（一）概述

1．纽约大学哲学系在2002年的布莱克威尔的《哲学评价报告》（The Philosophical Gourmet Report）中，在美国高校中与普林斯顿大学并列居第1位。

2．纽约大学正式教师14人，正式访问教授4人，访问教授1人，兼职教授4人，荣誉退休教授2人。

（二）课程与学位要求

1．课程类别

The program features five types of regular courses (in addition to a Proseminar for first-semester doctoral students and a Dissertation Seminar for advanced students):

（1）Background Courses. These courses are intended to supply a basic grounding in core areas for students who have not done intensive work in those areas. They cover a few interrelated central topics.

（2）Intermediate Courses. These are more specialized than Background Courses. Topics may include causation, consciousness, parts and wholes, vagueness and indeterminacy, personal identity, the role of content in psychological explanation, the fact-value distinction in ethics and in epistemology, theories of justice and Kant's Critique of Judgement. These courses are intended to be accessible to a broad range of students, and not oriented just to advanced students and faculty who may be attending.

（3）Research Workshop Courses. The topics of these course may be still more specialized, and they may be oriented to advanced students specializing in the subject and to faculty members in attendance.

（4）Associated Writing Courses. These courses may be taken in conjunction with Research Workshop courses, though they needn't be. During the semester, the student will submit drafts of the developing paper, discussing each draft with the professor before moving on to the next draft. The aim is for the student to learn the craft of writing a professional level philosophy paper. (The final paper for the Associated Writing Course can also serve as the term paper for the Research Workshop course.)

（5）Research Seminars. Each year, the Department offers two Research Seminars:

The NYU Colloquium in Law, Philosophy and Political Theory. This course has been taught by Professors Dworkin and Nagel for many years and is attended by many professors. In a typical session, the members of the seminar receive copies a week in advance of work in progress from a thinker at another university. After reading the week's work, the students discuss it with Dworkin on the day before the Colloquium. Then at the Colloquium the next day, Nagel and Dworkin give critiques of the work, and the author responds to the critiques and also to questions from others in the audience. In recent years, the thinkers of the week have included John Rawls, Derek Parfit, Bernard Williams and Judith Thomson.

The NYU Seminar in Mind and Language. This course is modeled on the Colloquium in Law, Philosophy and Political Theory. In 1997 and again in 2000, the course focused on consciousness and was taught by Professors Block and Nagel. In 1998, it focused on concepts and was taught by Professors Block and Boghossian. In 1999, it focused on objectivity, and was taught by Professors Boghossian and Schiffer. In 2001 it focused on the role of the content of mental states in explanation, and was taught by Professors Field and Schiffer. In 2002 it focused on rule-following, and was taught by Professors Boghossian and Paul Horwich of CUNY. In 2003 it was taught again by Professors Field and Schiffer, on the topic of "factually questionable discourse". In 2004, the course will focus on the philosophy of psychology and will be taught by Professors Fodor and Peacocke.

2．哲学博士学位要求

Courses: The University requires 18 courses (72 points). The Department requires 10 courses, specified below. These will be referred to as the "basic courses". The remaining 8 courses can all be Dissertation Research, though the student may include other courses as well toward the total. The basic courses are:

The Proseminar. Each Fall, the Department will offer a Proseminar for all (and only) first year PhD students. There will be frequent short writing assignments and the mode of instruction will emphasize discussion rather than lecture. The topic will be up to the instructor but will normally cover basic texts and ideas in analytic philosophy.

Seven courses drawn from Background courses, Intermediate courses, Research Workshop courses, and Research Seminars. At least one of these must be in value theory (ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of law, or political philosophy). At least one of these must be in a "core" area (metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, or philosophy of mind); at least two more must be outside value theory. With the permission of the Director of Graduate Studies, students may use upper level undergraduate courses (with extra work, assigned by the instructor) to fulfill the above requirements of one value theory course and one "core" course. Out of these seven courses, no more than two may be either Background courses or (given permission) undergraduate courses.

3．两个相关写作课程

Third Year Review: By the first day of the fifth semester in the program, students will submit three papers (normally the product of courses in the first two years). The Third Year Review requirement is completed when the faculty judges that the student has written three good papers.

Third Year Thesis Prospectus Examination: By the 10th week of their 6th term in the Department, students will submit to the Director of Graduate Studies a proposal for a thesis, normally about 5 pages long, and suggestions as to whom they would most prefer as advisors. The Director of Graduate Studies will then appoint a committee, of at least two faculty members, but normally three faculty members, who will meet with the candidate about the proposal. This meeting is the oral thesis prospectus examination. This meeting must take place by the end of the third year in order for the student to maintain Good Standing. Once it takes place, the student remains in Good Standing even though the advisors may require him/her to revise the thesis proposal and meet to discuss it further. The student must pass the examination by the end of the 7th term in the Department. The thesis-prospectus examination should satisfy the committee that the candidate can write a passing thesis meeting the description in the candidate's submitted prospectus.

