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Inquiries related to the online application can be directed to SGPS at:

Email: gradapps@uwo.ca
Phone: 519-850-2341
Fax: 519-661-3730

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Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Program Websites

Program Contact

Angela Mendelovici (Graduate Chair) (philgradoffice@uwo.ca)

Department of Philosophy

Western University
Stevenson Hall Rm 2150C
London, Ontario N6A 5B8

t. 519-661-2111 ext. 85744
f. 519-661-3922

The PhD in Philosophy at Western in a four-year program. In their first year students take courses; in their second they take a comprehensive exam in their main research area and complete a course that will lead the writing and defend of a thesis prospectus; their third and fourth years are spent writing their dissertations.

The courses and supervision available reflect the strengths and diversity of interests of the faculty, which collect along five principal fields: feminist philosophy; history of philosophy (ancient, medieval and modern); moral, political and legal philosophy; philosophy of mind and language; and philosophy of science (including mathematics and logic).

For details about our fields of research, please visit: https://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/graduate/Fields%20of%20Research/index.html.

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