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Stanford University · Philosophy

2.1% of Stanford University's Philosophy course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Philosophy departments, it is 2.7%.

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Stanford University: 2.1% Philosophy at all 100 schools: 2.7% each other school in the comparison

Where Philosophy courses fall

11%Far left92–100

56%Left75–91

0%Center-left59–74

22%Center42–58

11%Center-right26–41

0%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

9 plotted courses (the ones with a political subject). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right. Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes.

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Framing Subject

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

PHIL 29S · Feminist Philosophy95

Philosophy

What's the difference between sex and gender? What's does it mean to be a man or woman, cis or trans, straight or gay?and everything in between and outside of the box? How are gender and sexuality related to race, class, ability, and other…

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PHIL 379W · Du Bois and Democracy83

Philosophy

In this course, we will work together to develop a detailed and comprehensive understanding of the political philosophy of W. E. B. Du Bois, giving special attention to the development of his democratic theory. We will also touch on other…

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PHIL 24E · The Male Gaze in Cinema: Perspectives from Feminist Philosophy82

Philosophy

Tutorial taught by grad student. Enrollment limited to 10. Since the 1970s, feminist theorists of cinema have critically discussed the "male gaze" as a persistent feature of Western visual culture. The male gaze presents images of women as…

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Furthest-right subjects

PHIL 176M · Meritocracy (PHIL 276M)33

Philosophy

Grad students enroll in 276M. A meritocracy is a society in which influence (of some sort) is possessed on the basis of merit (whatever that means). Meritocracy is of perennial interest and has shaped - for good or ill - political,…

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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
Stanford University · Philosophy	bias_left_share	2.1	—	144	—
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.

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