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    • 17.000J / 24.611J Political Philosophy: Global Justice, Spring 2003 

      Cohen, Joshua; Scanlon, Thomas; Sen, Amartya (2003-06)
      This course explores the foundations and content of norms of justice that apply beyond the borders of a single state. We examine issues of political justice, economic justice, and human rights. Topics include the case for ...
    • 17.960 Foundations of Political Science, Fall 2004 

      Cohen, Joshua (2004-12)
      This subject, required of all first-year PhD students in political science, introduces fundamental ideas, theories, and methods in contemporary political science through the study of a small number of major books and ...
    • 21F.059 Paradigms of European Thought and Culture, Fall 2003 

      Scribner, Charity (2003-12)
      This subject surveys the main currents of European cultural and intellectual history in the modern period. Such a foundation course is central to the humanities in Europe (Geistesgeschichte, histoire des idées). The ...
    • 24.01 Classics in Western Philosophy, Spring 2006 

      Langton, Rae (2006-06)
      This course will introduce you to the Western philosophical tradition, through the study of major figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, and Kant. You will get to grips with questions that have been significant ...
    • 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 ...