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Philosophy @ Edinburgh

Edinburgh has a distinguished place in the history of philosophy, having been home to David Hume and Adam Smith. Philosophy has been taught at the university since its foundation in 1583. The department counts among its past scholars such leading figures as Adam Ferguson, Dugald Stewart, Sir William Hamilton, A. E. Taylor, Norman Kemp Smith, John Macmurray and W.H. Walsh.

The current department, now part of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (PPLS), has research strengths in almost all the main areas of philosophy, with special expertise in the following areas:

• Ancient Philosophy
• Early Modern Philosophy
• Ethics
• Epistemology
• Mind and Cognition

In the latest UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), 65% of the Department of Philosophy`s research activity was judged to be either `world-leading` or `internationally excellent`. As a guide, this puts us on a par with the Departments of Philosophy at Oxford and Cambridge, and so confirms our status as one of the leading Departments of Philosophy in the UK for research (in the last RAE, in 2001, we were one of only a small handful of Departments of Philosophy in the UK to obtain the highest ranking of 5*). Considering that we are a relatively young Department, this is a significant achievement, and one that bodes very well for the future.

The Philosophy department is hoping to appoint a new lecturer in Philosophy of Mind and Cognition. Closing date: December 4, 2009. See here for more details.

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