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As a PhD student in the Harvard philosophy program, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your ideas, knowledge, and abilities. You'll work with other doctoral students, our faculty, and visiting scholars, all in a stimulating and supportive environment. The program has strengths across a broad range of topics and areas, so you'll be able to pursue your interests wherever they may lead, especially in moral and political philosophy, aesthetics, epistemology, philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, the history of analytic philosophy, ancient philosophy, Immanuel Kant, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. In addition, students can pursue joint degrees with classics, Harvard Law School, and in Indian philosophy.

Incoming cohorts consist of five to eight students per year. You will have substantial access to our renowned faculty and all the resources that Harvard makes available. This relatively small size also gives students a sense of intellectual community.

The curriculum is structured to help you make your way towards a dissertation: graduate-level coursework, a second-year research paper, a prospectus to help you identify a dissertation topic, and then the dissertation itself. Past dissertations in the department have addressed a broad range of topics: Aristotle, Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau; contemporary moral and political philosophy; metaphysics; epistemology; and logic.

In addition to your research, you will also have the opportunity to develop your teaching skills in many different settings across the University.

You can find graduates of the PhD program in many universities. Some of our students have gone on to faculty positions at Yale University, Princeton University, Brown University, and Stanford University. Other graduates have gone on to diverse careers in, among others, the arts, the law, secondary education, and technology.

In addition to the standard PhD in philosophy, the department offers a PhD in classical philosophy in collaboration with the Department of the Classics and a coordinated JD/PhD program in conjunction with Harvard Law School.

Additional information on the graduate program is available from the Department of Philosophy and requirements for the degree are detailed in Policies .

Areas of Study

Philosophy | Classical Philosophy | Indian Philosophy 

For information please consult the Department webpage on the  graduate program overview .

Admissions Requirements

Please review admissions requirements and other information before applying. You can find degree program specific admissions requirements below and access additional guidance on applying from the Department of Philosophy .

Academic Background

Applicants to the program in Philosophy are required to have a solid undergraduate background in philosophy, indicating that they have a good grounding in the history of philosophy, as well as familiarity with contemporary work in ethics, epistemology and metaphysics, and logic.

Standardized Tests

GRE General: Optional

Writing Sample

A writing sample is required as part of the application and should be between 12 to 30 pages long. The sample must address a substantial philosophical problem, whether it is an evaluation or presentation of an argument, or a serious attempt to interpret a difficult text. The upload of the writing sample should be formatted for 8.5-inch x 11-inch paper, 1-inch margins, with double-spaced text in a common 12-point font, such as Times New Roman.

Applicants seeking admission to the coordinated JD/PhD program must apply to and be separately admitted to Harvard Law School and the Department of Philosophy.

Theses & Dissertations

Theses & Dissertations for Philosophy

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Department of Philosophy

Characteristic of philosophy are commitments to the construction and evaluation of arguments, to expressing thoughts clearly and precisely, and to defending one’s ideas and evaluating the ideas of others. The study of philosophy thus provides resources for critical participation in all realms of human endeavor.

The PhD in Philosophy

Rice offers a consistently highly-ranked PhD program in Philosophy. The faculty and staff take proactive roles in supporting our graduate students in their pursuit of academic positions and other opportunities. We conduct regular workshops and additional activities to help graduate students at all stages of the PhD program to develop their professional skills. We also work closely with graduating students to ensure they are in the best position possible when they enter the job market. A smaller but highly-ranked PhD program allows for consistent individual attention to the needs of our graduate students that is often impossible in larger programs. The Department of Philosophy strongly encourages applications from women and members of other groups underrepresented in philosophy.

Please note: we do not offer a terminal MA program in Philosophy.

Rice’s PhD in Philosophy is focused on two broad areas that reflect the internationally recognized research strengths of our faculty and that also include the history of these areas:

1. Moral Philosophy & Social and Political Philosophy

• Neuroethics and Ethics of Technology ( Robert Howell )
• Ethics, Applied Ethics, Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Sex and Love, LGBTQ Philosophy ( Elizabeth Brake )
• Medical Ethics, Moral Psychology, Bioethics, Normative Ethics ( Samuel Reis-Dennis )
• Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Moral Psychology ( George Sher )
• Moral Psychology, Action Theory ( Timothy Schroeder )
• History of Political Philosophy, 19th and 20th century German Philosophy ( Thimo Heisenberg )

2. Philosophy of Mind & Phenomenology

• Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Neuroscience ( Timothy Schroeder )
• Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology, Ancient Philosophy ( Charles Siewert )
• Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Consciousness, Subjectivity, and Epistemology ( Robert Howell ) 
• 19th and 20th century German Philosophy ( Thimo Heisenberg )

General Degree Requirements for the PhD in Philosophy

• Complete 36 hours of course work. Students with an MA in Philosophy must complete 33 hours of course work.
• Demonstrate competence in logic.
• Pass a qualifying examination.
• Perform satisfactorily on an oral defense of a thesis proposal.
• Complete a written thesis on a subject approved by the department.
• Perform satisfactorily on a final oral defense of the written thesis.

Official Graduate Handbook

Please click below to read the most recent official student handbook:

• 2023-2024 Graduate Student Handbook

Additional Research Funding and Travel Fellowships

Rice’s Fondren Library maintains a database of internal and external fellowships. The database can be accessed  here .

Graduate students can apply for additional funding to the School of Humanities   Dean’s Conference, Research, and Professional Advancement Fund . The fund allows each eligible graduate student to apply for up to $1,500 per academic year in support of their research, conference travel, or professional development.

The Lodieska Stockbridge Vaughn Fellowship provides funding for graduate students whose record at Rice show evidence of outstanding achievement and promise. Each spring, department chairs are invited to nominate continuing graduate students for this endowed fellowship. The final recipients are chosen by the Graduate Council. The amount of the fellowship and the number of recipients vary from year to year, but individual fellowships can be in the range of $16,000.

