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role="main" class="widthfix"> <h1 class="page-title">Linguistics and Philosophy (Course 24)</h1> <div id="textcontainer" class="page_content"> </div> <div id="coursestextcontainer" class="page_content"> <a name="coursestext"></a><div id="sc_sccoursedescs"> <h2 class="sectionhead">Discovery-focused</h2><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.93 The Search for Meaning</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with 24.A03</span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">1-0-1 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">"We create islands of meaning in the sea of information" (Freeman Dyson). Primarily explores meanings conveyed through language, with an emphasis on concepts and tools from linguistics. Also brings in ideas from information theory, cryptography, logic, psychology, anthropology, computer science, philosophy, and literature. Topics include human language and its core properties, writing systems, auxiliary systems (talking drums, whistled languages), animal communication systems, the interplay of language and thought, the social dimensions of meaning, the unreasonable effectiveness of cursing, and much more. Includes some reading and thinking outside class, but no problem sets or papers. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>K. von Fintel</i></span></p> </div><h2 class="sectionhead">Philosophy</h2><h3 class="subsection"><br/> Undergraduate Subjects</h3><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.00 Problems of Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to the problems of philosophy- in particular, to problems in ethics, metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and philosophy of logic, language, and science. A systematic rather than historical approach. Readings from classical and contemporary sources, but emphasis is on examination and evaluation of proposed solutions to the problems. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Byrne</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.01 Classics of Western Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to Western philosophical tradition through the study of selected major thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Lucretius, Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche and Marx. Emphasis on changes of intellectual outlook over time, and the complex interplay of scientific, religious and political concerns that influence the development of philosophical ideas. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>B. Brasher</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.013 Philosophy and the Arts</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Explores philosophical questions about art in general, and about the particular arts, such as literature and music. Measures the answers philosophers have proposed to these questions against our own experiences with the arts. Readings include short works of literature. Includes a museum visit with no charge to students. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.02 Moral Problems and the Good Life</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to important philosophical debates about moral issues and what constitutes a good life: What is right, what is wrong, and why? How important are personal happiness, longevity, and success if one is to live a good life? When is it good for you to get what you want? To what extent are we morally obliged to respect the rights and needs of others? What do we owe the poor, the discriminated, our loved ones, animals and fetuses? </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>K. Setiya</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.03 Good Food: The Ethics and Politics of Food</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the choices of food people eat. Analyzes the decisions individuals make about what to eat, how society should manage food production and consumption collectively, and how reflection on food choices might help resolve conflicts between different values. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Haslanger</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.04[J] Justice</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=17.01J" title="17.01[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '17.01J');">17.01[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Provides an introduction to contemporary political thought centered around the ideal of justice and the realities of injustice. Examines what a just society might look like and how we should understand various forms of oppression and domination. Studies three theories of justice (utilitarianism, libertarianism, and egalitarian liberalism) and brings them into conversation with other traditions of political thought (critical theory, communitarianism, republicanism, and post-structuralism). Readings cover foundational debates about equality, freedom, recognition, and power. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>B. Zacka</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.05 Philosophy of Religion</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Uses key questions in the philosophy of religion to introduce tools of contemporary philosophy. Explores what defines a god, the possibility of the existence of gods, the potential conflict between religion and science, whether morality requires a divine author, and religious tolerance. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>J. Spencer</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.06[J] Bioethics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=STS.006J" title="STS.006[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'STS.006J');">STS.006[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: U (Fall)<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: Not offered</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Considers ethical questions that have arisen from the growth of biomedical research and the health-care industry since World War II. Should doctors be allowed to help patients end their lives? If so, when and how? Should embryos be cloned for research and/or reproduction? Should parents be given control over the genetic make-up of their children? What types of living things are appropriate to use as research subjects? How should we distribute scarce and expensive medical resources? Draws on philosophy, history, and anthropology to show how problems in bioethics can be approached from a variety of perspectives. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>R. Scheffler</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.08[J] Philosophical Issues in Brain Science</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=9.48J" title="9.48[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '9.48J');">9.48[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">An introduction to some central philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those intimately connected with contemporary psychology and neuroscience. Discussions focus on arguments over innate concepts; 'mental images' as pictures in the head; whether color is in the mind or in the world; and whether there can be a science of consciousness. Explains the relevant parts of psychology and neuroscience as the subject proceeds. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>E. J. Green</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.09 Minds and Machines</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to philosophy of mind. Can computers think? Is the mind an immaterial thing? Alternatively, is the mind the brain? How can creatures like ourselves think thoughts that are about things? Can I know whether your experiences are the same as mine when we both look at raspberries, fire trucks, and stoplights? Can consciousness be given a scientific explanation? </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>M. Michel</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.111 Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Quantum mechanics is said to describe a world in which physical objects often lack "definite" properties, indeterminism creeps in at the point of "observation," ordinary logic does not apply, and distant events are perfectly yet inexplicably correlated. Examination of these and other issues central to the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics, with special attention to the measurement problem, no-hidden-variables proofs, and Bell's Inequalities. Rigorous approach to the subject matter nevertheless neither presupposes nor requires the development of detailed technical knowledge of the quantum theory. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.116 Philosophy of Statistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)<br/> Not offered regularly; consult department</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Studies how to evaluate statistical hypotheses. Critically considers several prominent approaches, including frequentism (with its null hypotheses, test statistics, p-values), likelihoodism (with its likelihood ratios and relative support) and Bayesianism (with its priors, conditionalization, utilities). Focuses on foundations, not technicalities. Previous exposure to statistics will be helpful but isn't required. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.118 Paradox and Infinity</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Presents highlights of the more technical side of philosophy. Studies a cluster of puzzles, paradoxes, and intellectual wonders - from the higher infinite to Godel's Theorem - and discusses their philosophical implications. Recommended prerequisites: <a href="/search/?P=6.100A" title="6.100A" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '6.100A');">6.100A</a>, <a href="/search/?P=18.01" title="18.01" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '18.01');">18.01</a>. Enrollment limited.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.121 Metaphysics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Study of basic metaphysical issues concerning existence, the mind-body problem, personal identity, and causation plus its implications for freedom. Classical as well as contemporary readings. Provides practice in written and oral communication. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.122[J] Knowledge, Opinion, and Truth</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=CC.118J" title="CC.118[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'CC.118J');">CC.118[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">See description under subject <a href="/search/?P=CC.118J" title="CC.118[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'CC.118J');">CC.118[J]</a>. Preference to students in Concourse.