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Rae Langton

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Rae Helen Langton, FBA (born 14 February 1961) is an Australian and British professor of philosophy. [1]

50 relations: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Analytic philosophy, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Australian National University, British Academy, British undergraduate degree classification, Cambridge University Press, Contemporary philosophy, Coonoor, Ethics, European Journal of Philosophy, Fellow of the British Academy, Feminism Unmodified, Feminist philosophy, Harvard University Press, Hebron School, Immanuel Kant, John Locke Lectures, Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, Leveson Inquiry, Ludhiana, Margaret Dauler Wilson, Mary Kate McGowan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Metaphysics, Monash University, National academy, Newnham College, Cambridge, Objectification, Ooty, Philosophy & Public Affairs, Political philosophy, Pornography, Princeton University, Prospect (magazine), Ronald Dworkin, Senior lecturer, Speech act, Taylor & Francis, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, University of New England (Australia), University of Oxford, University of Sheffield, University of Sydney, Uppsala University, Wellesley College, Western philosophy, Wiley-Blackwell.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States of America.

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Analytic philosophy

Analytic philosophy (sometimes analytical philosophy) is a style of philosophy that became dominant in the Western world at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Australasian Journal of Philosophy

The Australasian Journal of Philosophy is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of philosophy and "one of the oldest English-language philosophy journals in the world".

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Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

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British Academy

The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.

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British undergraduate degree classification

The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading structure for undergraduate degrees (bachelor's degrees and integrated master's degrees) in the United Kingdom.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

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Contemporary philosophy

Contemporary philosophy is the present period in the history of Western philosophy beginning at the end of the 19th century with the professionalization of the discipline and the rise of analytic and continental philosophy.

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Coonoor

Coonoor is a Taluk and a municipality in the Nilgiris district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Ethics

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.

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European Journal of Philosophy

The European Journal of Philosophy is a peer-reviewed academic journal of philosophy published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell.

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Fellow of the British Academy

Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences.

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Feminism Unmodified

Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law is a 1987 book by feminist academic Catharine MacKinnon.

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Feminist philosophy

Feminist philosophy is an approach to philosophy from a feminist perspective and also the employment of philosophical methods to feminist topics and questions.

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Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.

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Hebron School

Hebron School is a co-educational day and boarding independent international Christian school in Ootacamund, the hill station also known as Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher who is a central figure in modern philosophy.

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John Locke Lectures

The John Locke Lectures are a series of annual lectures in philosophy given at the University of Oxford.

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Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy

The Knightbridge Professorship of Philosophy is the senior professorship in philosophy at the University of Cambridge.

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Leveson Inquiry

The Leveson inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal, chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, who was appointed in July 2011.

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Ludhiana

Ludhiana is a city and a municipal corporation in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab, and India's largest city north of Delhi, with an area of 310sq.

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Margaret Dauler Wilson

Margaret Dauler Wilson (29 January 1939 – 27 August 1998) was an American philosopher and a professor of philosophy at Princeton University between 1970 and 1998.

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Mary Kate McGowan

Mary Kate McGowan is the Luella LaMer Professor of Women’s Studies as well as Professor of Philosophy at Wellesley College.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Metaphysics

Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of being, existence, and reality.

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Monash University

Monash University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia.

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National academy

A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanities.

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Newnham College, Cambridge

Newnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Objectification

In social philosophy, objectification is the act of treating a person, or sometimes an animal, as an object or a thing.

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Ooty

Udagamandalam (also known as Ootacamund), and abbreviated as Udhagai or Ooty, (is a town and municipality in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 86 km north of Coimbatore and 128 km south of Mysore and is the capital of the Nilgiris district. It is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills. Originally occupied by the Toda people, the area came under the rule of the East India Company at the end of the 18th century. The economy is based on tourism and agriculture, along with the manufacture of medicines and photographic film. The town is connected by the Nilgiri ghat roads and Nilgiri Mountain Railway. Its natural environment attracts tourists and it is a popular summer destination. In 2011, the town had a population of 88,430.

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Philosophy & Public Affairs

Philosophy & Public Affairs is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by John Wiley & Sons.

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Political philosophy

Political philosophy, or political theory, is the study of topics such as politics, liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of laws by authority: what they are, why (or even if) they are needed, what, if anything, makes a government legitimate, what rights and freedoms it should protect and why, what form it should take and why, what the law is, and what duties citizens owe to a legitimate government, if any, and when it may be legitimately overthrown, if ever.

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Pornography

Pornography (often abbreviated porn) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Prospect (magazine)

Prospect is a monthly British general interest magazine, specialising in politics, economics and current affairs.

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Ronald Dworkin

Ronald Myles Dworkin, FBA (December 11, 1931 – February 14, 2013) was an American philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law.

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Senior lecturer

Senior lecturer is an academic rank.

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Speech act

A speech act in linguistics and the philosophy of language is an utterance that has performative function in language and communication.

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Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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University of New England (Australia)

The University of New England (UNE) is a public university in Australia with approximately 22,500 higher education students.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney (informally, USyd or USYD) is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia.

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Uppsala University

Uppsala University (Uppsala universitet) is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Sweden and all of the Nordic countries still in operation, founded in 1477.

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Wellesley College

Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college located west of Boston in the town of Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States.

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Western philosophy

Western philosophy is the philosophical thought and work of the Western world.

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Wiley-Blackwell

Wiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons.

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