Logic Requirement: Students should satisfy the Department of their competence in the following: formalization of English sentences; derivations within a system of predicate logic; formal definition of truth and validity for a first-order language; basic meta-logical tools, including the use-mention distinction, the concept of rigor, and proof and definition by mathematical induction; statement and proof of basic meta-logical results, including the deduction theorem, soundness and completeness for sentential and predicate logic, completeness for predicate logic. The Director of Graduate Studies will count the student as having passed the requirement when presented with appropriate evidence (e.g., of a pass in a relevant course at NYU or elsewhere).

Language Requirement: There is a university requirement of proficiency in one language other than English. Knowledge of a computer language or of logic can be used to satisfy this requirement.

Thesis and Oral Examination: The thesis can consist of three outstanding papers (including papers written for courses), even if they are on diverse philosophical topics. Alternatively, the student can write a short monograph.

The Department envisions that in most cases, the thesis will grow out of work done for Research Workshops and Associated Writing Courses and that there will be no sharp distinction between years of course work and years of dissertation writing. Students are expected to complete their dissertations in 5 years. Special permission from the Department is required to extend work on the dissertation past a 7th year.

4．其他要求

A minimum of 7 of the 10 basic courses must be taken in the NYU Philosophy Department. In addition, in order to receive the Ph.D., a student must be in residence as a full-time student for two full years at NYU.

Each term's program must be approved by the student's advisor and the Director of Graduate Studies in the first week of classes.

（三）课程设置

1．专业主修

A major in philosophy requires nine 4-point courses in the department, with numbers higher than V83.0009 (the courses listed as nonmajor introductory courses do not count). These nine courses must include (1) Logic, V83.0070; (2) History of Ancient Philosophy, V83.0020; (3) History of Modern Philosophy, V83.0021; (4) Ethics, V83.0040; or Nature of Values, V83.0041; (5) Belief, Truth, and Knowledge, V83.0076; or Metaphysics, V83.0078; (6) Minds and Machines, V83.0015; or Philosophy of Mind, V83.0080; or Philosophy of Language, V83.0085; and (7) Topics in the History of Philosophy, V83.0101; or Topics in Ethics and Political Philosophy, V83.0102; or Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology, V83.0103; or Topics in Language and Mind, V83.0104. No credit toward the major is awarded for a course with a grade lower than C.

Students considering a major in philosophy are advised to skip over the nonmajor introductory courses, and to begin with one of the intensive introductory courses, or with one of the following: History of Ancient Philosophy, V83.0020; History of Modern Philosophy, V83.0021; Ethics, V83.0040; or Belief, Truth, and Knowledge, V83.0076. Logic, V83.0070, should be taken as soon as possible.

2．语言与心灵方面的共同专业

This major, intended as an introduction to cognitive science, is administered by the Departments of Linguistics, Philosophy, and Psychology. Eleven courses are required (four in linguistics, one in philosophy, five in psychology, and one additional course), to be constituted as follows. The linguistics component consists of Language, V61.0001, or Societies and the Social Sciences: Linguistic Perspectives, V55.0660; Grammatical Analysis, V61.0013; Language and Mind, V61.0028; and one more course chosen from Computational Models of Sentence Construction, V61.0024; Phonological Analysis, V61.0012; and Introduction to Semantics, V61.0004. The philosophy component consists of one course, chosen from Minds and Machines, V83.0015; Philosophy of Language, V83.0085; and Logic, V83.0070. The required psychology component consists of four courses: Introduction to Psychology, V89.0001; either Statistical Reasoning for the Behavioral Sciences, V89.0009, or Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, V89.0010; The Psychology of Language, V89.0056; and Cognition, V89.0029; in addition, one course, chosen from Seminar in Thinking, V89.0026; Language Acquisition and Cognitive Development, V89.0300; and Laboratory in Human Cognition, V89.0028. The eleventh course will be one of the above-listed courses that has not already been chosen to satisfy the departmental components.

3．辅修

A minor in philosophy requires four 4-point courses in the department, at least three with numbers higher than V83.0009. One course must be either History of Ancient Philosophy, V83.0020, or History of Modern Philosophy, V83.0021; one course each must come from Group 2 (Ethics, Value, and Society) and Group 3 (Metaphysics, Epistemology, Mind, Language, and Logic). No credit toward the minor is awarded for a course with a grade lower than C.

4．独立学习

A student may sign up for an independent study course if he or she obtains the consent of a faculty member who approves the study project and agrees to serve as adviser. The student must also obtain the approval of either the department chair or the director of undergraduate studies. The student may take no more than one such course in any given semester and no more than two such courses in total, unless granted special permission by either the department chair or the director of undergraduate studies.

