我们是世界领先的哲学研究部门之一。在最近的研究评估框架（REF 2014）中，我们被评为苏格兰最佳哲学系和英国排名第二的哲学系，这是基于世界领先水平和国际水平的优秀的研究。在最新（2014年）的《哲学美食报告》中，我们对研究生课程进行了国际排名，在七个不同的哲学领域，我们被评为全球顶级学科之一。我们的研究环境因其适合进行世界领先或国际一流研究的适宜性而获得最高100％的评分。该系与大学内的其他学科领域有着紧密的联系，例如心理学，语言学，信息学，法学，政治学和古典文学。我们还是EIDYN的所在地，EIDYN
We welcome research proposals of outstanding quality in any area of philosophy.<br><br>We are one of the world's leading philosophy departments for research, boasting 40 academic researchers. Our research covers a wide range of philosophical topics and questions, with strengths in both contemporary philosophy and the history of philosophy.<br><br>Our areas of research and staff interests include:<br><br>Ancient Greek and Medieval Islamic Philosophy<br>Epistemology<br>Ethics<br>European Early Modern and Enlightenment Philosophy<br>Existentialism and Phenomenology<br>Logic and Language<br>Metaphysics and Ontology<br>Mind and Cognition<br>Philosophy of Science<br>Social and Political Philosophy<br>For more information of current staff interests please go to:<br><br>Staff Research Interests<br>Philosophy is rated 4th in the UK by Times Higher Education for the quality and breadth of the research using the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021).<br><br>The department has close links with other subject areas within the University, such as psychology, linguistics, informatics, jurisprudence, politics and classics.