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one half of MIT's department of linguistics & philosophy
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Joined September 2013
The 14 new professors include three philosophers: Rachel Fraser, Brian Hedden, and Bar Luzon.
SHASS Dean Agustín Rayo welcomed 14 new professors to the MIT community. @MITphilosophy @MITEECS @mit_cmsw @MITPoliSci @MIT_SCC @MITEcon @MIT_MTA.
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RT @MIT_SHASS: .@MITphilosophy professor Kevin Dorst investigations behaviors and outcomes. “The big picture is trying to connect the theor….
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MIT philosopher Kevin Dorst studies rationality: how we apply it, or think we do, and how that bears out in society. His work shows people can take rational approaches but still wind up with differ...
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RT @bradford_skow: "Nobility; dignity; a life that could not be found alone; sourced in basic human needs; essential to our most profound h….
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A new class teaches MIT students how to navigate a fast-changing world with a moral compass, with help from MIT Philosophy.
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MIT class 21.01 (Compass Course: Love, Death, and Taxes: How to Think — and Talk to Others — About Being Human) aims to ensure students develop their own values and learn how to navigate conflicting...
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Kieran Setiya reviews Christoph Schuringa’s new book, A Social History of Analytic Philosophy.
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Kieran Setiya reviews Christoph Schuringa’s “A Social History of Analytic Philosophy.”
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RT @MIT_SHASS: @MITphilosophy And her research and fascinating journey was featured in a profile!
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Philosophy doctoral student Sonia Pavel investigates how educational systems shape students and their lives' outcomes.
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Our own Sonia Maria Pavel PhD ’25 delivered the student address.
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Master's and doctoral degrees across multiple SHASS graduate programs were conferred during the ceremony.
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RT @MIT_SHASS: "If you want to make the world a better place, you need to understand how it works," says SHASS dean and philosopher Agustin….
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RT @MatthiasMichel_: You can now submit a commentary on our paper here: We're very much looking forward to readin….
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Call for Commentary Proposals - Sensory Horizons and the Functions of Conscious Vision
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RT @sam_berstler: Excited to talk tomorrow at University of Chicago about its own renegade son, Erving Goffman. Come for the scholarship, s….
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Manuscript workshop Sam Berstler (MIT), Erving Goffman, under contract for the Routledge Philosophers Series (ed. Brian Leiter) May 17, 2025, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Commentators Agnes Callard UChicago...
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RT @cowspod: Check out @bradford_skow's lucid accompanying substack post about our discussion about WHIPLASH, and let us know where you sta….
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RT @MIT_SHASS: “So much of how we’re socialized defines the paths we pursue and the possibilities we allow ourselves to envision,” @MITphil….
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Philosophy doctoral student Sonia Pavel investigates how educational systems shape students and their lives' outcomes.
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RT @MIT_SHASS: Philosophy demands that we ask important questions even at the expense of existing conceptual frameworks according to @MITph….
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Podcast Episode · Tomayto Tomahto · 04/01/2025 · 1h 22m
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MIT Philosophy's Félix-Antoine Gélineau in conversation at the List Visual Arts Center, April 10.
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Join Félix-Antoine Gélineau, a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, for a conversation around Pedro Gómez-Egaña: The Great Learning.
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RT @MIT_SHASS: .@MITphilosophy professor Kevin Dorst's work examines how we apply rational thought to everyday life. .
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MIT philosopher Kevin Dorst studies rationality: how we apply it, or think we do, and how that bears out in society. His work shows people can take rational approaches but still wind up with differ...
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