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Philosophy of Race and Gender

Key information

  • Module code:

    7AAN6037

  • Level:

    7

  • Semester:

      Autumn

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

Race and gender structure our lives. This module will engage with questions of pressing contemporary relevance such as the following: which are the salient differences between race, age, gender, and other human categories? What is the biological basis, if any, for divisions into race and gender? How do race and gender intersect? Which are the best categories to use to achieve social justice? What is it for a category to be socially constructed? We will discuss a range of such topics and others through the lens of metaphysics, the history of philosophy, philosophy of science, political philosophy, epistemology, and ethics.

Assessment details

Summative: Essay, 3500 words (100%)

Formative: Essay, 2000-3000 words

Educational aims & objectives

To offer the knowledge, skills and opportunity to think critically and analytically about race and gender and to introduce key philosophical advances that have arisen from thinking about race and gender.

Teaching pattern

One weekly one-hour lecture and one weekly one-hour seminar over 10 weeks.

Department

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