Department of Philosophy
"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done."
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Department of Philosophy University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland UK |
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Tel: + 44 (0) 1786 467555 |
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Fax: + 44 (0) 1786 466233 |
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Email: philosophy@stir.ac.uk |
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Web: www.philosophy.stir.ac.uk |
Introducing the Department
The Philosophy Department prides itself on combining an innovative teaching programme with research at the highest level. We are further committed to providing a dynamic and supportive learning environment in which students can easily feel at home.
Research
The Department has an active research environment with weekly Visiting Speaker Seminars, various Conferences and Workshops, and ongoing Research Projects. The research expertise of our staff members includes:
- Legal, Moral, Political and Social Philosophy
- Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind
- Logic and History of Analytic Philosophy (in particular, Wittgenstein)
In the 2008 Research Assessment Excercise, 70% of the department's research activity was judged to be either 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent'. This places the Stirling Department firmly within the top ten UK philosophy departments. Click here for further details and a full league table.
Teaching
The Department has an excellent undergraduate teaching programme covering a wide variety of philosophical topics within a friendly and innovative learning environment.
Postgraduate teaching and supervision is offered within the St Andrews and Stirling Joint Graduate Programme (SASP).
The Department organises, in conjunction with the Student Philosophy Society, an annual Reading Weekend for all philosophy students providing an informal forum for philosophical discussion. In 2009 the Reading Weekend took place in Glen Clova.
News
Stirling Philosophy Department has come first for Student Satisfaction amongst UK Philosophy Departments in the 2009 National Student Survey. 98% of students studying philosophy at Stirling agreed with the statement 'Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of the course'. (October 2009)
Rowan Cruft and Leif Wenar (KCL) have been awarded an Early Career Research Grant by the AHRC (£90.000) for their project "Rights and the Direction of Duties" (August 2009)
Congratulations to Michael Wheeler who has been promoted to Professor Wheeler. (May 2009)
Rowan Cruft has been awarded with an AHRC Reseach Network Grant (£50,000) for his project "Instituionalising Values: Beyond Human Rights?". (April 2009)
Sonia Roca-Royes has been awarded with the prestigious José Manuel Blecua prize by the University of Barcelona Social Council for her article 'Peacocke's principle-based account of modality: "Flexibility of origins" Plus S4', which was published in the journal Erkenntnis. (January 2009)
