This traditional undergraduate philosophy major (24-1) is designed to provide familiarity with the history and current status of the main problems in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics; mastery of some of the technical skills requisite for advanced work in philosophy; facility at independent philosophical study; and work at an advanced level in an allied field.
Required Subjects
One History of Philosophy subject:
24.01 Classics in Western Philosophy (HASS-D, CI-H)
24.201 Topics in the History of Philosophy (HASS, CI-M)
One Knowledge and Reality subject:
24.09 Minds and Machines (HASS-D, CI-H)
24.111 Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
24.211 Theory of Knowledge
24.215 Topics in the Philosophy of Science
24.221 Metaphysics
24.251 Introduction to Philosophy of Language
24.253 Philosophy of Mathematics
24.280 Foundations of Probability
One Value subject:
24.02 Moral Problems and the Good Life (HASS-D, CI-H)
24.04J Justice (HASS-D, CI-H)
24.06 Bioethics (HASS-D, CI-H)
24.120 Moral Psychology (CI-M)
24.209 Philosophy in Film and Other Media
24.213 Philosophy of Film
24.222 Decisions, Games and Rational Choice
24.231 Ethics (CI-M)
24.235J Philosophy of Law
24.237 Feminist Theory (CI-M)
24.261 Philosophy of Love in the Western World
24.262 Feeling and Imagination in Art, Science and Technology
24.263 The Nature of Creativity
24.264 Film as Visual and Literary Mythmaking
One Logic Subject
24.118 Paradox and Infinity
24.241 Logic I
24.242 Logic II
24.243 Classical Set Theory
24.244 Modal Logic
and
24.260 Topics in Philosophy (HASS, CI-M)
Restricted Electives
A coherent program of five additional subjects, of which two must be in philosophy
Notes on Major
Contact Information:
Professor Sally Haslanger
| Undergraduate Officer & Advisor | shaslang@mit.edu
Jennifer Purdy | Undergraduate Administrator | purdy@mit.edu