (Ottawa), Ph.D. (Leeds)

Associate Professors

Ariella Binik, B.A., M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (University of Western Ontario)
Nancy C. Doubleday, B.Sc. (Brock), B.Ed. (Toronto), LL.B., M.E.S. (York), Ph.D. (Queen’s)/Hope Chair in Peace and Health
Claudia Emerson, B.Sc. (Guelph), B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster), Director of the Institute on Ethics & Policy for Innovation
Violetta Igneski, B.A., M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Mark Johnstone, B.A. (Canterbury), M.A. (Melbourne), Ph.D. (Princeton)
Alex Klein, B.A. (Wesleyan), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana), Canada Research Chair in the History of Early Analytic Philosophy
Alice Pinheiro Walla, Mag.phil., (Vienna), M.Litt., Ph.D. (St. Andrews)
Stefan Sciaraffa, B.A. (Southern Methodist), M.A. - Political Science (Ohio State), J.D. (University of Texas School of Law, Ph.D. - Philosophy (Arizona)/Chair

Assistant Professor

Allauren Forbes, B.A., M.A.(Wilfrid Laurier University), Ph.D. (Pennsylvania)
Johannes Steizinger, M.A., Ph.D. (Vienna)
Megan Stotts, B.A. (Denison), M.A., Ph.D. (University of California, Riverside)

 

Adjunct Members 

Kenneth Blackwell, B.A. (Victoria), M.L.S. (Western), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Guelph)/Honourary Russell Archivist
Diane Enns, B.A. (Ottawa), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (SUNY-Binghamton)
Michael Giudice, B.A. (New Brunswick), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Francois Tanguay-Renaud, BCL, LLB (McGill), BCL, M.Phil., D.Phil. (Oxford)

Associate Members

Lisa Schwartz (Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics)

Professor Emeriti

Richard Arthur, B.A. (Oxford), M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Western)
Nicholas J. Griffin, B.A. (Leicester), Ph.D. (Australian National)
David L. Hitchcock, B.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Claremont)
Evan Simpson, A.B. (Amherst), Ph.D. (Duke)
Wilfrid Waluchow, M.A. (Western), D. Phil. (Oxford)

Programs

• Philosophy, M.A.

• Philosophy, Ph.D

• Philosophy Courses

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