Browsing Linguistics and Philosophy (24) - Archived by Author "Haslanger, Sally"
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24.00 Problems of Philosophy, Fall 2005
Haslanger, Sally (2005-12)The course has two main goals: First, to give you a sense of what philosophers think about and why. This will be done through consideration of some perennial philosophical problems, e.g., the existence of God, reason and ... -
24.03 Good Food: The Ethics and Politics of Food Choices, Fall 2012
Haslanger, Sally (2012-12)This course explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the choices of food people eat. It analyzes the decisions individuals make about what to eat, how society should ... -
24.201 Topics in the History of Philosophy: Justice & Political Economy, Spring 2016
Haslanger, Sally; McKinney, Rachel (2016-06)This course will provide a selective historical survey of some philosophical approaches to questions of political economy and justice. Political economy is the integrated study of the relationships of government, political ... -
24.805 Topics in Theory of Knowledge: A Priori Knowledge, Spring 2005
Haslanger, Sally (2005-06)The seminar will explore the phenomenon of a priori knowledge. We'll consider some notable attempts to account for a priori knowledge in the history of philosophy (e.g., by Plato, Descartes, Hume, and Kant), some influential ... -
24.810 Topics in Philosophy of Science: Social Science, Fall 2006
Haslanger, Sally (2006-12)This course offers an advanced survey of current debates about the ontology, methodology, and aims of the social sciences. -
24.892 Classification, Natural Kinds, and Conceptual Change: Race as a Case Study, Spring 2004
Maglo, Koffi; Haslanger, Sally (2004-06)This course will consider the claim that there is no such thing as race, with a particular emphasis on the question whether races should be thought of as natural kinds: is our concept of race a natural kind concept? Is the ...