Philosophy at Berkeley
The Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley offers both a BA and a PhD in Philosophy. In addition, we offer many courses for students who specialize in other disciplines, and we offer a lively series of philosophical events. The faculty and graduate students have research interests covering the whole field of philosophy, from antiquity to the present day, and represent both the analytic and continental traditions.
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Philosophy Hall](/assets/carousel/Moses2-4c8b63c9f9cb60fa18c4e2384597e47d6083fb00ff1c36beee27878aaff87dd7.jpg)
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![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Olivia Bailey](/assets/carousel/OliviaBailey-b4080fb9bc17d35b5a7d014c38fc4b8b8793c34d256bd42cead688064ce77ff4.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Coleman Solis](/assets/carousel/ColemanSolis-e1cf48da5861f40fd45e53ba3401ca508dc4d47f47a82a1908a8bfb027cc715f.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Paolo Mancosu](/assets/carousel/PaoloMancosu-0e8a05ca5ac88ff73f1398df913f1299cae3916bfbc74bc66a6131fe04ede7a4.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Colloquium Audience](/assets/carousel/ColloquiumAudience-3356aff45e110cd00fd0161078cca531352825cfd52bafa9421b4d74ac9c3a4a.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin People at picnic](/assets/carousel/Picnic-f2aa0e7e07630dc7c717dbe23a49b3d08032aaabb4c94072586d74bee9f42806.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Warren Thimothe](/assets/carousel/WarrenThimothe-90ed0c602642ff52f3195b22b0dd05c07b535894061b89b53aa5bf921271d863.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Jay Wallace at the colloquium](/assets/carousel/Colloquium_JayWallace-7c3654827574d248d7edd233444a9721411d58ea46204860158c326084f0028e.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin People at the reception](/assets/carousel/Reception-8be340cfeef8a612cdbf5528e67a739de283cc81f61be394107661c587977977.jpg)
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![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Geoff Lee](/assets/carousel/GeoffLee-c1afba5e72090e45f95898e9f90832f66915e69eab948cdf98936dd4b906c335.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Russell McIntosh](/assets/carousel/RussellMcIntosh-ccfdeb38f19d5978a7f896acfdd0fbd3dd02984e28cb10eb49413169ad49ceae.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin James Evershed.jpg](/assets/carousel/JamesEvershed-43de196b8583b3bb8b866753459efb48d1fd4bdcc2af596e8893b0755cf555fc.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Sarah Vernallis](/assets/carousel/SarahVernallis-2680bd49dfb384ff7279d8e4848e053af434e1b633eb72ff922bc9afbfee9be3.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Johann Frick](/assets/carousel/JohannFrick-b157f5a59c18169fe37c5f12f50947e103d720a71b4f915f431e61b35ccdbe3b.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Seth Yalcin](/assets/carousel/Seth-ffb606d2e2b464960a30530056ad67e65ce6915eb0b520c2bab31149911c50da.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin John MacFarlane](/assets/carousel/JohnMacFarlane-49914357bbefab86d86ce060a4a3664efea3d7e6e6f3140b6dca1947918ce1a6.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Shamik Dasgupta](/assets/carousel/ShamikDasgupta-5665c91f3f52cdf0424a118611f575946be5a958cd9dc5b5b64f6c5e42b43726.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Tim Clarke](/assets/carousel/TimClarke-7815da33521fc35927629fee6c1d06f73b901271ea06f037d0a384bf8dbcd30f.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Katie Coyne](/assets/carousel/KatieCoyne-9f7a23382ce2653cd66daa3cbb0bffe6e3b8a7873765d0fd2ea50153e890d2ea.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Madeleine Levac](/assets/carousel/MadeleineLevac-7117dee0e013a8ca3528f1d92f7613a2aa158f08b0c9467c1cb040dcc88ef7ae.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Veronique Munoz-Darde and John Campbell](/assets/carousel/VeroniqueMunozDarde_JohnCampbell-22304f7af0edc0a2e230636ea9750591d48337f6fa79abae21270e28eac2413f.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Maura Vrydaghs and Bill Dellinger](/assets/carousel/MauraBill-a8e6320c683061728916e51b2f9c33d69637e4b98b01154b7c66c0af151322ef.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Virginia Foggo and Niko Kolodny](/assets/carousel/VirginiaNiko-ba8376710962994d80c77266557afbf91bea68a760e11b07e1eedf2c597a18cd.jpg)
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![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Niko Kolodny, Shamik Dasgupta, and Alva Noe](/assets/carousel/NikoShamikAlva-651f336076cb26e00c11d9461a9956b88a4f608019ba9631da1459664e94bbb6.jpg)