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>L. Rabieh</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.130 Ethics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Survey of moral philosophy in the Western tradition, focusing primarily on utilitarian, Kantian, and Aristotelian moral theories, along with selected criticisms of those theories. Explores the questions of what makes right actions right and wrong actions wrong, what a good life consists of, what it takes to be a virtuous person, and what it means to be free and responsible for one's actions. Debates why these ideas are important. Aim is to understand how some of the most influential philosophers have addressed these questions, and by so doing, to better understand and formulate one's own views. Readings from classic and contemporary authors, including Aristotle, Bentham, Kant, Rawls, Nagel, and Korsgaard. Enrollment limited.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>T. Schapiro</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.131 Ethics of Technology</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduces the tools of philosophical ethics through application to contemporary issues concerning technology. Takes up current debates on topics such as privacy and surveillance, algorithmic bias, the promise and peril of artificial intelligence, automation and the future of work, and threats to democracy in the digital age from the perspective of users, practitioners, and regulatory/governing bodies. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>K. Mills, K. Nader</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.132 Workshop in Ethical Engineering</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (IAP)<br/> Not offered regularly; consult department</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">2-0-1 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Students study and apply a protocol for identifying and addressing ethical issues in a computer science, software development, or other engineering project. Builds a vocabulary to advocate for and justify ethical decisions in engineering contexts. For the final project, students either apply the protocol to a project they are working on, or develop their own protocol. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.133 Experiential Ethics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.134" title="24.134" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.134');">24.134</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall, Spring; partial term)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">1-0-2 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Examines the ethical context around students' summer internships, research, and other experiential learning activities. During the summer and through the first four weeks of the fall term, students engage in small group discussions of applied ethical practices and case studies. Throughout the subject, they explore their own moral values through a reflective final project that examines their engagement with ethics during their summer experience. Includes local field trips, practitioner interviews, and/or similar opportunities for interaction with professional ethics. Concludes with a showcase of final presentations.聽Meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.134" title="24.134" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.134');">24.134</a>, a 6-unit version which includes additional class time, assignments, theoretical content, and in-depth engagement.聽 Students planning to take this subject must apply in the spring; consult program website for details.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.134 Experiential Ethics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.133" title="24.133" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.133');">24.133</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall, Spring; partial term)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">2-0-4 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Examines the ethical context around students' summer internships, research, and other experiential learning activities. During the summer and beginning of fall term, students engage in small group discussions of applied ethical problems. Includes an independent project and opportunities for interaction with professional ethics. Meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.133" title="24.133" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.133');">24.133</a> but includes聽additional class time, assignments, theoretical content, and in-depth engagement. Students planning to take this subject must apply in the spring; consult program website for details.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.137[J] Feminist Thought</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=17.007J" title="17.007[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '17.007J');">17.007[J]</a>, <a href="/search/?P=WGS.301J" title="WGS.301[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'WGS.301J');">WGS.301[J]</a><br/> Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=17.006J" title="17.006[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '17.006J');">17.006[J]</a>, <a href="/search/?P=24.637J" title="24.637[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.637J');">24.637[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">See description under subject <a href="/search/?P=WGS.301J" title="WGS.301[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'WGS.301J');">WGS.301[J]</a>. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>E. Wood, S. Haslanger</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.141 Logic I</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to the aims and techniques of formal logic. The logic of truth functions and quantifiers. The concepts of validity and truth and their relation to formal deduction. Applications of logic and the place of logic in philosophy. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>B. Brast-McKie</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.150[J] Liberalism, Toleration, and Freedom of Speech</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=17.043J" title="17.043[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '17.043J');">17.043[J]</a>, <a href="/search/?P=CMS.125J" title="CMS.125[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'CMS.125J');">CMS.125[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Examines聽theories and principles that聽underlie the concept of free speech聽in the United States, the historical context in which the values of free speech and toleration emerged,聽and the聽philosophical arguments聽that were and are聽made for and against them. Students analyze a聽variety of聽contexts and communicative practices, including聽new media technologies,聽to聽debate how "speech" can be described and when it should be appropriately regulated.聽Considers current disputes over free speech on聽college campuses. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Byrne, B. Skow</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.C40[J] Ethics of Computing (New)</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=6.C40J" title="6.C40[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '6.C40J');">6.C40[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Explores ethical questions raised by the potentially transformative power of computing technologies. Topics include: lessons from the history of transformative technologies; the status of property and privacy rights in the digital realm; effective accelerationism, AI alignment, and existential risk; algorithmic bias and algorithmic fairness; and free speech, disinformation, and polarization on online platforms. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>B. Skow, A. Solar-Lezama</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.200 Ancient Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One Philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)<br/> Not offered regularly; consult department</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Investigates the origins of Western philosophy in ancient Greece. Aims both to understand the philosophical questions the Greeks were asking on their own terms, and to assess their answers to them. Examines how a human being can lead a good life, the relationship between morality and happiness, our knowledge of the world around us, and the entities we need to appeal to in order to explain that world. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.201 Topics in the History of Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Close examination of a text, an author, or a theme in the history of philosophy. Can be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor and advisor. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>T. Schapiro</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.211 Theory of Knowledge</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Study of problems concerning our concept of knowledge, our knowledge of the past, our knowledge of the thoughts and feelings of ourselves and others, and our knowledge of the existence and properties of physical objects in our immediate environment. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>R. White</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.212 Philosophy of Perception</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">In-depth examination of philosophical issues concerning perception, such as whether we see mind-independent physical objects or, alternatively, mind-dependent representations; whether perception is a source of theory-neutral observations or is affected by the perceiver's beliefs in a way that compromises the objectivity of science. Readings primarily drawn from contemporary literature in both philosophy and psychology. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.213 Philosophy of Film</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Explores the philosophical analysis of cinematic art. Topics may include the nature of film, authorship, interpretation, ethical, narration, metaphor, meta-criticism, political and emotional engagement with the cinematic experience. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>J. Khoo</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.215 Topics in the Philosophy of Science</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Close examination of a small number of issues central to recent philosophy of science, such as the demarcation problem, causal relations, laws of nature, underdetermination of theory by data, paradoxes of confirmation, scientific realism, the role of mathematics in science, elimination of bias, and the objectivity of scientific discourse. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.220 Moral Psychology</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">An examination of philosophical theories of action and motivation in the light of empirical findings from social psychology, sociology and neuroscience. Topics include belief, desire, and moral motivation; sympathy and empathy; intentions and other committing states; strength of will and weakness of will; free will; addiction and compulsion; guilt, shame and regret; evil; self-knowledge and self-deception; virtues and character traits. