Philosophy
00. An analysis of either the historical development or the contemporary relevance of critical theory. Primary texts may be selected from the "old" Frankfurt School (Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse, Benjamin, Fromm) or from "new" critical…
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Purdue University · Philosophy
1.1% of Purdue University's Philosophy course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Philosophy departments, it is 2.7%.
0%20%
Where Philosophy courses fall
0%Far left92–100
53%Left75–91
20%Center-left59–74
20%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
7%Right9–25
0%Far right0–8
Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes. A course on slavery or the Holocaust lands far right and a course on Marx or the Soviet Union lands far left, whether the course praises, criticizes or simply describes it.
Furthest-left subjects
Philosophy
00. (ENGL 57600) Explores the interchanges between philosophy and literary theory that animate such areas as hermeneutics, phenomenology, existentialism, Marxism, feminism, African-American studies, postmodern theory, and cultural studies.
Philosophy
00. A study of one or more twentieth-century approaches to philosophy, such as pragmatism, analytic philosophy, phenomenology, existentialism, deconstructionist philosophy, or neo-Marxism. May be repeated for credit. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
Furthest-right subjects
Philosophy
00. This course focuses on an analysis of ancient, medieval, and contemporary philosophical theories of gender and the role that these theories play in current political structures. In addition to classical readings, current philosophical…
Why this number, in plain words
Share of courses described from the left. Percent of all courses in the group whose Framing reading is leftward: the description frames its subject one-sidedly to the left.
Counted: all courses in the group, including N and I. No interval is published for this number.
- Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.
Details: exact rows, definitions and method
| Name | Metric | Value | 95% interval | n | scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue University · Philosophy | bias_left_share | 1.1 | — | 189 | — |
| Philosophy | bias_left_share | 2.7 | 2.4 – 3.1 | 7,780 | — |
- Formula
- 100 * count(bias_cat = 'L') / n
- Interval
- Wilson score 95% (wilson_interval)
- Model / prompt / snapshot
- gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
- Metric caveats
- Right-framed courses are almost absent (33 of 124,290); this run cannot tell catalog reality from model sensitivity. Compare schools with adjusted_ratio, not this raw share, because department mix differs.