约翰·霍普金斯大学（Johns Hopkins University）于1876年成立时，是美国第一所设计为研究和博士教育中心的大学。CS Peirce是最早的教员，其最早的研究生包括Josiah Royce和John Dewey。今天，哲学系继续秉承这一传统，为研究生们做好准备，为该领域做出原创性贡献，并从事大学教学工作。通常，大约有15名研究生参加课程和研讨会，另外15名处于撰写论文的各个阶段。由于班级较小，我们寻找希望利用此处的个人关注机会的学生。该系的目的是为学生提供机会，使其在确保知识广度的计划
When the Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876, it was the first university in the United States designed as a center for research and doctoral education. Among its earliest graduate students were Josiah Royce and John Dewey, C.S. Peirce was an early faculty member. The Department of Philosophy continues this tradition today, preparing graduate students to make original contributions to the field and to pursue careers in college and university teaching. Usually there are about 15 graduate students taking courses and seminars, and another 15 at various stages in the writing of their dissertations. Because classes are small, we look for students who wish to take advantage of the individual attention available here. The department's purpose is to provide opportunities for students to develop special interests within a program that also ensures breadth of knowledge. We offer classes, seminars, and directed study in the history of ancient, modern, and contemporary Western philosophy, and in the systematic areas of epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of mathematics, mathematical logic, and aesthetics. Courses with relevance to philosophy are frequently offered in other departments, and in certain circumstances these may be used toward the PhD or MA course requirements in philosophy.