A student writes:
I just read on your blog that the Advisory Board voted against having an experimental philosophy ranking on the PGR. The two concerns for doing so are certainly valid, in my opinion. But I would like to note that, as a student who just went through the process of applying to PhD programs, there is very little information out there for prospective students to access regarding to which graduate programs one can apply if they are interested in doing X-phi; and regardless of whether the boundaries are hazy or whether it's merely someone's preferred methodology, there are certainly numerous undergrads looking for information about PhD programs that not only have faculty working on X-phi, but in departments that are at least sympathetic to it as well (clearly some are more welcoming of X-phi than others). As of now, there are a couple of thin lists of X-phi-friendly departments bouncing around blogs, but other than the obvious (e.g., Yale, Arizona, Pitt HPS, etc. are X-phi friendly) it was rather difficulty for me to determine any kind of semi-objective "ranking" for the schools to which I was applying.
So, in lieu of a PGR ranking for experimental philosophy, maybe it would be worthwhile to make a post on your blog in which people can comment about which graduate programs are great choices for students interested in doing experimental philosophy (and it would even be worthwhile - especially to undergrads looking toward graduate school - to know whether or not a department is very sympathetic to X-phi as well).
I'll open this thread for comments, but they will have to be signed. The places that come to mind are, besides Yale, University of Arizona, and University of Pittsburgh's History and Philosophy of Science Program (not the Philosophy Department), Princeton University, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, City University of New York Graduate Center, University of California at Riverside, and Washington University at St. Louis.
