Philosophical work in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science tends to be strongly integrated with the natural and social sciences and with mathematics.
Faculty and student explore issues in general philosophy of science and meta-philosophy,
as well as more specialized studies in five research groups:
History of Philosophy of Science
Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Philosophy of Biology and the Behavioral Sciences
Probability, Induction, and Formal Epistemology
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
Decision Theory, Game Theory, Rational Choice & Formal Epistemology
#2
General Philosophy of Science
#3
Philosophy of Physics
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