Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)-Philosophy

Silly question, but is there a such thing as a Doctorate (PhD) in Philosophy? I know you can earn a Bachelors and Masters, but a Doctorate?

 

No silly replies, for this question is genuine.

 

The answer is yes. No kidding. Here's one

University of Wales, Lampeter - Department of Philosophy

 

Whoa! Ok, I see. The funny thing is, I see you guys talk about PhD's all the time, but never mentioned a PhD in Philosophy. I actually thought there was no such thing, taking it from the actual name of a PhD.

 

Yes, Ph. Ds in philosophy certainly exist. I would say that most philosophy depts would offer them. Perhaps just as confusing is the Master of Philosophy. Some Australian universities offer them as a research degree in many fields in place of the MA which is often a course work degree now. By the same token I have had to explain that my Master of Letters doesn't have anything to do with writing letters on occassions.

 

Yes, indded, there does exist the Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy.

 

Thanks guys. This is very interesting.

 

Is this a DL program? I don't see it offered.

 

It seems that the link has changed due to the merger. You may need to poke around in the site to find it again.

 

They may not offer it any longer. This is the only thing I see:

Distance Learning, Courses, Home, ; University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Distance Learning

MA Ancient History and Classical Studies

MA Ancient Myth and Society

MA Ancient Narrative Literature

MA Anthrozoology

MA Arthurian Studies

MA Biblical Interpretation

MA Celtic Christianity

MA in Celtic Studies

MA Classical Language and Literature

MA Classics

MA Cultural Astronomy and Astrology

MA Culture and Society: China and West

MA Death Studies

MA Environmental Anthropology

MA Ethics of Life and Death, The

MA European Philosophy

MA Indian Religions

MA Islamic Studies

MA Medical Ethics

MA Monastic Studies

MA Nature

MA Philosophical Studies

MA Religious Experience

MA Social Anthropology

MA Theology

MA The World's Religions

MMin Master of Ministry

MTh Church History

MTh Orthodox Studies

MTh Systematic and Philosophical Theology

Dip/Cert Greek

Dip/Cert Latin

PG Cert Technology Enhanced Learning

DMin Doctor of Ministry

PhD Applied Archaeology

 

One note about Trinity St David's distance courses, they are quite expensive for non-European students!

 

You would think that in this day and age that kind of petty crap (European/non-European) would have long been relegated to the dust bin of history.

 

Nope................

 

You're right, they clearly don't offer it any more. Sorry for the misdirection. Here's an alternative:

Unisa Online - Discipline of Philosophy

 

Actually if you poke around at the website you will see that they offer Ph.D. degrees but because this is a British University they refer to them as research doctorates. The MA level courses are called post-graduate courses because they involve classwork/modules.

See the following sections that describe research degrees including part time external degrees (distance learning)

Research Opportunities, Courses; University of Wales Trinity Saint David

 

nice catch chris.