The Institut supérieur de philosophie (ISP) (French for: Higher Institute of Philosophy) is an independent research institute at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. It is a separate entity to the UCLouvain School of Philosophy.

It was founded in Louvain (Leuven) in 1889 and split in 1968, when the French-speaking part moved to Louvain-la-Neuve.

History

The ISP was founded by Cardinal Mercier on 8 November 1889. The institute initially taught programs in French and started courses in Dutch in 1933. After the language split of 1968, the French-speaking Institut supérieur de Philosophie moved to the new city of Louvain-la-Neuve while the Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte is today a faculty of the KU Leuven, in Leuven.

Programs offered

With the UCLouvain's School of Philosophy, the institute offers both taught and research degrees (B.A., M.A., MPhil and PhD) as well as pre-doc and post-doc programs, in French and English.

Research

The Institute's research projects are developed and carried out by its research centres :

• Centre for Philosophy of Science and Society (CEFISES)
• The "PHIGOV" cell of the Centre for Legal Philosophy (CPDR)
• Centre Europè (CEUR)
• Centre for Studies and Research in Contemporary Philosophies (CERPhiCo)
• Centre De Wulf-Mansion (CDWM)
• Centre for Economic and Social Ethics (ETES/Hoover Chair) 
• Centre for Phenomenological Studies (CEP)

Ressources

• Archival fonds of literature, philosophy and the arts (Fonds-Alpha)
• Husserl-Archives
• International Philosophical Bibliography
• Philosophy Library

Publications

• The Revue philosophique de Louvain; created in 1894 as the Revue néo-scolastique, it takes its present name in 1946.
• The International Philosophical Bibliography / Répertoire bibliographique de la philosophie, founded in 1934, published jointly with the Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte between 1981 and 2008, published only by ISP UCLouvain since 2009.
• Phenomenological Studies, a biannual journal founded in 1985, which was completed in 2008.
• The Hedegerian Bulletin, an annual review founded in 2011.