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>T. Schapiro</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.222 Decisions, Games and Rational Choice</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Foundations and philosophical applications of Bayesian decision theory, game theory and theory of collective choice. Why should degrees of belief be probabilities? Is it always rational to maximize expected utility? If so, why and what is its utility? What is a solution to a game? What does a game-theoretic solution concept such as Nash equilibrium say about how rational players will, or should, act in a game? How are the values and the actions of groups, institutions and societies related to the values and actions of the individuals that constitute them? Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.223 Rationality</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Provides the tools for thinking through the tension of empirical work that suggests humans are surprisingly irrational and other work that suggests humans are exquisitely rational. Doing so requires combining both normative and descriptive methods: the need to know how ideally rational agents聽<em>would</em>聽reason, as well as how real people聽<em>do</em>聽reason. The first half of the term is spent learning the details of how to work with the canonical (Bayesian) theory of rationality; it is blackboard- and problem-set based. The second half of the term is spent applying this theory to work out the proper interpretation of a variety聽of empirical results that have been taken to demonstrate human irrationality, such as hindsight bias, motivated reasoning, the gambler's fallacy, the sunk-cost fallacy, conformity, and polarization. Subject is paper- and discussion-based. 聽 Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>K. Dorst</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.230 Meta-ethics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Considers a range of philosophical questions about the foundations of morality, such as whether and in what sense morality is objective, the nature of moral discourse, and how we can come to know right from wrong. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>J. Khoo</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.233 The Ethics of Climate Change</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Deals with ethical questions raised by the way in which our climate is changing as a result of fossil fuel consumption. Explores the moral problems raised by these effects, the obligations of individuals and governments, the difficulties involved in dealing with uncertainty, catastrophe, and the ethics of future generations. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>C. Hare, K. Setiya</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.234 Global Justice, Gender, and Development</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.634" title="24.634" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.634');">24.634</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Addresses challenges in working towards global justice including poverty, food and water insecurity, healthcare disparities, human rights violations, violence and dislocation, and environmental risk. Focuses on gender and identity, locating the root causes of inequality within cultural, political and economic contexts. Designed to give a framework to understand gender dynamics. Teaches how to integrate gender sensitive strategies into development work. Classes, readings, and final projects illustrate how design and implementation of international development strategies can provide capacity building and income generation opportunities. Meets with <a href="/search/?P=EC.718" title="EC.718[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'EC.718');">EC.718[J]</a> when offered concurrently. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20 total for versions meeting together.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Haslanger, L. McDonald</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.235[J] Philosophy of Law</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=17.021J" title="17.021[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '17.021J');">17.021[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)<br/> Not offered regularly; consult department</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Examines fundamental issues in philosophy of law, such as the nature and limits of law and a legal system, and the relation of law to morality, with particular emphasis on the philosophical issues and problems associated with privacy, liberty, justice, punishment, and responsibility. Historical and contemporary readings, including court cases. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.236 Topics in Social Theory and Practice</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.636" title="24.636" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.636');">24.636</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philsophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">An in-depth consideration of a topic in social theory with reflection on its implications for social change. Examples of topics include race and racism; punishment and prison reform; global justice and human rights; gender and global care chains; environmentalism and industrial agriculture; bioethics, disability, and human enhancement; capitalism and commodification; and sexuality and the family. Readings draw from both social science and philosophy with special attention to the normative literature relevant to the issue. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Haslanger</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.240[J] Literature and Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=21L.452J" title="21L.452[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '21L.452J');">21L.452[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Highlights interactions between literary and philosophical texts, asking how philosophical themes can be explored in fiction, poetry, and drama. Exposes students to diverse modes of humanistic thought, interpretation, and argument, putting the tools and ideas of philosophy into conversation with those of the literary humanities. Students engage closely with selected literary and philosophical texts, explore selected topics in philosophy - such as ethics, epistemology, and aesthetics - through a literary lens, and participate in class discussion with peers and professors.聽 Enrollment limited.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>M. Gubar, K. Setiya</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.242 Logic II</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.141" title="24.141" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.141');">24.141</a> or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">The central results of modern logic: the completeness of predicate logic, recursive functions, the incompleteness of arithmetic, the unprovability of consistency, the indefinability of truth, Skolem-L枚wenheim theorems, and nonstandard models. Enrollment may be limited.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.243 Classical Set Theory</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.141" title="24.141" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.141');">24.141</a> or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to the basic concepts and results of standard, i.e., Zermelo-Fraenkel, set theory, the axioms of ZF, ordinal and cardinal arithmetic, the structure of the set-theoretic universe, the axiom of choice, the (generalized) continuum hypothesis, inaccessibles, and beyond. Enrollment may be limited.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.244 Modal Logic</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.141" title="24.141" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.141');">24.141</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Sentential and quantified modal logic, with emphasis on the model theory ("possible worlds semantics"). Soundness, completeness, and characterization results for alternative systems. Tense and dynamic logics, epistemic logics, as well as logics of necessity and possibility. Applications in philosophy, theoretical computer science, and linguistics. Enrollment may be limited.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.245 Theory of Models</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.141" title="24.141" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.141');">24.141</a> or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Studies fundamental results in the model theory of the first-order predicate calculus. Includes completeness, compactness, L枚wenheim-Skolem, omitting types, ultraproducts, and categoricity in a cardinal, starting with Tarski's definition of logical consequence, in terms of truth in a model. Enrollment may be limited.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.251 Introduction to Philosophy of Language</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Examines views on the nature of meaning, reference, and truth, and their bearing on the use of language in communication. No knowledge of logic or linguistics presupposed. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>D. Balcarras</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.252 Language and Power</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: U (Spring)<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: Not offered</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Explores topics at the intersection of philosophy of language and social/political philosophy. Topics may include linguistic harm, free speech, speech in non-cooperative contexts (lying, insincerity, antagonistic interlocutors), propaganda, pejoratives, and the relationship of language to features of the social world (race, gender, ideology). Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Berstler</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.253 Philosophy of Mathematics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Philosophical issues about or related to mathematics, including the existence and nature of basic mathematical objects such as numbers and sets, how we can come to have knowledge of such objects, the status of mathematical truth, the relation of mathematics to logic, and whether classical logic can be called into question. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.260 Topics in Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Two subjects in philosophy </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Close examination of a single book, or group of related essays, with major significance in recent philosophy. Subject matter varies from year to year. Intended primarily for majors and minors in philosophy. Opportunities are provided for oral presentation. Students will be required to revise at least one paper in response to instructor's comments. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>C. Hare</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.280 Foundations of Probability</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or one subject on probability </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Topics include probability puzzles, common fallacies in probabilistic reasoning, defenses and criticisms of Kolmogorov's axiomatization, interpretations of probability (including the frequency, logical, propensity, and various subjectivist interpretations), the relation of objective chance to rational subjective credence, conditional probability, rules for updating probability, and proposals for supplementing the probability calculus with further principles. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>R. White</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.292 Independent Study: Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Any two subjects in philosophy </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Open to qualified students who wish to pursue special studies or projects. Students electing this subject must consult the undergraduate officer. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.293 Independent Study: Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Any two subjects in philosophy </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Open to qualified students who wish to pursue special studies or projects. Students electing this subject must consult the undergraduate officer. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.S00 Special Subject: Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Undergraduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.S20 Special Subject: Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Undergraduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.UR Undergraduate Research</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged [P/D/F]</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Research opportunities in linguistics and philosophy. For further information, consult the departmental coordinators. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.URG Undergraduate Research</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Research opportunities in linguistics and philosophy. For further information consult the departmental coordinators. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><h3 class="subsection"><br/> Undergraduate Seminars</h3><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.191 Being, Thinking, Doing (or Not): Ethics in Your Life</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">2-0-4 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Provides an opportunity to explore a wide range of ethical issues through guided discussions that are geared to equip students for ongoing reflection and action. Lectures and discussions with guest faculty, as well as attendance at on-and off-campus events, expose students to ethical problems and resources for addressing them. Encourages students to work collaboratively as they clarify their personal and vocational principles. Topics vary each term and will reflect the interests of those enrolled. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.192 Language, Information, and Power</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)<br/> Not offered regularly; consult department</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">2-0-4 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Explores foundational issues about language and communication by investigating different ways language and its use affects various aspects of lived experience. Topics include speech act theory, lying, propaganda, censorship, expressions of knowledge, communication in non-cooperative contexts. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>J. Khoo</i></span></p> </div><h3 class="subsection"><br/> Graduate Subjects</h3><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.400 Proseminar in Philosophy I</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">6-0-18 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Advanced study of the basic problems of philosophy. Intended for first-year graduate students in philosophy. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Rayo, J. Spencer</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.401 Proseminar in Philosophy II</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">6-0-18 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Advanced study of the basic problems of philosophy. Intended for first-year graduate students in philosophy. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Byrne, R. White</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.410 Topics in the History of Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Intensive study of a philosopher or philosophical movement. Content varies from year to year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor and advisor. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>T. Schapiro</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.420 Ancient Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Investigates the origins of Western philosophy in ancient Greece. Aims both to understand the philosophical questions the Greeks were asking on their own terms, and to assess their answers to them. Examines how a human being can lead a good life, the relationship between morality and happiness, our knowledge of the world around us, and the entities we need to appeal to in order to explain that world. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>B. Brasher</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.500 Topics in Philosophy of Mind</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Selected topics in philosophy of mind. Content varies from year to year. Topics may include consciousness, mental representation, perception, and mental causation. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Byrne</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.501 Problems in Metaphysics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Systematic examination of selected problems in metaphysics. Content varies from year to year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor and advisor. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>J. Spencer</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.502 Topics in Metaphysics and Ethics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Systematic examination of selected problems concerning the relation between metaphysics and ethics, for example questions about personal identity and its relation to issues about fairness and distribution, or questions about the relation between causation and responsibility. Content may vary from year to year, and the subject may be taken repeatedly with the permission of the instructor and the student's advisor. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>J. Khoo, T. Schapiro</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.503 Topics in Philosophy of Religion</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Selected topics in philosophy of religion. Content varies from year to year. Topics may include the traditional arguments for the existence of God, religious experience, the problem of evil, survival after death, God and ethics. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Byrne</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.504 Topics in Aesthetics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Selected topics in aesthetics. Content varies from year to year. Topics may include the definition of art, the expression of emotion in music, the nature of depiction, the role of artists intentions in interpretation, and the relationship between moral and aesthetic value. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>B. Skow, J. Khoo</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.601 Topics in Moral Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Systematic examination of selected problems in moral philosophy. Content varies from year to year. Subject may be repeated only with permission of instructor and advisor. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>C. Hare</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.602 Topics in the Philosophy of Agency</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Systematic examination of selected problems in the theory of agency. Content varies from year to year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor and advisor. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>T. Schapiro</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.611[J] Political Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=17.000J" title="17.000[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '17.000J');">17.000[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">See description under subject <a href="/search/?P=17.000J" title="17.000[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '17.000J');">17.000[J]</a>. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Fall: B. Zacka. Spring: B. Skow</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.634 Global Justice, Gender, and Development</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.234" title="24.234" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.234');">24.234</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Addresses challenges in working towards global justice including poverty, food and water insecurity, healthcare disparities, human rights violations, violence and dislocation, and environmental risk. Focuses on gender and identity, locating the root causes of inequality within cultural, political and economic contexts. Designed to give a framework to understand gender dynamics. Teaches how to integrate gender sensitive strategies into development work. Classes, readings, and final projects illustrate how design and implementation of international development strategies can provide capacity building and income generation opportunities. Meets with <a href="/search/?P=EC.798" title="EC.798" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'EC.798');">EC.798</a> when offered concurrently. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20 total for versions meeting together.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Haslanger, L. McDonald</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.635 Topics in Critical Social Theory</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Explores topics arising within critical race theory, feminist theory, queer theory, disability studies, working class studies, and related interdisciplinary efforts - both historical and contemporary - to understand and promote social justice. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Haslanger</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.636 Topics in Social Theory and Practice</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.236" title="24.236" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.236');">24.236</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: One philosophy subject or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">An in-depth consideration of a topic in social theory with reflection on its implications for social change. Examples of topics include race and racism; punishment and prison reform; global justice and human rights; gender and global care chains; environmentalism and industrial agriculture; bioethics, disability, and human enhancement; capitalism and commodification; and sexuality and the family. Readings draw from both social science and philosophy with special attention to the normative literature relevant to the issue. