The Philosophical Gourmet Report (also known as the Leiter Report or PGR), founded by philosophy and law professor Brian Leiter and now edited by philosophy professors Berit Brogaard and Christopher Pynes, is a ranking of graduate programs in philosophy in the English-speaking world.[1][2]
The "Gourmet" Report ranking was created in response to the Gourman Report, and is based on a survey of philosophers who are nominated as evaluators by the Report's Advisory Board. Its purpose is to provide guidance to prospective Ph.D students, particularly those students who intend to pursue a professional career in academic philosophy.[3] The Report first appeared on the web in 1996; it is currently published and distributed by Blackwell.
In 1989, while he was a graduate student, Leiter made a subjective list of what he believed to be the top 25 graduate philosophy programs in the United States, which came to be the PGR.[4] The PGR was described by David L. Kirp in a 2003 New York Times op-ed as "the bible for prospective [philosophy] graduate students."[5]Carlin Romano, in America the Philosophical (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013), referred to the PGR rankings as "often-criticized" and "biased towards mainstream analytic departments".[6]
In 2002, 175 philosophers signed an open letter calling on Leiter to stop producing the PGR.[7] In fall 2014, over 600 philosophers signed a petition to boycott the PGR. The petition was organized by some philosophers at University of British Columbia to protest what they called a "derogatory and intimidating" e-mail sent by Leiter to one of their colleagues. Leiter claimed the recipient had threatened him.[4] 24 of the 56 members of the Advisory Board of the PGR recommended he relinquish control over the Report's management.[4] In response, Leiter appointed Berit Brogaard, a philosophy professor at the University of Miami, as co-editor for the 2014 report and agreed to step down as editor of subsequent editions.[8] Leiter subsequently appointed Christopher Pynes of Western Illinois University as co-editor of future editions.
^"What the Rankings Mean? 2021". The Philosophical Gourmet Report. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
^ abcSchmidt, Peter (September 26, 2014). "The Man Who Ranks Philosophy Departments Now Rankles Them, Too". The Chronicle of Higher Education. from the original on September 26, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
^Kirp, David (October 27, 2003). "How Much for That Professor?". The New York Times. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
^Mangan, Katherine S. (January 18, 2002). "175 Philosophy Professors Blast Ranking of Graduate Programs". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
^Andy Thomason (October 10, 2014). "Controversial Philosopher Will Step Down as Editor of Influential Rankings". The Chronicle of Higher Education.
^Weinberg, Justin (January 7, 2022). "Reputational Ranking of Philosophy PhD Programs Updated". Daily Nous. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
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philosophical, gourmet, report, also, known, leiter, report, founded, philosophy, professor, brian, leiter, edited, philosophy, professors, berit, brogaard, christopher, pynes, ranking, graduate, programs, philosophy, english, speaking, world, contents, backgr. The Philosophical Gourmet Report also known as the Leiter Report or PGR founded by philosophy and law professor Brian Leiter and now edited by philosophy professors Berit Brogaard and Christopher Pynes is a ranking of graduate programs in philosophy in the English speaking world 1 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Overall ranking worldwide top 30 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBackground editThe Gourmet Report ranking was created in response to the Gourman Report and is based on a survey of philosophers who are nominated as evaluators by the Report s Advisory Board Its purpose is to provide guidance to prospective Ph D students particularly those students who intend to pursue a professional career in academic philosophy 3 The Report first appeared on the web in 1996 it is currently published and distributed by Blackwell In 1989 while he was a graduate student Leiter made a subjective list of what he believed to be the top 25 graduate philosophy programs in the United States which came to be the PGR 4 The PGR was described by David L Kirp in a 2003 New York Times op ed as the bible for prospective philosophy graduate students 5 Carlin Romano in America the Philosophical Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013 referred to the PGR rankings as often criticized and biased towards mainstream analytic departments 6 In 2002 175 philosophers signed an open letter calling on Leiter to stop producing the PGR 7 In fall 2014 over 600 philosophers signed a petition to boycott the PGR The petition was organized by some philosophers at University of British Columbia to protest what they called a derogatory and intimidating e mail sent by Leiter to one of their colleagues Leiter claimed the recipient had threatened him 4 24 of the 56 members of the Advisory Board of the PGR recommended he relinquish control over the Report s management 4 In response Leiter appointed Berit Brogaard a philosophy professor at the University of Miami as co editor for the 2014 report and agreed to step down as editor of subsequent editions 8 Leiter subsequently appointed Christopher Pynes of Western Illinois University as co editor of future editions Overall ranking worldwide top 30 editRank 2021 22 9 School Country1 New York University USA2 Oxford University UK3 Rutgers University New Brunswick USA4 Princeton University USA5 University of Pittsburgh USA6 University of Michigan USA6 Yale University USA8 University of Toronto Canada9 Harvard University USA9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA9 University of California Berkeley USA9 University of California Los Angeles USA9 University of Southern California USA14 The Graduate Center CUNY USA14 Columbia University USA14 Stanford University USA14 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill USA14 University of Notre Dame USA19 University of Texas Austin USA20 Brown University USA20 Cambridge University UK22 Cornell University USA22 University of California San Diego USA22 University of Chicago USA25 Australian National University AUS25 University of Arizona USA25 University of Wisconsin Madison USA28 University of California Irvine USA28 University of St Andrews Stirling Joint Program UK28 University of Sydney AUSSee also editCollege and university rankingsReferences edit Ana Dubnjakovic Patrick Tomlin 2010 A Practical Guide to Electronic Resources in the Humanities Elsevier ISBN 9781780630472 The Philosophical Gourmet Report 2014 15 What the Rankings Mean 2021 The Philosophical Gourmet Report Retrieved January 25 2023 a b c Schmidt Peter September 26 2014 The Man Who Ranks Philosophy Departments Now Rankles Them Too The Chronicle of Higher Education Archived from the original on September 26 2014 Retrieved September 30 2014 Kirp David October 27 2003 How Much for That Professor The New York Times Retrieved May 28 2015 Carlin Romano 2013 America the Philosophical Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group ISBN 9780345804709 Mangan Katherine S January 18 2002 175 Philosophy Professors Blast Ranking of Graduate Programs The Chronicle of Higher Education Retrieved April 24 2016 Andy Thomason October 10 2014 Controversial Philosopher Will Step Down as Editor of Influential Rankings The Chronicle of Higher Education Weinberg Justin January 7 2022 Reputational Ranking of Philosophy PhD Programs Updated Daily Nous Retrieved January 25 2023 External links editThe Philosophical Gourmet Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Philosophical Gourmet Report amp oldid 1153557785, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
