Introduction
Philosophical work in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science tends to be strongly integrated with the natural and social sciences and with mathematics.
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Faculty and student explore issues in general philosophy of science and meta-philosophy,
as well as more specialized studies in five research groups:
History of Philosophy of Science
Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Philosophy of Biology and the Behavioral Sciences
Probability, Induction, and Formal Epistemology
LPS enjoys strong cooperative relations with UCI's Department of Philosophy; in particular, the two units jointly administer a single graduate program leading to the Ph.D. in Philosophy. Learn more . . . •
The Philosophical Gourmet Report ranked all subfields within logic & philosophy of science in the top 20 with the following subfields in the top 5:
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in General Philosophy of Science
#1
in Philosophy of Physics
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in Philosophy of Social Science
#1
in Philosophy of Biology
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in History of Analytic Philosophy
#2
in Game Theory, Decision Theory, and Rational Choice
#2
in Philosophy of Mathematics
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in Epistemology (including Formal Epistemology)
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in Mathematical Logic
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Events
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“The Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science explores foundational questions and methodologies in science, recently hosting seminars on philosophy and interdisciplinary workshops.”
People
Research
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Latest News
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Penny shortage causes 'chaos' for banks and retailers
Bill Maurer, anthropology, American Banker, Oct. 6, 2025
What the government shutdown means for federal information collections and dataBeth Jarosz, '07 DASA, and Christopher Marcum, '07 DASA, '11 sociology Ph.D., discuss in this piece for dataindex.us
Teaching biology from a global perspectiveQiwen Zheng '22 brings an international perspective as Knowles Teaching Fellow
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