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![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Colloquium audience](/assets/carousel/HowisonAudience-af3e554fd86bb93033c075cbb259d1df5aa85cba47e92f4f7d8e1d24c891add9.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Listening](/assets/carousel/Listening-61282306ee0014d233a676c3790cc68c8db0bc30751fd0974852e84678ac88b9.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Hannah Ginsborg](/assets/carousel/Ginsborg-64de15317f26737fc0d445771e30bc7eebdff6ecc494fc31a5e0cb06988ce5d5.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin William Phillips](/assets/carousel/WilliamPhillips-496fd9345e308806e3c256d1b778a85889dbd9d371e488db0327bbcf4c3972d0.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Colloquium dinner](/assets/carousel/ColloquiumDinner-c3d0cb70fbccdf27623cf10ae7f28aa4ae352619f4d6b434d5b6e1866e1c5559.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Daniel Warren and Niko Kolodny](/assets/carousel/WarrenKolodny-0b6d9794b7adeb5262474ef1b0cc3d521fbec477cc89533a8b71179f634046f1.jpg)
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![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin People talking outside Philosophy Hall](/assets/carousel/Outside-c33767885e361a0405d6602caaf83081dad3aa0901c82837e6f752c2eea8e87a.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Departmental picnic](/assets/carousel/Picnic-f2aa0e7e07630dc7c717dbe23a49b3d08032aaabb4c94072586d74bee9f42806.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Students in Howison](/assets/carousel/EZChairs-899d887d79bf0a1c7754d31cce353f8765906929ba305e7ad51edffda717327e.jpg)
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![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin John MacFarlane](/assets/carousel/MacF-16c83d7fb2f00fc938fba65de9280ebe832e38f80d67c6a0c2844f134e73eb6d.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Philosophy Hall](/assets/carousel/Moses-b539d93301220b48ca4e97ab04967b90b7f2834e2172919fbac0abc6f9924e4c.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Grad students at departmental picnic](/assets/carousel/Picnic2-395c52837cb0ec6653455ef307367bea0d835dafa389bb4ff66524bdd6000d76.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Graduate seminar](/assets/carousel/Seminar-f2f35b66d0641e858281275ed2e86404df1dd142aa5d78fbfad32f5c1a2ffe86.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Wheeler Hall](/assets/carousel/Wheeler-da916fb75cf7f7f3e2b2d33d9f5818ca3ff72d50ca5dff6e2e3da3d37341f3cc.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Bay View](/assets/carousel/Bay-ef141e57c36830a92e169e9cadb7969ee66c4c676e76ab57a69e6e508de0657f.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Dennes Room](/assets/carousel/ChairsBoard-2f97bf6e26afa22dded9082c8538d31bc635e55b8b832de1668d5d367415ad83.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Colloquium Audience](/assets/carousel/ColloquiumAudience-3356aff45e110cd00fd0161078cca531352825cfd52bafa9421b4d74ac9c3a4a.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Daniel Warren](/assets/carousel/DanielWarren-82012d936d1d3433bea41d91f4c1a6f5c360ddbc3681bf80306910643b4f76a9.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Paolo Mancosu and Jay Wallace](/assets/carousel/PaoloJay-ee1358d204f48012c2d9cfae53a96aa53d095ae4726188c4e2b1eb89cd07f8a1.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin First-year Reception](/assets/carousel/Reception-8be340cfeef8a612cdbf5528e67a739de283cc81f61be394107661c587977977.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin In Howison Library](/assets/carousel/SophieLibrary-6cb9c95a1a4dd90559933a052fe761086237a982c2d8202f30450e9e1e82352e.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Annual BBQ and Tango Jam](/assets/carousel/Tango-797da0b2d8ccdb909f37c1602b6f6ccaee3d2b5cb779df16422b44b8003a7bd3.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Tim Crockett](/assets/carousel/TimCrockett-370b8b5a5d077ca7379091ee3c321bcdc3c0d8d6165d21ad55ebfa613f939baf.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Annual party](/assets/carousel/Umrao-271f58b6901542f162dfe10c5a984e76635c3c8d20a79b9ea57bb647ff21e64a.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin Veronique Munoz-Darde](/assets/carousel/Veronique-e055e3c492ff6cdf3daf7109d9255eed23e1a2ac2945e0b40b7e151f0c7e4bdd.jpg)
![Photo credit: M. G. F. Martin AlvaNoe and AlvinGoldman](/assets/carousel/AlvaNoe_AlvinGoldman-ce21b2d7adb054479c39b898b4d92fde531a95cd21f49fffef840fa3f036304a.jpg)