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Haslanger</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.637[J] Feminist Thought</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=17.006J" title="17.006[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '17.006J');">17.006[J]</a><br/> Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=17.007J" title="17.007[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '17.007J');">17.007[J]</a>, <a href="/search/?P=24.137J" title="24.137[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.137J');">24.137[J]</a>, <a href="/search/?P=WGS.301J" title="WGS.301[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'WGS.301J');">WGS.301[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor, based on previous coursework </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">See description under subject <a href="/search/?P=17.006J" title="17.006[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '17.006J');">17.006[J]</a>. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>E. Wood</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.711 Topics in Philosophical Logic</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Problems of ontology, epistemology, and philosophy of language that bear directly on questions about the nature of logic and the conceptual analysis of logical theory, such as logical truth, logical consequence, and proof. Content varies from year to year and subject may be taken repeatedly upon permission of instructor and advisor. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>B. Brast-McKie</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.729 Topics in Philosophy of Language</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Major issues in the philosophy of language. Topics change each year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Fall: J. Khoo. Spring: S. Berstler</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.805 Topics in Theory of Knowledge</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Major issues in theory of knowledge. Topics change each year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>K. Dorst, J. Spencer</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.810 Topics in Philosophy of Science</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Topics in the foundations of science: the nature of concepts and theories, the distinction between empirical and theoretical knowledge claims, realist and instrumentalist interpretation of such claims, and the analysis of scientific explanation. The central topic varies from year to year. Subject may be taken repeatedly with the permission of instructor and advisor. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>B. Skow</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.891 Independent Study: Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Open to qualified graduate students in philosophy who wish to pursue special studies or projects. Consult with the intended advisor and the Chair of the Committee on Graduate Students in Philosophy before registering. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>B. Skow</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.892 Independent Study: Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged [P/D/F]</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Open to qualified graduate students in philosophy who wish to pursue special studies or projects. Consult with the intended advisor and the Chair of the Committee on Graduate Students in Philosophy before registering. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Consult B. Skow</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.893 Dissertation Workshop</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">2-0-1 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Workshop for students working on their dissertations. Restricted to Philosophy doctoral students.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>J. Khoo</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.894 Placement Workshop</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">2-0-1 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Workshop for students planning to apply for academic jobs in the following year. Advice and feedback on preparation of application materials, including writing sample, thesis abstract, and course syllabi. Limited to philosophy graduate students.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>K. Setiya</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.899 Topics in Linguistics and Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)<br/> Not offered regularly; consult department</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Selected topics at the intersection of linguistics and philosophy. Intended for graduate students in either linguistics or philosophy. Topics vary from year to year. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>K. von Fintel, S. Iatridou, J. Khoo</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.TAC Teaching Requirement in Linguistics and Philosophy (New)</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged [P/D/F]</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">For graduate students who are fulfilling an academic teaching requirement in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.THG Graduate Thesis</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Program of research and writing of thesis, to be arranged by the student with supervising committee. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.S40 Special Seminar: Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Graduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.S41 Special Seminar: Philosophy</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Graduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><h2 class="sectionhead">Linguistics</h2><h3 class="subsection"><br/> Undergraduate Subjects</h3><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.900 Introduction to Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">4-0-8 units. HASS-S; CI-H</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Credit cannot also be received for <a href="/search/?P=24.9000" title="24.9000" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.9000');">24.9000</a></span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Studies what is language and what does knowledge of a language consist of. It asks how do children learn languages and is language unique to humans; why are there many languages; how do languages change; is any language or dialect superior to another; and how are speech and writing related. Context for these and similar questions provided by basic examination of internal organization of sentences, words, and sound systems. Assumes no prior training in linguistics. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Fall: D. Pesetsky. Spring: N. Richards</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.9000 How Language Works</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)<br/> Not offered regularly; consult department</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">4-0-8 units. HASS-S</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Credit cannot also be received for <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a></span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduces the field of linguistics as the scientific study of the human capacity for language, and its interaction with other cognitive systems. Examines specific phenomena that reveal the general laws and principles that govern the structure of all human languages, as well as the ways in which languages do differ. Topics include language acquisition and use, language change, dialects, and language technologies, with a special focus on collection and analysis of linguistic data. Assumes no prior training in linguistics. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>K. von Fintel</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.901 Language and Its Structure I: Phonology</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.931" title="24.931" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.931');">24.931</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a> or <a href="/search/?P=24.9000" title="24.9000" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.9000');">24.9000</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-S</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to fundamental concepts in phonological theory and their relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Articulatory and acoustic phonetics, distinctive features and the structure of feature systems, underlying representations and underspecification, phonological rules and derivations, syllable structure, accentual systems, and the morphology-phonology interface. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.902 Language and Its Structure II: Syntax</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.932" title="24.932" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.932');">24.932</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a> or <a href="/search/?P=24.9000" title="24.9000" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.9000');">24.9000</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-S</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to fundamental concepts in syntactic theory and its relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.903 Language and Its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.933" title="24.933" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.933');">24.933</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a> or <a href="/search/?P=24.9000" title="24.9000" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.9000');">24.9000</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-S</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to fundamental concepts in semantic and pragmatic theory. Basic issues of form and meaning in natural languages. Ambiguities of structure and of meaning. Compositionality. Word meaning. Quantification and logical form. Contexts: indexicality, discourse, presupposition and conversational implicature. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>M. Hackl</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.904 Language Acquisition</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.934" title="24.934" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.934');">24.934</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a>, <a href="/search/?P=24.9000" title="24.9000" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.9000');">24.9000</a>, or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-S</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Covers the major results in the study of first-language acquisition concentrating on the development of linguistic structure, including morphology, syntax, and semantics. Universal aspects of development are discussed, as well as a variety of cross-linguistic phenomena. Theories of language learning are considered, including parameter-setting and maturation. