About
Florida State University's Department of Philosophy has offered master’s and doctoral degrees since 1965. Students admitted to either program are offered financial assistance that includes a stipend, a tuition waiver, and health insurance. Additional University fellowships are available on a competitive basis.
The department is committed to maintaining an exceptionally strong faculty, and new appointments are made regularly. The faculty has a wide array of interests, with special strengths in ancient and modern philosophy, ethics, logic, action theory, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion and philosophy of biology.
If you are interested in pursuing a master's or doctoral degree in our program:
Conferences and Projects
In Fall 2024, the department proudly hosted its Werkmeister Conference in Honor of Alfred Mele.
The department hosts the annual Werkmeister Conference (recent topics include New Work on Imagination, Normative and Other Interests, and Kant on Moral Perfectionism and Naturalism), the annual Minorities and Philosophy Conference, the annual Florida State University Free Will, Responsibility, and Agency Conference, the bi-annual UF-FSU Philosophy conference, biweekly talks from department members, talks from the Philosophical Psychology Group (PPG), and a colloquium series.
The department has also been privileged to be the home of the generously funded Big Questions in Free Will Project and Philosophy and Science of Self-Control Project, both funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
Journals
In addition, the department publishes "Social Theory and Practice," a leading journal in social and political philosophy founded by the department in 1970 and "Berkeley Studies," a web-based journal dedicated to promoting the scholarly understanding of the life and philosophy of George Berkeley.
Personnel
For questions regarding graduate admissions, contact our Director of Graduate Admissions: Professor Andrea Westlund
Director of Graduate Studies: Professor Piers Rawling