The Humanities Research Center offers the competitive Marilyn Marks Gillet International Travel Fellowship for graduate students in the School of Humanities who need to conduct research abroad over the summer. Travel awards range between $2,500 and $5,000. The funds may be used for, but are not limited to, travel to present papers at conferences, consult archives, interview scholars and authors, take courses, and to participate in workshops.

Graduate students can also apply to Rice’s Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, which offers the   Wagoner Foreign Study Scholarship Program . Awards range between $2,000 and $15,000.

Graduate Program Contacts

Department of Philosophy Rice University MS 14 P.O. Box 1892 Houston, Texas 77251-1892 Phone: 713 348-4994 Fax: 713 348-5847 Email: [email protected]

Department Chair Robert Howell [email protected]

Department Administrator Nicole Switzer [email protected]  

Director of Graduate Studies Samuel Reis-Dennis [email protected]

Graduate Program Administrator Lydia Westbrook Phone: 713-348-2092 [email protected]

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• Newsletter Fall 2011 Moral Imagination (March 27, 2014)
• Newsletter Fall 2010 MA and PhD's (March 27, 2014)
• Undergraduate Paper Accepted at Two Conferences (August 7, 2012)

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• Marshall, Colin and Mehl, Kayla. 2024. “Schopenhauer's Five-Dimensional Normative Ethics.” In The Schopenhauerian Mind , David Bather Woods and Timothy Stoll (eds.). New York: Routledge Press, 213-27.
• Emmerman, Karen S. "Moral Arguments Against Zoos." In Routledge Handbook of Animal Ethics , edited by Robert Fischer, 381-93. New York: Routledge, 2019.
• Emmerman, Karen S. "What's Love Got to do With It? An Ecofeminist Approach to Inter-Animal and Intra-Cultural Conflicts of Interest."  Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 22, no. 1 (2019): 77-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-019-09978-6.
• Rosenthal, Michael. “Spinoza on Beings of Reason [ Entia Rationis ] and the Analogical Imagination.” In Spinoza in 21st-Century American and French Philosophy: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Moral and Political Philosophy , edited by Charles Ramond and Jack Stetter, 231-250. London: Bloomsbury Press, 2019.
• Marshall, Colin, ed. Comparative Metaethics: Neglected Perspectives on the Foundations of Morality. Routledge, (2019)
• Hereth, Blake. "Animal Rights Terrorism and Pacifism."  Blog of the APA  (February 22, 2018).
• Fourie, Carina. "Wrongful Private Discrimination and the Egalitarian Ethos." In The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Discrimination , edited by Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen. Routledge, 2018.
• Mendoza, José Jorge.  The Moral and Political Philosophy of Immigration: Liberty, Security, and Equality . Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2017.
• Marshall, Colin. "Schopenhauer and Non-Cognitivist Moral Realism."  Journal of the History of Philosophy 55 (2017): 293-316.
• Marshall, Colin. " Moral Realism in Spinoza's  Ethics ," in Spinoza's 'Ethics': A Critical Guide , edited by Yitzhak Melamed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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Political and Moral Philosophy

Students in this concentration analyze policy and policy making through a lens of political and moral philosophy. The emphasis is on the foundational philosophies upon which public and private policy-making institutions are based.  Students pursuing this concentration consider Ancient Greek, Enlightenment, and Modern political ideas and take into account questions of morality in policy making.  These basic issues can then be applied to issues within fields such as medicine, law, business, education, politics, the non-profit sector, and the environment.

Note that the courses below are not an exhaustive list; students may select other courses for their concentration with the approval of their faculty advisor. 

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Wiley blackwell publishes new rankings: , uc san diego philosophy department ranks in top 20 philosophy programs in the u.s..

The Department of Philosophy at UC San Diego boasts a highly distinguished faculty and an excellent PhD program, with roughly 42 full-time students in residence , in

• Science Studies (along with History, Communications, and Sociology), and
• Cognitive Science (along with Cognitive Science).

The faculty engage in research throughout a broad range of traditional and interdisciplinary topics, with special strengths in

• moral and political philosophy (metaethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law)
• history of philosophy (ancient, early modern, Kant)
• philosophy of mind and language (perception, cognitive science) and
• philosophy of science (physics, biology, ecology).

We take seriously our obligation to help produce the next generation of researchers and teachers in philosophy. Prospective students are encouraged to look over the information on faculty research and publications included under Areas of Study .

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UC San Diego is a  nationally acclaimed research university  spread out over 1,200 of the most scenic acres in America, much of it on bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. UC San Diego ranks as among the top 20 best universities in the world ( U.S. News & World Report , 2016 Academic Ranking of Wold Universities released by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong, and The Center for the World University Rankings). Graduate programs at UC San Diego continue to rank highly as noted in the 2016 “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guidebook. UC San Diego boasts an extraordinary array of Nobel laureates, MacArthur Fellows, and national academy members.

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Our department seeks to do all it can to make philosophy an inclusive discipline. We understand the value that diversity brings to philosophical inquiry, and that the health of our profession depends on greater inclusion of under-represented groups. As a leading Ph.D. program, we play an important role in training and cultivating a diverse philosophical community. One of our most important goals is thus to recruit and sustain a diverse graduate student body .

To realize this goal, we

• encourage a full range of applicants with diverse backgrounds, for instance from two-year community colleges (especially in California), from colleges with traditionally underrepresented minorities, and from “non-elite” undergraduate institutions;
• provide financial support, academic assistance, and mentoring that reflects the diverse needs of a diverse population;
• strive for a curriculum that illustrates that a diverse group of philosophers have contributed in the past, and should contribute in the future to the richness of philosophy;
• continuously strive toward an environment of greater inclusion and respect through critical self-examination, paying due attention both to overt forms of prejudice or exclusion and to its subtler manifestations.

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In any given year, there are usually between 35 to 45 philosophy graduate students in residence, almost all of whom are full-time students.

