Faculty and student explore issues in general philosophy of science and meta-philosophy,
as well as more specialized studies in five research groups:
LPS enjoys strong cooperative relations with UCI's Department of Philosophy; in particular, the two units jointly administer a single graduate program leading to the Ph.D. in Philosophy. Learn more . . . •
The Philosophical Gourmet Report ranked all subfields within logic & philosophy of science in the top 20 with the following subfields in the top 5:
#1
in General Philosophy of Science
#1
in Philosophy of Physics
#1
in Philosophy of Social Science
#1
in Philosophy of Biology
#1
in History of Analytic Philosophy
#2
in Game Theory, Decision Theory, and Rational Choice
#2
in Philosophy of Mathematics
#3
in Epistemology (including Formal Epistemology)
#5
in Mathematical Logic
The Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science explores foundational questions
and methodologies in science, recently hosting seminars on philosophy and interdisciplinary
workshops.
The faculty in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science are distinguished
scholars who specialize in the foundational, methodological, and conceptual issues
in the sciences.
The research in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science focuses on the foundational,
methodological, and conceptual issues across various scientific disciplines.
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