New York University Department of Philosophy
The New York University Department of Philosophy is ranked 1st in the US and 1st in the English-speaking world as of the most recent edition of the "Philosophical Gourmet Report" from 2021 (as well as in the 2017, 2014, 2011, 2009, and 2006 editions). It is also ranked 1st in the world by the 2021 QS World University Rankings, and is internationally renowned. It has particular strengths in epistemology, history of philosophy, logic, metaphysics, moral and political philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of logic and philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of mind. The  department offers B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy, as well as a minor in philosophy and a joint major in language and mind with the NYU Departments of Linguistics and Psychology. It is home to the New York Institute of Philosophy, a research center that supports multi-year projects, public lectures, conferences, and workshops in the field, as well as outreach programs to teach New York City high school students interested in philosophy. The faculty and students have close relations with the philosophy department of Columbia University. Every year, NYU and Columbia philosophy graduate students organize the "Annual NYU /Columbia Graduate Student Philosophy Conference". Furthermore, doctoral students are able to cross-register to take courses at Columbia University, as well as at the other members of the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium (IUDC): Princeton University, CUNY Graduate Center, Rutgers University, Fordham University, Stony Brook University, and The New School. Within NYU, the department works especially closely with the School of Law, whose Center for Law and Philosophy hosts the "Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy" on a weekly basis during the fall semester of each academic year. Many former and current faculty members of the department have held or  currently hold dual appointments in both philosophy and law, including Ronald Dworkin, Thomas Nagel, Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, Jeremy Waldron, and Kwame Anthony Appiah. Other research centers affiliated with the department are the Center for Bioethics and the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness. The department is housed in 5 Washington Place, a historic building within the jurisdiction of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission near the border between the neighborhoods of NoHo and Greenwich Village. The interior of the building was completely renovated in 2007 by Steven Holl Architects, featuring design elements inspired by the writings of philosopher  Ludwig Wittgenstein, namely his "Remarks on Colour". Current faculty. This list includes affiliated faculty notable enough to have an individual article in Wikipedia in addition to all regular faculty Other philosophers affiliated with NYU. The following people are notable philosophers not affiliated with the Department of Philosophy who currently hold or have held faculty positions within other departments at New York University Student organizations. At the graduate level, students can participate in the NYU chapter of Minorities and Philosophy (MAP), an international organization consisting of philosophy students committed to addressing minority issues in the profession, theoretical issues regarding philosophy of  gender, race, sexual orientation, class, disability, native language, etc., and philosophy done from minority perspectives. The MAP chapter at NYU pursues these goals through a variety of events, including talks, film screenings, workshops, trainings, and collaborative events organized with other NYC-area chapters. At the undergraduate level, students can participate in the NYU Philosophy Forum, which hosts talks and panels with faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students throughout the academic year. In addition, the Philosophy Forum organizes the "Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference @ NYU." The conference is held over two days at the end of the spring semester of each  academic year, is open to the public, and consists of undergraduate students selected from various universities giving presentations of their original work on any philosophical topic, panels on philosophical topics of interest, as well as lectures by notable philosophers who are invited from both the faculty at NYU and other institutions. Past keynote lecturers for the conference include Thomas Nagel and David Chalmers, with other notable speakers and panelists including Kwame Anthony Appiah, Ned Block, Paul Boghossian, S. Matthew Liao, Michele Moody-Adams, Sharon Street, and Paul Thagard. In popular culture. In the 1989 action film "Road House," the main  character, James Dalton (played by Patrick Swaze), has a philosophy degree from NYU. The NYU Department of Philosophy is featured prominently in the 1995 horror film "The Addiction." The film's main character, Kathleen Conklin (played by Lili Taylor), is a doctoral candidate in the department who is turned into a vampire after being bitten by a mysterious woman during a chance encounter. Supporting characters include a fellow doctoral candidate (played by Edie Falco) and a faculty member who serves as Kathleen's dissertation advisor (played by Paul Calderón). Other members of the department are shown during a scene at  the department's graduation party.