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Sven Bernecker, Department Chair 85 Humanities Instructional Building 949-824-6525 http://www.humanities.uci.edu/philosophy/

The Department of Philosophy is world-class and has particular strengths in three main areas: Epistemology, philosophy of mind and metaphysics, pursued with analytic methodologies but open to the influences of the continental tradition; Social philosophy, broadly construed to include value theory (especially moral, political and legal philosophy) and the philosophy of social phenomena; and History of philosophy, including ancient, modern, and contemporary philosophy, both analytic and continental.

UC Irvine’s philosophy graduate program is jointly administered by the Department of Philosophy in the School of Humanities and the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science in the School of Social Sciences . The graduate program is ranked among the top programs in the United States, and among the very best in a number of subfields of philosophy (see the Philosophical Gourmet Report ). Graduate applications need to be addressed either to the Department of Philosophy, or to the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, depending on the dominant interests of the student. But graduate students have full access to all the courses and faculty of the two Departments. We have been able to place  our Ph.D. students at well-reputed universities and colleges.

The success of our undergraduate program is based on a rigorous education both in historical and in contemporary issues. Because of the collaboration between the two Departments undergraduate and graduate students can take courses ranging from philosophy of quantum mechanics and decision theory to social epistemology and the philosophy of race. The fact that our majors have gone on to study in first-rate graduate programs and to pursue successful careers in law and medicine is a testament to the quality of the program.

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PHILOS 1. Introduction to Philosophy. 4 Units.

A selection of philosophical problems, concepts, and methods, e.g., free will, cause and substance, personal identity, the nature of philosophy itself. Materials fee.

PHILOS 2. Puzzles and Paradoxes. 4 Units.

Introduction to the formal tools needed to comprehend and evaluate philosophical arguments and theoretical reasoning in general.

(IV and VB ).

PHILOS 3. Technology and Society. 4 Units.

A study of the nature of technology, its relation to human values, the philosophical assumptions in its development, and the philosophical implications of technology.

PHILOS 4. Introduction to Ethics. 4 Units.

Selected topics from the history of ethics, e.g., the nature of the good life and the moral justification of conduct.

PHILOS 5. Contemporary Moral Problems. 4 Units.

Selected moral issues of current interest, e.g., abortion, sexual morality, euthanasia, capital punishment, reverse discrimination, civil disobedience, or violence.

PHILOS 7. Introduction to Existentialism. 4 Units.

An analysis of themes in phenomenology and existentialism and their philosophical origins, e.g., consciousness, self and other, freedom and individuality.

PHILOS 10. History of Ancient Philosophy. 4 Units.

Examination of the central philosophical themes developed by the pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, the Epicureans, and the Skeptics.

PHILOS 12. History of Modern Philosophy. 4 Units.

A study of major developments in western philosophy from Descartes to Kant with readings from Descartes, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.

Prerequisite: Recommended: PHILOS 10 or PHILOS 11.

PHILOS 13. History of Contemporary Philosophy. 4 Units.

A study of recent philosophical developments in Anglo-American and Continental philosophy with readings from such figures as Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, Quine, Heidegger, and Sartre.

Prerequisite: Recommended: PHILOS 12 .

PHILOS 21. Philosophy and Religion. 4 Units.

Examines the intersection of religion and philosophy from a standpoint that does not presuppose previous academic study of either. Both Western and Eastern traditions and perspectives may be explored.

Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary.

Same as REL STD 21 .

PHILOS 22. Introduction to Law and Society. 4 Units.

What constitutes a legal system? What does it mean for a society to have a system as a part of the social fabric? Examines the social status of law and its use as a tool for fashioning society.

PHILOS 29. Critical Reasoning. 4 Units.

Introduction to analysis and reasoning. The concepts of argument, premise, and conclusion, validity and invalidity, consistency and inconsistency. Identifying and assessing premises and inferences. Deductive versus inductive reasoning, and introduction to the probability calculus. Evaluating definitions. Informal fallacies.

Same as LPS 29 .

(II and Vb ).

PHILOS 30. Introduction to Symbolic Logic. 4 Units.

An introduction to the symbolism and methods of the logic of statements, including evaluation of arguments by truth tables, the techniques of natural deduction, and semantic tableaux.

Same as LPS 30 , LSCI 43 .

PHILOS 31. Introduction to Inductive Logic. 4 Units.

Philosophical questions concerning the foundations of scientific inference, e.g., the traditional problem of induction, the Goodman paradox, the concept of cause, Mill's method of inductive reasoning, probability calculus, different interpretations of probability, and their interaction in inductive reasoning.

Same as LPS 31 .

(II and Va ).

PHILOS 40. Special Topics in Philosophy. 4 Units.

Lectures on selected topics at the lower-division level.

PHILOS 91. The Philosophy of Sex. 4 Units.

Discusses the origins of biological sex, dynamics of sexual selection, sex differences in humans, and the construction of gender in human societies. Seeks to understand the role social values play in the creation of science.

Same as LPS 91 . Overlaps with LPS H91 .

PHILOS 100W. Writing Philosophy. 4 Units.

Discussion of those aspects of writing of special importance in philosophy, e.g., philosophical terminology, techniques for evaluating arguments, philosophical definitions and theories. At least 4,000 words of assigned composition based on philosophical readings.

Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.

Same as LPS 100W .

Restriction: Upper-division students only.

PHILOS 101. Introduction to Metaphysics. 4 Units.

A study of one or more of the problems of "first philosophy," e.g., substance, free will, causation, abstract entities, identity.

PHILOS 102W. Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge. 4 Units.

A study of one or more of the basic issues in epistemology, e.g., the role of perception in the acquisition of knowledge, the nature of evidence, the distinction between belief and knowledge, and the nature of truth and certainty.

Overlaps with PHILOS 102, LPS 102.

PHILOS 103. Introduction to Moral Philosophy. 4 Units.

