PHIL 208 - Philosophy of Race

2023-2024 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

This course offers an overview of recent philosophical discussions of race. More specifically, we will take up philosophical methods and concepts in order to investigate the nature of race and to evaluate contrasting approaches to racial justice. Themes will span issues of value theory as well as epistemological and metaphysical concerns. Specific topics are likely to include questions such as: What is the nature of race-is it a biological category or a social construction? How does race as a categorization relate to racial identity? Can one change one’s race? How is race related to knowledge production? What is the nature of ongoing racial oppression in the U.S. and how can it best be overcome?

Offered: Not on a Regular Basis