Welcome to the home pages of the Philosophy-Neurosciences-Psychology (PNP) Program at Washington University in St Louis. PNP is an innovative program that fosters engagement between different disciplines addressing the mind-brain. It draws together a number of areas in which Washington University is a world leader
The PNP program was originally set up as a graduate program in 1993 with a grant of $1,320,000 from the James S McDonnell Foundation (a further grant of $880,000 was made in 1995). Subsequently the program was expanded to include an undergraduate second major, with the first students graduating in 1999. The PNP Research centre was founded in 2003.
Please use the menu above for information on current research, programs, and upcoming events. We hope that these web pages will convey some of the excitement of interdisciplinary research and teaching at Washington University. If you have any questions, or would like to visit the program, please contact us.
José Luis Bermúdez
Professor of Philosophy and Director, PNP