A study of one or more of the problems of contemporary moral philosophy, e.g., the nature of justice, liberalism versus conservatism, happiness and its relation to virtue and right conduct, the objectivity of moral standards.

PHILOS 104. Introduction to Logic. 4 Units.

Introduction to sentence logic, including truth tables and natural deduction; and to predicate logic, including semantics and natural deduction.

Same as LPS 104 , LSCI 142 .

PHILOS 105A. Elementary Set Theory. 4 Units.

An introduction to the basic working vocabulary of mathematical reasoning. Topics include sets, Boolean operations, ordered n-tuples, relations, functions, ordinal and cardinal numbers.

Same as LPS 105A , LSCI 145A .

PHILOS 105B. Metalogic. 4 Units.

Introduction to formal syntax (proof theory) and semantics (model theory) for first-order logic, including the deduction, completeness, compactness, and Löewenheim-Skolem theorems.

Prerequisite: LSCI 145A or LPS 105A or PHILOS 105A

Same as LPS 105B , LSCI 145B . Overlaps with MATH 150 .

PHILOS 105C. Undecidability and Incompleteness. 4 Units.

Introduction to the formal theory of effective processes, including recursive functions, Turing machines, Church's thesis, and proofs of Göedel's incompleteness theorem for arithmetic, and Church's undecidability theorem for first-order logic.

Prerequisite: LSCI 145B or LPS 105B or PHILOS 105B

Same as LPS 105C , LSCI 145C .

Concurrent with LPS 205C .

PHILOS 106. Topics in Logic . 4 Units.

Selected topics in mathematical or philosophical logic.

Prerequisite: PHILOS 105B or LPS 105B

Same as LPS 106 .

PHILOS 108. Topics in Induction, Probability, and Decision Theory. 4 Units.

Selected topics in induction, probability, and decision theory.

Same as LPS 108 .

PHILOS 110. Topics in Ancient Philosophy. 4 Units.

Selected topics from the writings of Plato and Aristotle, e.g., Aristotle's criticisms of Plato's metaphysics, ethics, or politics.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

PHILOS 111. Topics in Medieval Philosophy. 4 Units.

Studies of some of the major issues of concern to Medieval philosophers, e.g., universals, the nature and existence of God, faith, and reason.

PHILOS 113. Topics in Modern Philosophy. 4 Units.

Focuses on the works of central philosophical figures of modern Philosophy (e.g., Descartes, Leibniz, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Kant) or on the treatment of one or more central philosophical problems by a number of these figures.

Same as LPS 113 .

PHILOS 114. Topics in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy. 4 Units.

Studies of some of the major figures after Kant (e.g., Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx, Kierkegaard), especially in German idealism and social thought.

PHILOS 115. Topics in History of Analytic Philosophy. 4 Units.

Review of central theories or figures in the history of analytic philosophy. Emphasis on writings of Frege, Russell, Schlick, Carnap, and Quine. Topics include the nature of meaning and truth, the synthetic/analytic distinction, and scientific knowledge.

Same as LPS 115 .

PHILOS 117. Topics in Asian Philosophy. 4 Units.

Selected topics in the philosophies of Asia, e.g. Jainism, Buddhism, Yoga, Vedanta, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto.

PHILOS 120. Topics in Metaphysics. 4 Units.

Examines central philosophical questions concerning our own fundamental nature and that of the world around us (e.g., causation and necessity, determination, free will, personal identity, the mind-body problem).

Same as LPS 120 .

PHILOS 121. Topics in the Theory of Knowledge . 4 Units.

One or more topics in the theory of knowledge, e.g., the nature of rational justification, of perceptual knowledge, of a priori knowledge.

Same as LPS 121 .

PHILOS 121A. Medical Epistemology. 4 Units.

Analysis of epistemological issues concerning medical research and health care. Topics may include medical evidence, transmission of medical knowledge, medical expertise, the epistemology of medical disagreement, classification of illnesses, well-being, philosophy of pain, and medical decision making.

PHILOS 122. Topics in Philosophy of Mind. 4 Units.

Selected topics involving the concept of mind, e.g., the relation between mind and body, the self, personal identity, consciousness, the unconscious.

PHILOS 123. Topics in Philosophy of Religion. 4 Units.

Critical examination of concepts involved in the theological literature, e.g., the nature and existence of God, miracles, the problem of evil, divine command theories in ethics.

PHILOS 124. Topics in Feminist Epistemology. 4 Units.

Investigates the nature of knowledge from a feminist standpoint. Emphasizes the relevance of the knower’s gender and social situatedness in knowledge practices against a traditional account of knowledge as a detached activity of an independent, neutral subject.

PHILOS 130. Topics in Moral Philosophy. 4 Units.

Selected topics in ethics.

PHILOS 131A. Applied Ethics. 4 Units.

Topics may include capital punishment, world hunger, obligations to future generations, environmental ethics, animal rights, economic justice, sexual morality, affirmative action, racism and sexism, or legalization of drugs.

PHILOS 131C. Medical Ethics. 4 Units.

Analysis of moral issues concerning health care. Topics may include just allocation of scarce medical resources, the doctor/patient relationship, genetic engineering, surrogate motherhood, abortion, euthanasia, or social policy concerning AIDS.

Same as REL STD 175 .

PHILOS 133. Topics in Philosophy of Law. 4 Units.

Selected topics concerning legal systems and the concept of law, e.g., the nature and purpose of law, the nature of authority, the relationship between law and morality, law and political-economic systems.

PHILOS 134. Topics in Philosophy of Gender and Race. 4 Units.

Controversies about race and racism, and sex and sexism, continue to play an important role in the public domain. Explores philosophical questions relating to gender and race.

PHILOS 135A. The Scientific Revolution. 4 Units.

An examination of early modern European science from 1500-1700. Includes primary readings from central figures (Copernicus, Harvey, Bacon, Descartes, et al.); themes include the impact of printing, humanism, patronage, technology, and discussion of the term "revolution" in this context.

