An illustration of The Trolley Problem, one of the ethical dilemmas explored in this seminar’s readings. (Image courtesy of John Holbo on Flickr. License CC BY-NC.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Alex Byrne
Prof. Roger White
MIT Course Number
24.401
As Taught In
Spring 2020
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
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 1960 to the present. The seminar is divided into five sections: Language, Metaphysics, Mind, Epistemology, and Moral/Political Philosophy.