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Good joint philosophy & psych PhD programs?

A reader writes in:

I had a student ask me about joint philosophy and psychology PhD programs today … She's already been doing a bit of research and knows that Yale and Wash U have programs but I thought there must be other joint degree programs as well as programs where there are strong links between the two departments. Do you have any suggestions?

Good question. I'm not that well clued in, as I knew about Wash U but only remembered Yale when the OP mentioned it. Are there other good joint phil-psych PhD programs?

Do any readers have any helpful tips?

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7 responses to “Good joint philosophy & psych PhD programs?”

  1. not a plug

    Johns Hopkins has probably one of the best philosophy & psychology joint programs at the moment. I know at least one person who is doing it and they are not only doing excellent research in both, but also TA’ing for both programs.

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  2. Caligula’s Goat

    UCSD has an interdisciplinary PhD (https://philosophy.ucsd.edu/graduate/interdisciplinary.html) that combines Philosophy and “Cognitive Science.” That requirement can be largely met with psychology and one’s dissertation committee would consist of Phil + Psych faculty.

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  3. Daniel Weltman

    UCSD.

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  4. anon

    Seconding Yale – I had a number of friends in the joint program. Seems to be a great place for folks interested in experimental philosophy.

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  5. Tom

    WUSTL is an amazing program for that, as noted, though with recent faculty hires (and whom are WUSTL alum) and investments, Purdue should be a strong candidate for this kind of work, even if the PhD is not expressly descriptive as such.

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  6. Sophie

    I applied this past cycle interested in joint philosophy/psychology/cogsci programs. While WashU, UCSD, Yale, and Johns Hopkins are, as far as I know, the only programs that offer a true joint PhD, many other schools—for example, Rutgers, MIT, Michigan, Cornell, and Maryland—give students the opportunity to complete a cognitive science certificate or graduate minor that allows them to take empirical courses and conduct interdisciplinary research.

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  7. Chase

    Does anyone have more info on John’s Hopkins offering philosophy/psychology as a joint option? I can’t find any info about this online

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