Same as LPS 135A , HISTORY 135A .

PHILOS 140. Topics in Philosophy of Science. 4 Units.

Selected topics in contemporary philosophy of science, e.g., the status of theoretical entities, the confirmation of theories, the nature of scientific explanation.

Same as LPS 140 .

PHILOS 141B. Geometry and Spacetime. 4 Units.

An examination of the foundations of the special theory of relativity, with emphasis on the geometry of Minkowski spacetime, and its relation to both Euclidean and non-Euclidean (hyperbolic) plane geometries.

Prerequisite: MATH 2D and ( MATH 3A or MATH 6G)

Same as LPS 141B .

PHILOS 141D. Probability and Determinism. 4 Units.

An examination of a cluster of interrelated issues concerning probability, determinism, logic, and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Same as LPS 141D .

PHILOS 142W. Writing/Philosophy of Biology. 4 Units.

Philosophy of biology, e.g., scientific method in biology, the structure of evolutionary theory, teleology, ethics, and evolution. Course work includes one 4,000-word and four 1,000-word papers.

Same as LPS 142W , BIO SCI E142W .

Restriction: Juniors only.

PHILOS 143. Topics in Philosophy of Psychology. 4 Units.

Selected topics in the philosophy of psychology, e.g., the nature of psychological explanation, reductionism, issues in cognitive, behavioral, and neuroscience.

Same as LPS 143 , PSYCH 123P .

Restriction: Psychology Majors have first consideration for enrollment. Philosophy Majors have first consideration for enrollment.

PHILOS 144. Topics in Philosophy of Social Science. 4 Units.

Selected topics in the philosophy of the social sciences, e.g.: Is their goal to understand behavior or to predict and control it? Are they normative and the natural sciences not? Do they incorporate philosophical doctrines about language and mind?.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit for 4 units as topics vary.

Same as LPS 144 .

PHILOS 145. Topics in Philosophy of Language. 4 Units.

Selected topics in the philosophy of language, e.g., the nature of meaning, mechanisms of reference, speech acts.

Same as LPS 145 , LSCI 141 .

PHILOS 147. Topics in Philosophy of Mathematics. 4 Units.

Selected historical and contemporary topics in the philosophy of mathematics, e.g., mathematical truth and ontology, mathematical knowledge, the nature and role of proof, the workings of mathematics in application.

Same as LPS 147 .

PHILOS 150. Phenomenology . 4 Units.

A study of the foundations of phenomenology in Husserl and its background in Bolzano, Frege, Brentano, Meinong, Kant, and Descartes.

PHILOS 162. Social Ontology. 4 Units.

Examines how things in one’s social environment exist. Such things are compared and contrasted to others in what might be regarded as the given, natural environment. Topics discussed include natural kinds; artifacts; essentialism; constructivism; intentionality; agency.

PHILOS 163. Social Epistemology. 4 Units.

Social epistemology is specifically concerned with questions concerning knowledge and justification that arise in a social context. Topics discussed include testimony, experts, disagreement, group knowledge, feminist epistemology, legal epistemology, and epistemology of education.

PHILOS 164. Well-Being. 4 Units.

Examines what it is that makes a life good (or bad) for the person who lives it. Topics include hedonism, desire-satisfaction theories of well-being (as well as other such theories), the notion of harm, the possibility of posthumous harm.

PHILOS 165. Philosophy of Action. 4 Units.

Philosophy of action is specifically concerned with questions concerning the nature of acting, and related phenomena such as intending, willing, trying, and trusting. It deals both with individual and group action and their moral and epistemological underpinnings.

PHILOS 190. Special Topics in Philosophy. 4 Units.

Lectures on selected topics to be given by regular faculty and visiting faculty.

PHILOS 199. Directed Special Studies. 2-4 Units.

Independent study on a research topic supervised by a faculty member.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

PHILOS 199H. Honors Directed Special Studies. 2 Units.

Independent study on a research topic supervised by a faculty member, with the objective of preparing the Department of Philosophy honors paper.

Grading Option: Pass/no pass only.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times.

PHILOS 200. Special Topics in Philosophy. 4 Units.

Seminars on selected topics to be given by regular faculty and visiting faculty.

PHILOS 201. First-Year Seminar. 4 Units.

An examination of some standard works in the history of philosophy, value theory, metaphysics, or epistemology; required of all first-year Philosophy graduate students in the School of Humanities.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Philosophy Majors only. Logic and Philosophy of Sci Majors only.

PHILOS 205A. Set Theory. 4 Units.

The basic working vocabulary of mathematical reasoning. Topics include: sets, Boolean operations, ordered n-tuples, relations, functions, ordinal and cardinal numbers.

Same as LPS 205A .

PHILOS 205B. Metalogic. 4 Units.

Formal syntax (proof theory) and semantics (model theory) for first-order logic, including the deduction, completeness, compactness, and Loewenheim-Skolem theorems.

Prerequisite: PHILOS 205A or LPS 205A . PHILOS 205A with a grade of B- or better. LPS 205A with a grade of B- or better

Same as LPS 205B .

PHILOS 205C. Undecidability and Incompleteness. 4 Units.

Formal theory of effective processes, including recursive function, Turing machines, Church's thesis, proofs of Goedel's incompleteness theorem for arithmetics, and Church's undecidability for first-order logic.

Prerequisite: PHILOS 205B or LPS 205B . PHILOS 205B with a grade of B- or better. LPS 205B with a grade of B- or better

Same as LPS 205C .

Restriction: Graduate students only.

Concurrent with LPS 105C .

PHILOS 206. Topics in Logic . 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of logic. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 206 .

PHILOS 210. Topics in Ancient Philosophy. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of ancient philosophy. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

PHILOS 212. Topics in Renaissance Philosophy. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of renaissance philosophy. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

PHILOS 213. Topics in Modern Philosophy. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of modern philosophy. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 213 .

PHILOS 215. Topics in Analytic Philosophy. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of analytic philosophy. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 215 .

