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 2026

Professors

Claudia Emerson, B.Sc. (Guelph), B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster), Director of the Institute on Ethics & Policy for Innovation
Alex Klein, B.A. (Wesleyan), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana), Canada Research Chair in the History of Early Analytic Philosophy
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)
Allauren Forbes, B.A., M.A. (Wilfrid Laurier University), Ph.D. (Pennsylvania)
Violetta Igneski, B.A., M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Mark Johnstone, B.A. (Canterbury), M.A. (Melbourne), Ph.D. (Princeton)/Chair
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)
Johannes Steizinger, M.A., Ph.D. (Vienna)
Megan Stotts, B.A. (Denison), M.A., Ph.D. (University of California, Riverside)

Assistant Professor

Eric Bayruns García, B.A., Ph.D. (CUNY-New York)

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)
Gülberk Koç MacLean, B.A. (Hacettepe), M.A. (Boğaziçi), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Antoine Panaïoti, B.A. (McGill), M.Phil (Cambridge), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Francois Tanguay-Renaud, BCL, LLB (McGill), BCL, M.Phil., D.Phil. (Oxford)
 

Associate Members

Mathew Mercuri (Department of Medicine)
Lisa Schwartz (Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact)

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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