This is a reading group on issues in connection with gender, race, and sexuality, with special attention to methodological considerations in "applied" (analytic) philosophy. More specifically, we meet every week during the core months of the second term. Further information will be available here in due course, but we could be discussing papers such as the following:
Glasgow (2010): 'The End of Historical Constructivism: Circularity, Redundancy, Indeterminacy', forthcoming in The Monist
Haslanger (2010): 'Language, Politics and “The Folk”: Looking for “The Meaning” of ‘Race’'. forthcoming in The Monist
Mercier (2009): 'On the Nature of Marriage', The Monist
Saul (2010): 'Politically Significant Terms and Philosophy of Language: Methodological Issues', forthcoming in Superson and Crasnow, Analytic Feminist Contributions to Traditional Philosophy.
Stein (2008): 'Sexual Orientation', Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
Valian (2005): ‘Beyond Gender Schemas’, Hypatia 20, 198-213
West (2004): ‘Pornography and Censorship’, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Haslanger 2006 (PAS)
Haslanger, S. (2006): ‘Philosophical Analysis and Social Kinds: What Good are Our Intuitions? ’ Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume 80, pp. 89–118.
03 February 2011
12:00
Saul 2006 (PAS)
Saul, J. (2006): ‘Philosophical Analysis and Social Kinds: Gender and Race ’, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume 80, 2006, 119—144
10 February 2011
12:00
Saul 2011
Saul, J. (2011): 'Politically Significant Terms and Philosophy of Language: Methodological Issues', forthcoming in Superson and Crasnow, Analytic Feminist Contributions to Traditional Philosophy.
17 February 2011
12:00
Haslanger 2010
Haslanger, S. (2010): 'Language, Politics and “The Folk”: Looking for “The Meaning” of ‘Race’ '. The Monist 93, 169-87
24 February 2011
12:00
Glasgow 2010
Glasgow (2010): 'The End of Historical Constructivism: Circularity, Redundancy, Indeterminacy', The Monist 93, 321-35
10 March 2011
12:00
Spencer 2011
Spencer, Q. (2011). What 'Biological Racial Realism' Should Mean. Philosophical Studies (forthcoming)
17 March 2011
12:00
No Session
24 March 2011
12:00