Philosophy Teachers?

answers1: Go to the university web sites and then their their
philosophy departments. There you should find a link where the
individual professors talk about their interests. <br>
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Write down the names of professors that interest you and check
Amazon.com to see if they have published anything. <br>
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Repeat this for as many universities as you would like to go to. <br>
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Once you have a list of books, order the books that interest you and
read them. This should give you a good idea who are the best
professors. Of course just because a professor writes a good book
doesn't mean that they teach a good course. But it is better than
guessing. <br>
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Often professors will refer to each other's works. This gives you a
network of who influences who. That gives you another clue on who to
study under depending on your interests.
answers2: It depends on what area of philosophy interests you. I went
to Cornell, so I can tell you a little about their department. <br>
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They were a pretty traditional philosophy department, stressing
ancient and "modern" philosophy, mainly dealing with the history of
philosophy. When David Lewis, probably the second best metaphysician
of the last few decades after Quine, passed away in the late 1990's,
he left behind a number of talented PhD students at Princeton, where
he taught. Cornell conducted a talent raid and came up with professors
like Hellie, Graff, Bracken and several others. <br>
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I just checked out Cornell's website, and it appears that not a single
one of them is still there, but the older professors teaching in other
areas are. Think about why philosophy interests you. Try to find
recent philosophers working in that area. Then look up where they
teach and try to find where their former students teach. Those
departments will have what you're looking for. <br>
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The bottom line, though, is that you shouldn't worry about it too
much. Most people change their majors at least once in college (I
started as a physics major). Even if you don't change majors, your
focus within your major is likely to change. Go to a school that can
offer diverse opportunities, but is also good at your main interests.
Good luck.
answers3: depends a bit on what you want, but not so much in college,
more so in grad school. as an undergrad, at first you might not have
settled on what you'd want to pursue in grad school. in that case,
look at the Gourman Report to determine how universities rank, and
apply to a couple upper tier ones, a couple second tier, and so on.
As a rule, you'll find the best faculty in the upper tier. most of
the best faculty and students cluster in the upper tier. last I
looked, the upper tier in phil includes oxford, princeton, harvard,
berkeley (where I went), and univ of pittsburg. Chicago sat at the
upper end of the second tier. However, each one has a different
approach. call or visit each one if you can, and ask the phil dept
head his or her description of various appraoaches to phil, and ask
which is theirs. pick the one(s) you really want, and then ask what
you can do to prepare for entry. Whatever they say, will likely
prepare you for the rest.