PHILOS 218. Topics in Contemporary Philosophy. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of contemporary philosophy. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

PHILOS 220. Topics in Metaphysics. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of metaphysics. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 220 .

PHILOS 221. Topics in Epistemology. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of epistemology. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 221 .

PHILOS 221A. Medical Epistemology. 4 Units.

Analysis of epistemological issues concerning medical research and healthcare. Topics may include medical evidence, transmission of medical knowledge in the doctor-patient interaction, medical expertise, epistemology of medical disagreement, classification of illness, well-being, philosophy of pain, or medical decision making.

Same as LPS 221A .

PHILOS 222. Topics in Mind and Action. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of mind and action. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

PHILOS 230. Topics in Ethics . 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of ethics. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

PHILOS 232. Topics in Political and Social Philosophy. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of political and social philosophy. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 232 .

PHILOS 240. Topics in Philosophy of Science. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of philosophy of science. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 240 .

PHILOS 241. Topics in Philosophy of Physics. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of philosophy of physics. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 241 .

PHILOS 242. Topics in Philosophy of Biology. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of philosophy of biology. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 242 .

PHILOS 243. Topics in Philosophy of Psychology. 4 Units.

Same as LPS 243 .

PHILOS 244. Topics in Philosophy of Social Science. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of philosophy and social science. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 244 .

PHILOS 245. Topics in Philosophy of Language. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of philosophy of language. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 245 .

PHILOS 246. Topics in Philosophy of Logic. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of philosophy of logic. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 246 .

PHILOS 247. Topics in Philosophy of Mathematics. 4 Units.

Studies in selected areas of philosophy of mathematics. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Same as LPS 247 .

PHILOS 298. Independent Study. 4-12 Units.

Independent research with Philosophy faculty.

PHILOS 299. Directed Research. 4-12 Units.

Directed research with Philosophy faculty.

PHILOS 399. University Teaching. 4 Units.

Limited to Teaching Assistants.

Grading Option: Satisfactory/unsatisfactory only.

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• Doctorate of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.)

The Ph.D. in Moral Theology/Ethics represents an achievement in theological scholarship and research. The program is designed to prepare graduate students to make significant contributions to knowledge in a major area of moral theological or ethical inquiry while broadening their understanding of other areas of theology. Students also select a minor area from in or outside of the School to support their doctoral research. By means of research seminars, advanced level courses, language skills, comprehensive examinations, and an extensive research project, the program is designed to develop graduates who are capable of thorough theological understanding and careful research.

Prerequisites

• Applicants should possess an M.A. in theology or religious studies as offered by Catholic University, or the equivalent of this degree.
• Ordinarily, applicants will have obtained twelve credit hours of undergraduate or graduate philosophy.
• Students who enter the Moral Theology/Ethics Ph.D. program with academic deficiencies will be encouraged to audit courses to complement their doctoral level courses.
• 36 Credit hours of coursework after the M.A. degree.
• Eighteen of those hours are to be taken in the area of Moral Theology/Ethics, including the four Moral Theology/Ethics core courses: Core #1: TRS 830E Ethics and Politics in St. Augustine Core #2: TRS 835B The Moral Theology of St. Thomas Core #3: TRS 737E Freedom, Law, Rights Core #4: TRS 737D Twentieth-Century Theological Ethics
• An additional nine credit hours are electives, to be taken in any of the academic areas of the School of Theology and Religious Studies or within other schools of the university.
• At least nine credit hours of coursework in one minor area.
• The doctoral-level required prerequisite course, TRS 799 Proseminar For New Doctoral Students.
• Completion of a program proposal during the second semester of doctoral study.
• Completion and filing of four research papers .
• Completion and defense of a dissertation.

Dissertation

• Reading proficiency in one modern language (normally French or German) for use in theological research.
• Reading proficiency and facility for use in theological research in one ancient language (normally Latin or Greek).
• Additional languages may be required by a student's own research.

Comprehensive Examinations

• The comprehensive examinations include both written exams and an oral exam.
• There are three written examinations, in the following areas: general moral theology the student's area of specialization within Moral Theology/Ethics the student's minor areas
• Each written exam is four hours in length. The minor area exam is only two hours in length.
• The subject matter of each examination will be based on a reading list, compiled by the student in consultation with, and pending the approval of, the student's comprehensive exam committee.
• The comprehensive exam committee will consist of four examiners. Ordinarily, three examiners will come from the Moral Theology/Ethics department and the fourth examiner from a minor area.
• The written exams may be scheduled over a period of up to seven days.
• Following successful completion of the written portion of the comprehensive examinations, students will be given a ninety-minute oral examination. The subject matter of the oral exam is the entirety of the book lists for the written exams. The oral examination is to be scheduled approximately one week following the completion of the written comprehensive examinations.
• Upon successful completion of comprehensive exams, the student will apply to the academic area director of Moral Theology/Ethics for candidacy. The Moral Theology/Ethics faculty will evaluate the student's application for candidacy and make a recommendation to the school.

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Graduate program.

The vibrancy of the Department’s philosophical culture, its strength in a broad range of areas of philosophy, and the outstanding reputation of our faculty combine to attract some of the nation’s most talented graduate students. Our philosophy doctoral program has an excellent placement record . Since 1996, over 70% of graduates have continued on to tenure-track academic positions.  

Department Strengths

Our faculty have a wide range of expertise covering ethics, the philosophy of science, logic, metaphysics and more, but Duke’s Department of Philosophy is especially strong in three key areas:

Value theory and moral psychology

Combining a long-standing record of excellence in ethics with innovative, interdisciplinary work in moral psychology and a growing number of faculty with leading contributions to decision theory , Duke is a rich place for graduate students to study normative and evaluative questions of good and goodness.

Graduate students have the chance to work with faculty researching applied questions in business ethics and clinical medical research, as well as others examining the role of emotions in virtuous action, morality in atheism, moral relativity and the relationship between morality and psychology.

