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24.251 Introduction to Philosophy of Language, Spring 2006
(2006-06)This course is an introduction to the philosophy of language. It examines different views on the nature of meaning, truth and reference, with special focus on the problem of understanding how linguistic communication works. -
24.260 Topics in Philosophy: David Lewis, Spring 2008
(2008-06)The class will be devoted to the work of David Lewis, one of the most exciting and influential philosophers of the late twentieth century. We will have seminar-style discussions about his work on counterfactuals, time, ... -
24.400 Proseminar in Philosophy I, Fall 2003
(2003-12)An intensive seminar on the foundations of analytic philosophy for first-year graduate students. A large selection of classic texts, from Frege's Foundations of Arithmetic to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, ... -
24.400 Proseminar in Philosophy I, Fall 2013
(2013-12)This course is an intensive seminar on the foundations of analytic philosophy for first-year graduate students. A large selection of classic texts, such as Frege's Foundations of Arithmetic, Russell's Problems of Philosophy, ... -
24.401 Proseminar in Philosophy II, Spring 2020
(2020-06)This course is an advanced study of the basic problems of philosophy and is intended for first-year graduate students in philosophy. It is an intensive seminar on selected highlights of analytic philosophy from roughly ... -
24.500 Other Minds, Spring 2003
(2003-06)This is a seminar on issues connected with the traditional "problem of other minds". In addition to reading some of the classic papers on other minds, we will look at recent work on related topics. There will be no lectures. ... -
24.500 Topics in Philosophy of Mind: Mental Content, Spring 2015
(2015-06)Propositions are everywhere in the philosophy of mind. Believing, hoping, and intending (for example) are said to be "propositional attitudes", mental states that involve relations to propositions. The seminar ... -
24.500 Topics in Philosophy of Mind: Perceptual Experience, Spring 2007
(2007-06)This course is a survey of recent philosophy of perception. The main topics discussed are the following: the transparency of perceptual experience, disjunctivism, the content of perceptual experience, perceptual consciousness, ... -
24.500 Topics in Philosophy of Mind: Self-Knowledge, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This is a seminar on "self-knowledge" -- knowledge of one's own mental states. In addition to reading some of the classic papers on self-knowledge, we will look at some very recent work on the topic. There will ... -
24.502 Topics in Metaphysics and Ethics, Fall 2014
(2014-12)This is a class about 'ought' and ought—you can think of it as a class in philosophy of language and metaphysics in which the focus is the ethical sphere. Some of the questions that we will broach include: How should ... -
24.729 Topics in Philosophy of Language: Modeling Representation, Spring 2009
(2009-06)The seminar will be devoted to understanding what we're up to when we ascribe contents to a person's assertions and mental attitudes. We seek to make clear the rules of the game for the philosophy of language. We'll survey ... -
24.729 Topics in Philosophy of Language: Vagueness, Fall 2005
(2005-12)The objective of the graduate-level course is to give people a sense of what "accounting for vagueness" is all about, why it's hard, and why it's important. This will involve surveying some prominent accounts of vagueness. -
24.805 Topics in Epistemology: Self-Knowledge, Fall 2015
(2015-12)This course is a graduate seminar surveying recent work on self-knowledge. Some questions that will be explored and discussed are: What is the distinctive philosophical interest of self-knowledge? Is self-knowledge really ... -
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 ... -
24.810 Topics in Philosophy of Science: Social Science, Fall 2006
(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
(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 ... -
24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2002
(2002-06)This class will provide some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Throughout the course, we will be learning (in many different ways) that human language is a surprisingly intricate -- yet ... -
24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2004
(2004-06)This class will provide some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Throughout the course, we will be learning (in many different ways) that human language is a surprisingly intricate -- yet ... -
24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This core-curriculum linguistics class will provide some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Topics include the intricate system that governs language, how it is acquired, the similarities and ... -
24.901 Language and its Structure I: Phonology, Fall 2002
(2002-12)24.901 is designed to give you a preliminary understanding of how the sound systems of different languages are structured, how and why they may differ from each other. The course also aims to provide you with analytical ...