Overview
Philosophy is the oldest academic discipline, having given birth over two millennia to logic, ethics, physics, psychology, computer science, the last two in the last century alone. While philosophers themselves quarrel about the nature of the subject, this is because it is the discipline that must ask foundational questions concerning all forms of knowledge, including itself.
Philosophy has disparate branches; to name a few: ethics, political philosophy, logic, philosophy of language and of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of the natural and social sciences, aesthetics. What seems to unite them is their concern with questions not normally answerable by science or empirical investigation alone; hence their reliance on abstract thought, and emphasis on conceptual and logical clarity.
Outcomes
The PhD in Philosophy at the University of Ottawa offers students a pathway into academic careers in philosophy and, depending on the specialization, in neighbouring disciplines across the humanities and social and natural sciences, as well as in newer fields such as cognitive science.
Doctoral graduates from philosophy also go into other fields such as civil service careers and academic publishing, and into both research- and teaching-focused careers within academia.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- History of Analytic Philosophy
- History of Continental Philosophy
- Ancient Philosophy
- Medieval Philosophy
- Modern Philosophy
- Metaphysics and Epistemology
- Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science
- Metaphilosophy
- Logic and Philosophy of Science
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Religion
- Ethics and Political Philosophy
- Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
- Metaethics
- Philosophical Anthropology
- Ethics
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Philosophy of History
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Candidates are admitted to the PhD on the basis of an MA in Philosophy with a minimum "B+" average.
- An application dossier must include official transcripts, two letters of recommendation, a description of the intended field of research, and a sample of written work. For candidates wishing to enter the PhD without an MA the application dossier must include a detailed statement of research plans.
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11650 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5825 CAD per semester during 48 months. -
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11650 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5825 CAD per semester during 48 months.
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