By bringing Benjamin Eva to the department in 2020 and Reuben Stern in 2022, we extended those strengths with two philosophers interested in how to make good decisions through a study of counterfactuals, conditional beliefs and related issues.

Inclusive philosophy and social ontology

Duke is a department with a strong commitment to inclusivity. Recent hires include Ásta (in 2022) and Kevin Richardson (in 2021), two leaders in the growing field of social ontology investigating the meaning and nature of social categories including race, gender and sexual orientation.

The department is also highly ranked in Asian and comparative philosophy , thanks to the work of several faculty who have published extensively on classical Chinese philosophy and cross-cultural philosophy as part of their work in ethics. Wenjin Liu , hired in 2022, further strengthens this area, combining research on ancient Greek ethics with ancient Chinese philosophy.

Duke faculty have devoted themselves to recovering neglected figures in philosophy , such as Emilie Du Châtelet. Project Vox , co-led by Andrew Janiak , highlights the work of marginalized individuals.

Philosophy of science and causation

Because Duke is known for its interdisciplinary work, it’s no surprise that our department works closely with other fields. Our strength in philosophy of science is the result.

Our faculty combine philosophical research with science labs to dive deep into the philosophy of neuroscience and cognitive science . This work probes memory, artificial intelligence, the neurology of counterfactuals and more.

Working with colleagues in Duke’s highly regarded Department of Economics , our faculty are also deeply engaged with the philosophy of economics . Research topics include questions of causality and reductionism in the discipline, how to understand supply and demand curves, along with modeling problems in economics more generally. The Center for the History of Political Economy provides a home for further study of economics and economic thinkers.

Many of our faculty work on questions of causation more broadly, including free will, how to model causation, understanding causes from messy empirical data, causation in physics and in the history of philosophy, and more.

History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine 

(Affectionately known as  HiP-STeM ) uses the tools and methods of the humanities (especially history and philosophy) to study the sciences understood as human endeavors. This includes historical evolution and context; conceptual foundations and puzzles; theories, methods, and claims to knowledge; institutions, material practices, and social structures, past and present.

Duke HPSTM incorporates science, technology, engineering, medicine, and mathematics. We promote universal ownership of the sciences as shared cultural inheritance through encouragement and support of HPSTM in research and in teaching across the academy.

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The Washington University Philosophy Department houses two PhD programs: a program in Philosophy — with strengths in philosophy of mind, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of science, metaphysics, and the history of philosophy — and a special interdisciplinary program in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology (PNP) that maintains a core faculty in philosophy and draws on Washington University's exceptional psychology and neuroscience programs.  The PhD in PNP is not a PhD in cognitive science, but a PhD in empirically-informed philosophy with a specialty in PNP-related areas, such as philosophy of perception or moral psychology.

The department accepts about 10% of the applicants to these PhD programs and maintains about 25 students in both programs. We are especially open to interdisciplinary work, and we are committed to providing methodologically and substantively broad training. We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, but the most successful applicants have evidence of philosophical talent and promise.

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Students in our PhD programs must complete three years of coursework, prepare and defend a dissertation, and more.  Click below for more information.

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Activities & Events

We list here a few of the ways in which philosophy graduate students extend themselves outside the classroom.

The department and the PNP program coordinate regular colloquia, typically on Thursdays at 4pm. These represent a major part of the education experience in the department, and graduate students are expected to attend. Upcoming talks can be found on our Events page.

In addition, many students attend talks organized by other departments at WashU, such as Psychological & Brain Sciences  or Classics , and by philosophy departments at other local universities, such as those at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) and Saint Louis University (SLU).

Work in Progress Series (WIPS)

The Work in Progress Series (WIPS), typically on Fridays at 12pm, provides graduatre students (along with members of the faculty) to present and receive feedback on their work.  Upcoming talks can be found on our Events page.

Reading and research groups

In addition to ad hoc reading groups, there are several on-going reading and research groups that graduate students are encouraged to join, which regularly host visiting speakers.  These include:

• Epistemology Group
• History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine (HPSM) Group
• Workshop in Politics, Economics, and Society (WPES)

Conferences

St. Louis is home to several recurring conferences, including:

• Meetings of the St. Louis Area Philosophy of Science Association (SLAPSA)
• The St. Louis Annual Conference on Reasons and Rationality (SLACRR)
• The Robert J. Henle Conference at St. Louis University

WashU also regularly hosts one-off philosophy conferences and workshops. In recent years, these have included events on morality, moral psychology, the philosophy of neuroscience, and social epistemology.  St. Louis is also periodically the location for meetings of regional and national philospohical associations, including the Central Division of the American Philosphical Association, the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, and the Central States Philosophical Association. 

Extra-Departmental Activities

Philosophy and PNP graduate students engage with graduate students in other programs in a variety of ways.  These include serving in the Graduate Student Senate and the A&S Graduate Student Association (GSA), participating in events and programs organized by ArtSci GradWell and the Graduate Center , and joining interdisciplinary cohorts organized by A&S CREATES .

Social Events

The philosophy department hosts several regular social events, including a holiday party in December and the prospective graduate students' visit each spring. There are also receptions following every colloquium.

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PhD in Ancient Philosophy

This program, established in January 2011, is designed for students enrolled in the Ph. D. program in the Philosophy Department who also wish to work closely with Northwestern’s Classics Department. Upon completion of their requirements, they receive both a Ph.D. from the Philosophy Department and a Certificate from the Classics Cluster (described below). The program provides students with the opportunity to work on their knowledge of ancient languages and to improve their understanding of the Greco-Roman world. One need not be part of the program to write a dissertation on ancient philosophy.

Students who choose to enter the program will be affiliated with the Classics Cluster, which makes the Department of Classics their official second home at Northwestern.  Upon completion of the Program in Ancient Philosophy, they will receive a Certificate from the Classics Cluster, which will be indicated on their transcript. A description of the Classics Cluster can be found here . In most ways, students in the program are treated in the same way as other graduate students in the Philosophy Department. The requirements of the Philosophy Department are slightly modified to help prepare students for professional research in this field.

