Graduate School Planning
Graduate Study in Philosophy?
Some advice from Professor Willem A. deVries...
If you’ve enjoyed your philosophy classes a lot and find yourself waxing philosophical even when it’s not required for a course, you may well be thinking of going to graduate school in philosophy, maybe even pursuing philosophy as a career!
There are plenty of reasons to do graduate study in philosophy: the material is interesting and challenging; philosophy connects so deeply with so many other fields that, for the intensely curious, a life of philosophy seems to be blanket permission to learn anything and everything you want. Graduate study can be fun: you are surrounded with very bright people who share many interests with you.
Read more from Prof. deVries (PDF)
Additional advice from Professor Nick Smith
Information on Graduate Programs
The Philosophical Gourmet Report
Graduate Programs in Continental Philosophy
Philosophy Graduate Schools Friendly to Continental Philosophy