5．荣誉课程

Honors in philosophy will be awarded to majors who (1) have an overall grade point average of 3.5 and an average in philosophy courses of 3.5 and (2) successfully complete the honors program. This program, which is taken for 2 points in each of the student抯 last two semesters, is intended to provide an intensive and rewarding culmination to the philosophy major. It involves participation in an honors seminar and the writing of a senior thesis under the supervision of a faculty adviser. Entry to the honors program requires a 3.0 average overall and a 3.5 average in at least five philosophy courses (at least one in each of the three groups, plus one topics course). The thesis must be approved by the adviser and by a second faculty reader for honors to be awarded.

Majors interested in admission to the program should consult the director of undergraduate studies toward the end of their junior year.

For general requirements, please see under Honors and Awards.

6．先修课程

The department treats its course prerequisites seriously. Students not satisfying a course's prerequisites are strongly advised to seek the permission of the instructor beforehand. 

（四）课程目录

1．非专业的导论课程

Ø        哲学导论Introduction to Philosophy V83.0001 4 points.

Ø        伦理与社会Ethics and Society V83.0005 4 points.

2．专业导论课程

Ø        Central Problems in Philosophy V83.0010 4 points.

Ø        Minds and Machines V83.0015 4 points.

Ø        Life and Death V83.0017 4 points.

3．第一课程组：哲学史

Ø        History of Ancient Philosophy V83.0020 4 points.

Ø        History of Modern Philosophy V83.0021 4 points.

Ø        Philosophy in the Middle Ages V83.0025 Identical to V65.0060. 4 points.

Ø        Kant V83.0030 Prerequisite: one course in philosophy, preferably V83.0021. 4 points.

Ø        From Hegel to Nietzsche V83.0032 Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. 4 points.

Ø        American Philosophy V83.0035 Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. 4 points.

Ø        Existentialism and Phenomenology V83.0036 Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. 4 points.

Ø        20th-Century Analytic Philosophy V83.0037 Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. 4 points.

Ø        Recent Continental Philosophy V83.0039 Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. 4 points.

Ø        Topics in the History of Philosophy V83.0101 Prerequisites: two courses in philosophy, at least one in history of philosophy. 4 points.

4．第二课程组：伦理学、价值与社会

Ø        Ethics V83.0040 4 points.

Ø        The Nature of Values V83.0041 Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. 4 points.

Ø        Political Philosophy V83.0045 4 points.

Ø        Medical Ethics V83.0050 4 points.

Ø        Philosophy of Law V83.0052 4 points.

Ø        Philosophical Perspectives on Feminism V83.0055 4 points.

Ø        War and Morality V83.0057 4 points.

Ø        Aesthetics V83.0060 4 points.

Ø        Philosophy and Literature V83.0062 4 points.

Ø        Topics in Ethics and Political Philosophy V83.0102 Prerequisites: two courses in philosophy, including either V83.0040, V83.0041, V83.0045, or V83.0052. 4 points.

5．第三课程组：形而上学、认识论、心灵、语言与逻辑

Ø        Logic V83.0070 4 points.

Ø        Advanced Logic V83.0072 Prerequisite: V83.0070. 4 points.

Ø        Set Theory V83.0073 Prerequisite: V83.0070. 4 points.

Ø        Modal Logic V83.0074 Prerequisite: V83.0070. 4 points.

Ø        Belief, Truth, and Knowledge V83.0076 4 points.

Ø        Metaphysics V83.0078 Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. 4 points.

Ø        Philosophy of Mind V83.0080 Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. 4 points.

Ø        Philosophy of Language V83.0085 Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. 4 points.

Ø        Philosophy of Science V83.0090 Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or natural sciences. 4 points.

Ø        Philosophy of Biology V83.0091 Prerequisite: one course in biology. 4 points.

Ø        Philosophy of the Social Sciences V83.0092 Prerequisite: one course in social sciences. 4 points.

Ø        Philosophy of Religion V83.0096 4 points.

Ø        Philosophy of Mathematics V83.0098 4 points.

Ø        Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology V83.0103 Prerequisite: two courses in philosophy, including either V83.0076 or V83.0078. 4 points.

Ø        Topics in Language and Mind V83.0104 Prerequisite: two courses in philosophy, including either V83.0015, V83.0080, or V83.0085. 4 points.

 6．荣誉与独立研究

Ø        Honors Seminar V83.0201-0202 Prerequisite: open to seniors with permission of the department. 2 points per term.

Ø        Independent Study V83.0301, 0302 Prerequisite: permission of the department. Available only for study of subjects not covered in regularly offered courses. 2 or 4 points per term.