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Oral Roberts University’s Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Contextual Theology is a modular program that can equip you to become a scholar and practitioner, ready to engage, impact and serve the Kingdom of God. This degree explores the contextual theologies of global Christianity with a primary focus on the phenomenal growth and emerging scholarship within the global Spirit-empowered movement.

More than this, our unique mission to develop Holy Spirit-empowered leaders through whole person education, can truly set you apart to impact the world for Jesus Christ.

Our commitment to equip Spirit-empowered leaders is why our Ph.D. graduates -- fully equipped in spirit, mind and body -- are transforming lives as instructors of the gospel all across the globe.

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Contextual Theology Track

This program consists of a Contextual Theology track that explores the contextual theologies of global Christianity. It utilizes a method of doing theology that takes into account these four facets of theological reflection:

• Inspiration of the Bible by the Holy Spirit
• History of Christian doctrine
• Cultural context of a particular nation or region
• Global trends in Spirit-empowered Christianity
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WHAT CAN I DO WITH A PH.D. DEGREE FROM ORU?

• Train the next generation on how to take a Spirit-empowered approach to share the Gospel message around the world.
• Designed to train leaders, ministers and pastors, you'll have the opportunity to serve as faculty in academic institutions.
• Become an expert in your field and help direct others who are interested in furthering their ministry.
• Advance in your career or ministry, learning cutting-edge theologies and practices to take into any ministry or education setting.

WHAT MAKES ORU’S PH.D. PROGRAM STAND OUT?

• Like none other, ORU's program is focused on furthering the global Spirit-empowered movement.
• Our doctorate students have the opportunity to participate in original research.
• You'll obtain the highest academic achievement as part of ORU's first Ph.D. program.
• Our modular format allows students to remain in their teaching and ministry context as an integral part of the learning experience.
• For more information on what makes ORU's program stand out, click here to view the Ph.D. Student Handbook.

What learning formats are available for this program?

We offer this program in a modular format, combining 100% online courses with blended courses. In a blended course, you’ll complete most of the course work online while attending either a half-week or full-week of classes on our Tulsa campus. This goal is achieved by combining intensive residential periods of instruction with instructor mentoring facilitated via cutting edge educational technology. 

How many credits is this program?

This program is 51 credit hours. Full-time enrollment for this program is considered as 6 credit hours per term, with 3 terms per year.

What about accreditation?

As a university, we meet the accreditation standards set by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). This program, offered by our Graduate School of Theology and Ministry, is also accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS).

Are there scholarships available?

Many of our full-time, residential graduate students receive ORU grants and scholarships based on academic achievement and other opportunities. To learn more about financial aid, click here . 

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30 Best universities for Mechanical Engineering in Moscow, Russia

Updated: February 29, 2024

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Below is a list of best universities in Moscow ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 269K citations received by 45.8K academic papers made by 30 universities in Moscow was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

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2. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

3. National Research University Higher School of Economics

4. Moscow Aviation Institute

5. N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

6. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

7. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

8. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

9. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

10. RUDN University

11. Moscow Polytech

12. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

13. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

14. Moscow Medical Academy

15. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

16. mendeleev university of chemical technology of russia.

17. Russian National Research Medical University

18. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

19. National Research University of Electronic Technology

20. Moscow State Pedagogical University

21. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

22. State University of Management

23. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

24. Russian State Geological Prospecting University

25. russian state agricultural university.

26. New Economic School

27. Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation

28. Russian State University for the Humanities

29. Russian State Social University

30. Moscow State Linguistic University

Universities for Mechanical Engineering near Moscow

Engineering subfields in moscow.

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Title : Active carbons as nanoporous materials for solving of environmental problems

However, up to now, the main carriers of catalytic additives have been mineral sorbents: silica gels, alumogels. This is obviously due to the fact that they consist of pure homogeneous components SiO2 and Al2O3, respectively. It is generally known that impurities, especially the ash elements, are catalytic poisons that reduce the effectiveness of the catalyst. Therefore, carbon sorbents with 5-15% by weight of ash elements in their composition are not used in the above mentioned technologies. However, in such an important field as a gas-mask technique, carbon sorbents (active carbons) are carriers of catalytic additives, providing effective protection of a person against any types of potent poisonous substances (PPS). In ESPE “JSC "Neorganika" there has been developed the technology of unique ashless spherical carbon carrier-catalysts by the method of liquid forming of furfural copolymers with subsequent gas-vapor activation, brand PAC. Active carbons PAC have 100% qualitative characteristics of the three main properties of carbon sorbents: strength - 100%, the proportion of sorbing pores in the pore space – 100%, purity - 100% (ash content is close to zero). A particularly outstanding feature of active PAC carbons is their uniquely high mechanical compressive strength of 740 ± 40 MPa, which is 3-7 times larger than that of  such materials as granite, quartzite, electric coal, and is comparable to the value for cast iron - 400-1000 MPa. This allows the PAC to operate under severe conditions in moving and fluidized beds.  Obviously, it is time to actively develop catalysts based on PAC sorbents for oil refining, petrochemicals, gas processing and various technologies of organic synthesis.

Victor M. Mukhin was born in 1946 in the town of Orsk, Russia. In 1970 he graduated the Technological Institute in Leningrad. Victor M. Mukhin was directed to work to the scientific-industrial organization "Neorganika" (Elektrostal, Moscow region) where he is working during 47 years, at present as the head of the laboratory of carbon sorbents.     Victor M. Mukhin defended a Ph. D. thesis and a doctoral thesis at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (in 1979 and 1997 accordingly). Professor of Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. Scientific interests: production, investigation and application of active carbons, technological and ecological carbon-adsorptive processes, environmental protection, production of ecologically clean food.   

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