I’m taking three courses this term: 1) feminist philosophy: the topics we’re talking about range from intersectionality to gender/queer/trans theories to abortion to aesthetics 2) social epistemology: this course is about the social aspects of knowledge production, including the theory of paradigm shifts by the philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn, the sociology of science, and questions about trust (in science) 3) philosophical issues and debates about cognitive technologies: we have been discussing “basic” things such as what cognition and the mind are, as well as applied questions, including about the ethics of using smart phones and the internet. The Department of Philosophy at UofT has a communal space called the Conversation Lab – no escaping the lab!