MIT OCW Archived Courses: Recent submissions
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24.805 Topics in Theory of Knowledge: A Priori Knowledge, Spring 2005
(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 ... -
21A.337J / CMS.917J Documenting Culture, Spring 2004
(2004-06)How — and why — do people seek to capture everyday life on film? What can we learn from such films? This course challenges distinctions commonly made between documentary and ethnographic films to ... -
24.892 Classification, Natural Kinds, and Conceptual Change: Race as a Case Study, Spring 2004
(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 ...