students only
meet the faculty
history of philosophy
100

"WIP" is the acronym for this in-house speaker series that meets on Thursdays.

What is "The Work in Progress Seminar"?

100

this faculty member shockingly titled a section of a paper "Love is not irrational".

Who is Kieran?

100

This philosopher was the first to hold MIT's Laurance S. Rockefeller chair.

Who is Thomas Kuhn?

200
This is the name of the game often played with Koosh balls during seminar breaks.

What is Koosh?

200

This faculty member could speak to you in old english.

Who is Sam?

200

This philosopher bragged that he "may be the only American philosopher who has accompanied three British philosophers to Big Ten football games."

Who is Richard Cartwright?

300

The graduate student office with one wall made entirely of a window that looks over the 8th floor lounge is common called this.

What is the fishbowl?

300
This faculty member turns 50 in the year of the next total solar eclipse visible from north america.

Who is Caspar?

300

This philosopher liked writing one-syllable words.

Who is George Boolos?

400

A sign in the 9th floor kitchen threatening to trash your dishes instructs you to contact this person with questions. 

Who is Kevin Dorst?

400
Motorcycle parts have been seen in the office of this faculty member.

Who is Roger?

400

When Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke of "known unknowns," he unknowingly alluded to the title of this philosopher's book on questions and explanation.

Who is Sylvain Bromberger?

500

Before you attend a meeting of the epistemology reading group, you must do this with the assigned reading.

What is nothing?

500

This faculty member never graduated from high school.

Who is Sally?

500

This philosopher wrote "prose should be transparent, like a pane of glass".

Who is Judy Thomson?

M
e
n
u