24.973 Advanced Semantics, Spring 2005
24.973 Advanced Semantics, Spring 2005 Fintel, Kai von; Heim, Irene Current work on semantics and questions of logic and meaning for syntactic systems in generative grammar. From the course home page:...
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24.120 Moral Psychology, Fall 2005 Holton, Richard, 1962- The course is an examination of philosophical theories of action and motivation in the light of empirical findings from social psychology,...
View Article24.901 Language and its Structure I: Phonology, Fall 2002
24.901 Language and its Structure I: Phonology, Fall 2002 Steriade, Donca; Kenstowicz, Michael 24.901 is designed to give you a preliminary understanding of how the sound systems of different languages...
View Article24.00 Problems of Philosophy, Fall 2005
24.00 Problems of Philosophy, Fall 2005 Haslanger, Sally 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...
View Article24.09 Minds and Machines, Spring 2007
24.09 Minds and Machines, Spring 2007 Byrne, Alex This course is an introduction to many of the central issues in a branch of philosophy called philosophy of mind. Some of the questions we will discuss...
View Article17.01J / 24.04J Justice, Spring 2006
17.01J / 24.04J Justice, Spring 2006 Cohen, Joshua This course explores three fundamental questions about the ideal of a just society and the place of values of liberty and equality in such a society....
View Article14.33 Economics Research and Communication, Fall 2004
14.33 Economics Research and Communication, Fall 2004 Ellison, Sara This course will guide students through the process of forming economic hypotheses, gathering the appropriate data, analyzing them,...
View ArticleSP.601J / 17.006J / 17.007J / 24.237J Feminist Theory, Spring 2008
SP.601J / 17.006J / 17.007J / 24.237J Feminist Theory, Spring 2008 Wood, Elizabeth A. This course focuses on a range of theories of gender in modern life. In recent years, feminist scholars in a range...
View Article24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2004
24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2004 Richards, Norvin W. This class will provide some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Throughout the course, we will be...
View Article24.906J / 21F.024J The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism, Fall 2006
24.906J / 21F.024J The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism, Fall 2006 Flynn, Suzanne This course describes development of bilingualism in human history (from Lucy to present day). It focuses on linguistic...
View Article24.118 Paradox and Infinity, Fall 2006
24.118 Paradox and Infinity, Fall 2006 Briggs, Rachael Amy; Rayo, Agustín In this class we will study a cluster of puzzles, paradoxes and intellectual wonders - from Zeno's Paradox to Godel's Theorem -...
View Article24.211 Theory of Knowledge, Fall 2003
24.211 Theory of Knowledge, Fall 2003 Hawley, Patrick This course focuses on the study of problems concerning our concept of knowledge, our knowledge of the past, our knowledge of the thoughts and...
View Article24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2005
24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2005 Flynn, Suzanne This core-curriculum linguistics class will provide some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Topics include the...
View Article24.400 Proseminar in Philosophy I, Fall 2003
24.400 Proseminar in Philosophy I, Fall 2003 Byrne, Alex An intensive seminar on the foundations of analytic philosophy for first-year graduate students. A large selection of classic texts, from...
View ArticleSP.601J / 17.006 / 24.237 / WGS.601J Feminist Political Thought, Spring 2010
SP.601J / 17.006 / 24.237 / WGS.601J Feminist Political Thought, Spring 2010 Wood, Elizabeth A. In this course we will examine the development of feminist theory over time. Some subjects we will...
View Article24.961 Introduction to Phonology, Fall 2002
24.961 Introduction to Phonology, Fall 2002 Zoll, Cheryl; Steriade, Donca; Kenstowicz, Michael The year-long Introduction to Phonology reviews at the graduate level fundamental notions of phonological...
View Article24.221 Metaphysics, Fall 2005
24.221 Metaphysics, Fall 2005 Yablo, Stephen This course focuses on the study of basic metaphysical issues concerning existence, the mind-body problem, personal identity, and causation plus its...
View Article24.244 Modal Logic, Fall 2009
24.244 Modal Logic, Fall 2009 Stalnaker, Robert This course covers sentential and quantified modal logic, with emphasis on the model theory ("possible worlds semantics"). Topics include soundness,...
View Article24.946 Linguistic Theory and the Japanese Language, Fall 2001
24.946 Linguistic Theory and the Japanese Language, Fall 2001 Miyagawa, Shigeru Detailed examination of the grammar of Japanese and its structure which is significantly different from English, with...
View Article17.01J / 24.04J Justice, Fall 2002
17.01J / 24.04J Justice, Fall 2002 Cohen, Joshua, 1951- This course explores three broad questions about the values of liberty and equality and their place in a just society: • Which liberties must a...
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