Fordham University's Department of Philosophy

has a long and distinguished record, having offered programs in philosophy for more than 150 years. Renowned for its strengths in medieval philosophy and contemporary continental philosophy, the department features a pluralistic program that recognizes the history of philosophy as the context informing contemporary philosophical debates.

The department offers courses in all periods of the history of philosophy, and its pluralism manifests itself in the wide variety of schools and perspectives represented in its contemporary philosophy courses: classical American philosophy, analytic philosophy, continental philosophy, environmental philosophy, feminist philosophy, and Thomistic studies. The department's strengths in systematic areas include epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of religion. Our aim in this pluralism is to promote philosophical conversation and exchange across the boundaries of these different schools and perspectives.

The scholarly reputation of the Fordham philosophy faculty is recognized nationally and abroad. As well as publishing scholarly books and articles, the faculty serve as officers of philosophical organizations and as editors of philosophical journals and book series. The department is home to three well-known journals: International Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Neoplatonic Studies, and New Nietzsche Studies. It is also home to three significant philosophical societies: the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics, the Nietzsche Society, and the Society for the Study of Process Philosophies.

In addition, six book series are edited by our faculty: Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (SUNY Press), Great Medieval Thinkers (Oxford University Press), Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion (Indiana University Press), Moral Philosophy and Moral Theology (Fordham University Press), Outstanding Christian Thinkers (Continuum),and Studies in Medieval Philosophy (Fordham University Press).

A departmental lecture series features outstanding scholars from all over the world, and the department sponsors, along with Fordham's School of Law, the Natural Law Colloquium.