PhD in Philosophy

So as an academic discipline, philosophy casts a wide net and takes up questions not only basic to the human experience but also of interest to other academic disciplines. There are a great many fields of inquiry within philosophy. They include Metaphysics (What is reality ), Epistemology (What is knowledge ), Logic (What is the structure of good reasoning ), Philosophy of Mind (What is thought How is it related to its objects and to the world ), Philosophy of Language (How does language function as a medium of thought ), Philosophy of Science (What is science How is it able to give us knowledge of the world ), Ethics (What are values How should we act What makes an action right or wrong Good or bad ), Political Philosophy (What is political authority What would just institutions look like ), Philosophy of Religion (Is God possible Can we know whether God exists Is faith rational ). These are just some of the fields of inquiry possible within philosophy.