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Aravind</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.905[J] Laboratory in Psycholinguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=9.59J" title="9.59[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '9.59J');">9.59[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-3-6 units. Institute LAB</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">See description under subject <a href="/search/?P=9.59J" title="9.59[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '9.59J');">9.59[J]</a>. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>E. Gibson</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.906[J] The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=21G.024J" title="21G.024[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '21G.024J');">21G.024[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a> or <a href="/search/?P=24.9000" title="24.9000" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.9000');">24.9000</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-S; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Development of bilingualism in human history (from Australopithecus to present day). Focuses on linguistic aspects of bilingualism; models of bilingualism and language acquisition; competence versus performance; effects of bilingualism on other domains of human cognition; brain imaging studies; early versus late bilingualism; opportunities to observe and conduct original research; and implications for educational policies among others. Students participate in six online web meetings with partner institutions. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Flynn</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.908 Creole Languages and Caribbean Identities</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-S; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Caribbean Creole languages result from language contact via colonization and the slave trade. Explores creolization from cognitive, historical and comparative perspectives and evaluates popular theories about "Creole genesis" and the role of language acquisition. Also explores non-linguistic creolization in literature, religion and music in the Caribbean and addresses issues of Caribbean identities by examining Creole speakers' and others' beliefs toward Creole cultures. Draws comparisons with aspects of African-American culture. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>M. DeGraff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.909 Field Methods in Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.901" title="24.901" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.901');">24.901</a>, <a href="/search/?P=24.902" title="24.902" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.902');">24.902</a>, and permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-1-8 units. Institute LAB</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Explores the structure of an unfamiliar language through direct work with a native speaker. Students complete a grammatical sketch of the phonology and syntax, work in groups on specific aspects of the language's structure, and assemble reports to create a partial grammar of the language. Provides instruction and practice in written and oral communication. Enrollment limited.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.910 Advanced Topics in Linguistic Analysis</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: (<a href="/search/?P=24.901" title="24.901" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.901');">24.901</a>, <a href="/search/?P=24.902" title="24.902" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.902');">24.902</a>, and <a href="/search/?P=24.903" title="24.903" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.903');">24.903</a>) or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-S</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">In-depth study of an advanced topic in phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax or semantics, with a focus on the interfaces among these grammar components. Provides practice in written and oral communication. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.912[J] Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=21H.106J" title="21H.106[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '21H.106J');">21H.106[J]</a>, <a href="/search/?P=21L.008J" title="21L.008[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '21L.008J');">21L.008[J]</a>, <a href="/search/?P=21W.741J" title="21W.741[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '21W.741J');">21W.741[J]</a>, <a href="/search/?P=CMS.150J" title="CMS.150[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'CMS.150J');">CMS.150[J]</a>, <a href="/search/?P=WGS.190J" title="WGS.190[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'WGS.190J');">WGS.190[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-A, HASS-H; CI-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Interdisciplinary survey of people of African descent that draws on the overlapping approaches of history, literature, anthropology, legal studies, media studies, performance, linguistics, and creative writing. Connects the experiences of African-Americans and of other American minorities, focusing on social, political, and cultural histories, and on linguistic patterns. Includes lectures, discussions, workshops, and required field trips that involve minimal cost to students. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>D. Wood, D. Harrell, M. DeGraff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.914 Language Variation and Change</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a> or <a href="/search/?P=24.9000" title="24.9000" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.9000');">24.9000</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-S</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Explores how linguistic systems vary across time and space. Uses case studies in particular languages to examine how language transmission and social factors shape the grammatical systems of individual speakers, and how grammar constrains variation and change. Students work in groups to analyze corpus or survey data. Provides instruction and practice in written and oral communication. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>E. Flemming</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.915 Linguistic Phonetics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.963" title="24.963" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.963');">24.963</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a> or <a href="/search/?P=24.9000" title="24.9000" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.9000');">24.9000</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-S</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">The study of speech sounds: how we produce and perceive them and their acoustic properties. The influence of the production and perception systems on phonological patterns and sound change. Acoustic analysis and experimental techniques. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>E. Flemming</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.916[J] Old English and Beowulf</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=21L.601J" title="21L.601[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '21L.601J');">21L.601[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: U (Fall)<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: Not offered</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-H</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">See description under subject <a href="/search/?P=21L.601J" title="21L.601[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '21L.601J');">21L.601[J]</a>. Limited to 16.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Bahr</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.917 ConLangs: How to Construct a Language</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-S</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Explores languages that have been deliberately constructed (ConLangs), including Esperanto, Klingon, and Tolkien's Elvish. Students construct their own languages while considering phenomena from a variety of languages of the world. Topics include writing systems, phonology (basic units of speech and how they combine), morphology (structure of words), syntax (how words are put together), and semantics (the expression of meaning, and what language leaves unexpressed). Through regular assignments, students describe their constructed language in light of the topics discussed. Final assignment is a grammatical description of the new language. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>K. von Fintel</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.918 Workshop in Linguistic Research</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: (<a href="/search/?P=24.901" title="24.901" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.901');">24.901</a>, <a href="/search/?P=24.902" title="24.902" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.902');">24.902</a>, and <a href="/search/?P=24.903" title="24.903" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.903');">24.903</a>) or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units. HASS-S</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Students pursue individual research projects in linguistic analysis under the guidance of an advisor. Class meets weekly for presentation of student research and to critically discuss background reading. Focuses on developing skills in linguistic argumentation and presentation of findings. Provides practice in written and oral communication. Includes a 20-page final paper that each student presents to the class. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.919 Independent Study: Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Open to qualified students who wish to pursue special studies or projects. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Consult Department Headquarters</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.UR Undergraduate Research</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged [P/D/F]</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Research opportunities in linguistics and philosophy. For further information, consult the departmental coordinators. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.URG Undergraduate Research</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Research opportunities in linguistics and philosophy. For further information consult the departmental coordinators. