In the recent Research Evaluation Framework (REF 2014) we were rated the best philosophy department in Scotland and 2nd best in the UK, based on volume of world-leading and internationally excellent research. Philosophy of science at the University of Edinburgh specialises in the philosophy of the natural sciences, and the philosophy of cognitive sciences. Topics we cover include: laws, causation, realism, time, models, explanation, measurement and fictionalism.

career in related field.