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one half of MIT's department of linguistics & philosophy
"Nobility; dignity; a life that could not be found alone; sourced in basic human needs; essential to our most profound hopes—none of these features of marriage come in for praise or even much scrutiny" in Chambers book. (link below)
A new class teaches MIT students how to navigate a fast-changing world with a moral compass, with help from MIT Philosophy. news.mit.edu/2025/what-do-w…
Kieran Setiya on the philosopher John McDowell ksetiya.substack.com/p/horse-whispe…
Kieran Setiya reviews Christoph Schuringa’s new book, A Social History of Analytic Philosophy. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-po…
And her research and fascinating journey was featured in a profile! shass.mit.edu/sonia-pavel/
shass.mit.edu/2025-advanced-… Our own Sonia Maria Pavel PhD ’25 delivered the student address.
"If you want to make the world a better place, you need to understand how it works," says SHASS dean and philosopher Agustin Rayo. Read more in the latest issue of Spectrum: betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/issue… @MITphilosophy
You can now submit a commentary on our paper here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…. We're very much looking forward to reading your commentaries and discussing our hypothesis with you!
Very happy to announce that our paper “Sensory Horizons and the Functions of Conscious Vision” is now out as a target article in BBS! Steve Fleming and I present a new theory of the evolution and functions of visual consciousness. Article here: doi.org/10.1017/S01405…. A thread🧵
Excited to talk tomorrow at University of Chicago about its own renegade son, Erving Goffman. Come for the scholarship, stay for the cringey examples. tapendlebury.com/events
Check out @bradford_skow's lucid accompanying substack post about our discussion about WHIPLASH, and let us know where you stand on the film! open.substack.com/pub/mostly/p/p…
We are joined by @bradford_skow (Philosophy, MIT) to discuss Damien Chazelle’s WHIPLASH! Abuse, striving, greatness, parenting, color, the ending(!), and, of course, jazz. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/139…
“So much of how we’re socialized defines the paths we pursue and the possibilities we allow ourselves to envision,” @MITphilosophy doctoral student Sonia Pavel says.shass.mit.edu/sonia-pavel/
Philosophy demands that we ask important questions even at the expense of existing conceptual frameworks according to @MITphilosophy professor @juskhoo. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/phi…
New Post: APA Member Interview, Zhiwei Yang blog.apaonline.org/2025/03/28/apa…
MIT Philosophy's Félix-Antoine Gélineau in conversation at the List Visual Arts Center, April 10. listart.mit.edu/calendar/gradu…
Some pics from our event on Monday with @coldxman and Sandy Alexandre.
.@MITphilosophy professor Kevin Dorst's work examines how we apply rational thought to everyday life. news.mit.edu/2025/applying-… #MITSHASS #MITPhilosophy #philosophy
Great house on hand for this discussion last night! Well done @byrne_a, @bradford_skow, and all involved putting it on.
Our next event is March 3, 7-8.30pm, with @coldxman and Sandy Alexandre (MIT literature)
“The rankings are a testament to the extraordinary quality of the research and teaching that takes place in SHASS and across MIT,” says SHASS dean and @MITphilosophy professor Agustin Rayo. @timeshighered news.mit.edu/2025/times-hig…