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.S90 Special Subject: Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a> or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">U (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Undergraduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><h3 class="subsection"><br/> Graduate Subjects</h3><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.921 Independent Study: Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of advisor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Open to qualified graduate students in linguistics who wish to pursue special studies or projects. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Consult Department Headquarters</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.922 Independent Study: Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of advisor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged [P/D/F]</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Open to qualified graduate students in linguistics who wish to pursue special studies or projects. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Consult Department Headquarters</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.931 Language and Its Structure I: Phonology</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.901" title="24.901" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.901');">24.901</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a>, <a href="/search/?P=24.9000" title="24.9000" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.9000');">24.9000</a>, or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to fundamental concepts in phonological theory and their relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Articulatory and acoustic phonetics, distinctive features and the structure of feature systems, underlying representations and underspecification, phonological rules and derivations, syllable structure, accentual systems, and the morphology-phonology interface. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.932 Language and Its Structure II: Syntax</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.902" title="24.902" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.902');">24.902</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a>, <a href="/search/?P=24.9000" title="24.9000" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.9000');">24.9000</a>, or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to fundamental concepts in syntactic theory and its relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.933 Language and Its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.903" title="24.903" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.903');">24.903</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a>, <a href="/search/?P=24.9000" title="24.9000" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.9000');">24.9000</a>, or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to fundamental concepts in semantic and pragmatic theory. Basic issues of form and meaning in natural languages. Ambiguities of structure and of meaning. Compositionality. Word meaning. Quantification and logical form. Contexts: indexicality, discourse, presupposition and conversational implicature. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>M. Hackl</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.934 Language Acquisition</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.904" title="24.904" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.904');">24.904</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.900" title="24.900" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.900');">24.900</a> or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Covers the major results in the study of first-language acquisition concentrating on the development of linguistic structure, including morphology, syntax, and semantics. Universal aspects of development are discussed, as well as a variety of cross-linguistic phenomena. Theories of language learning are considered. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.聽 </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Aravind</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.942 Topics in the Grammar of a Less Familiar Language</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.951" title="24.951" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.951');">24.951</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Students work with a native speaker of a language whose structure is significantly different from English, examining aspects of its syntax, semantics, and phonology. In the course of doing this, students acquire techniques for gathering linguistic data from native speakers. Enrollment limited.</p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>N. Richards, M. Kenstowicz</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.943 Syntax of a Language (Family)</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Detailed examination of the syntax of a particular language or language family, and theories proposed in the existing literature to account for the observed phenomena. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.946 Linguistic Theory and Japanese Language</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)<br/> Not offered regularly; consult department</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-6 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Detailed examination of the grammar of Japanese and its structure which is significantly different from English, with special emphasis on problems of interest in the study of linguistic universals. Data from a broad group of languages studied for comparison with Japanese. Assumes familiarity with linguistic theory. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Miyagawa</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.947 Language Disorders in Children</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Reading and discussion of current linguistic theory, first language acquisition and language disorders in young children. Focus on development of a principled understanding of language disorders at the phonological, morphological and syntactic levels. Examines ways in which these disorders confront theories of language and acquisition. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Flynn</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.948 Linguistic Theory and Second and Third Language Acquisition in Children and Adults</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Students read and discuss current linguistic theory, first language acquisition research, and data concerning second and third language acquisition in adults and children. Focuses on development of a theory of second and third language acquisition within current theories of language. Emphasizes syntactic, lexical, and phonological development. Examines ways in which these bodies of data confront theories of language and the mind. When possible, students participate in practica with second and/or third language learners. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Flynn</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.949 Language Acquisition I</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.952" title="24.952" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.952');">24.952</a>, <a href="/search/?P=24.970" title="24.970" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.970');">24.970</a>, and <a href="/search/?P=24.973" title="24.973" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.973');">24.973</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-6 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Lectures, reading, and discussion of current theory and data concerning the psychology and biology of language acquisition. Emphasizes learning of syntax, semantics, and morphology, together with some discussion of phonology, and especially research relating grammatical theory and learnability theory to empirical studies of children. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Aravind</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.951 Introduction to Syntax</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Introduction to theories of syntax underlying work currently being done within the lexical-functional and government-binding frameworks. Organized into three interrelated parts, each focused upon a particular area of concern: phrase structure; the lexicon; and principles and parameters. Grammatical rules and processes constitute a focus of attention throughout the course that serve to reveal both modular structure of grammar and interaction of grammatical components. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Iatridou, N. Richards</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.952 Advanced Syntax</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.951" title="24.951" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.951');">24.951</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Problems in constructing an explanatory theory of grammatical representation. Topics drawn from current work on anaphora, casemarking, control, argument structure, Wh- and related constructions. Study of language-particular parameters in the formulation of linguistic universals. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>D. Pesetsky</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.954 Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Formal theories of context-dependency, presupposition, implicature, context-change, focus and topic. Special emphasis on the division of labor between semantics and pragmatics. Applications to the analysis of quantification, definiteness, presupposition projection, conditionals and modality, anaphora, questions and answers. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Anvari, D. Fox</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.955 More Advanced Syntax</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.951" title="24.951" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.951');">24.951</a> and <a href="/search/?P=24.952" title="24.952" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.952');">24.952</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">An advanced-level survey of topics in syntax. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>S. Iatridou</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.956 Topics in Syntax</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.951" title="24.951" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.951');">24.951</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">The nature of linguistic universals that make it possible for languages to differ and place limits on these differences. Study of selected problem areas show how data from particular languages contribute to the development of a strong theory of universal grammar and how such a theory dictates solutions to traditional problems in the syntax of particular languages. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>D. Pesetsky</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.960 Syntactic Models</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.951" title="24.951" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.951');">24.951</a> and <a href="/search/?P=24.952" title="24.952" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.952');">24.952</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Comparison of different proposed architectures for the syntax module of grammar. Subject traces several themes across a wide variety of approaches, with emphasis on testable differences among models. Models discussed include ancient and medieval proposals, structuralism, early generative grammar, generative semantics, government-binding theory/minimalism, LFG, HPSG, TAG, functionalist perspectives and others. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>D. Pesetsky</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.961 Introduction to Phonology</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">First half of a year-long introduction to the phonological component of grammar. Introduces the major research results, questions, and analytic techniques in the field of phonology. Focuses on segmental feature structure and prosodic structure while the sequel (<a href="/search/?P=24.962" title="24.962" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.962');">24.962</a>) considers the interfaces of phonology with morphology, syntax, and the lexicon. Students should have basic knowledge of articulatory phonetic description and phonetic transcription. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>E. Flemming, M. Kenstowicz</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.962 Advanced Phonology</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.961" title="24.961" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.961');">24.961</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Continuation of <a href="/search/?P=24.961" title="24.961" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.961');">24.961</a>. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Albright</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.963 Linguistic Phonetics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Subject meets with <a href="/search/?P=24.915" title="24.915" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.915');">24.915</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">The study of speech sounds: how we produce and perceive them and their acoustic properties. The influence of the production and perception systems on phonological patterns and sound change. Acoustic analysis and experimental techniques. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>E. Flemming</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.964 Topics in Phonology</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.961" title="24.961" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.961');">24.961</a> </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">In-depth study of a topic in current phonological theory. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.965 Morphology</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Structure of the lexicon and its function in grammar. Properties of word-formation rules. Problems of selection, productivity, and compositionality. Systems of inflectional categories: case and tense. Phonological aspects of word structure: allomorphy, cyclic phonology, constituent structure, and boundaries. Detailed analysis of languages with complex morphology. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.967 Topics in Experimental Phonology</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.961" title="24.961" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.961');">24.961</a>, <a href="/search/?P=24.963" title="24.963" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.963');">24.963</a>, or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Experimental techniques to test predictions drawn from current phonological theory. Includes a survey of experimental methodologies currently in use, an introduction to experimental design and analysis, and critical consideration of how experimental results are used to inform theory. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Albright, E. Flemming</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.970 Introduction to Semantics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Basic issues of form and meaning in formalized and natural languages. Conceptual, logical, and linguistic questions about truth. Reference, modal, and intensional notions. The role of grammar in language use and context-dependency. Ambiguities of structure and meaning, and dimensions of semantic variation in syntax and the lexicon. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>K. von Fintel</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.973 Advanced Semantics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Current work on semantics and questions of logic and meaning for syntactic systems in generative grammar. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>M. Hackl</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.979 Topics in Semantics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Seminar on current research in semantics and generative grammar. Topics may vary from year to year. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Fall: D. Fox, S. Iatridou. Spring: A. Aravind, K.聽Davidson</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.981 Topics in Computational Phonology</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=24.961" title="24.961" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '24.961');">24.961</a> or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Exploration of issues in the computational modeling of phonology: finding generalizations in data, formalisms for representing phonological knowledge, modeling grammar acquisition, and testing phonological theories by means of implemented models. Experience using and developing models, including preparing training data, running simulations, and interpreting their results. No background in programming or machine learning is assumed. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>A. Albright</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.982 Topics in Computational Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Exploration of current issues in computational linguistics and their relationship to linguistic theory. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.983 Methods in Computational Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Seminar on current models and techniques in computational linguistics. Instruction provided in implementing and using models, including model training, evaluation, and interpretation. No background in programming or machine learning is assumed. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.984[J] Natural Language and the Computer Representation of Knowledge</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockcluster">Same subject as <a href="/search/?P=6.8630J" title="6.8630[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '6.8630J');">6.8630[J]</a>, <a href="/search/?P=9.611J" title="9.611[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '9.611J');">9.611[J]</a></span><br/><span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: <a href="/search/?P=6.4100" title="6.4100" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '6.4100');">6.4100</a> or permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-3-6 units</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">See description under subject <a href="/search/?P=6.8630J" title="6.8630[J]" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, '6.8630J');">6.8630[J]</a>. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>R. C. Berwick</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.991 Workshop in Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">An intensive group tutorial/seminar for discussion of research being conducted by participants. No listeners. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Fall: 聽A. Anvari, M. Kenstowicz. Spring: E. Flemming, M. Hackl</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.993 Tutorial in Linguistics and Related Fields</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Individual or small-group tutorial in which students, under the guidance of a faculty member, explore the interrelations with linguistics of some specified area. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Consult Department Headquarters</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.995 Linguistics Professional Perspective</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">0-1-0 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Required for linguistics doctoral students to explore and gain professional perspective through industry and academic experiences. Professional perspective options include industry internships, academic internships, or training for academia. For an internship experience, an offer from a company or organization is required prior to enrollment. A written report is required upon completion of the experience. Proposals subject to departmental approval in consultation with advisor. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Consult Department</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.TAC Teaching Requirement in Linguistics and Philosophy (New)</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged [P/D/F]</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">For graduate students who are fulfilling an academic teaching requirement in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.THG Graduate Thesis</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Program of research and writing of thesis, to be arranged by the student with supervising committee. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.S93 Special Seminar: Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: None </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall, Spring)<br/> Not offered regularly; consult department</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">Units arranged</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.S94 Special Seminar: Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Fall; second half of term)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-3 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Half-term subject that covers topics in linguistics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.S95 Special Seminar: Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">Acad Year 2024-2025: Not offered<br/> Acad Year 2025-2026: G (Spring)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Graduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term. </p> <p class="courseblockinstructors seemore"><span><i>Staff</i></span></p> </div><div class="courseblock"> <h4 class="courseblocktitle"><span font="Meta Pro"><strong>24.S96 Special Seminar: Linguistics</strong></span></h4> <p class="courseblockextra"> <span class="courseblockprereq">Prereq: Permission of instructor </span><br/><span class="courseblockterms">G (Fall)</span><br/><span class="courseblockhours">3-0-9 units</span><br/><span class="courseblockoptional">Can be repeated for credit.</span> </p> <p class="courseblockdesc">Graduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. 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