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Teaching experience
I have teaching experience at the university level and at the college level. Here is an overview of some of the courses I have taught or currently teach:
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PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (McGill University)
Overview: a survey of the main topics in philosophy of biology including: the concept of live, evolutionism, adaptationism, models, representation and experiments in biology, reductionism, pluralism.
You can find a sample syllabus here.
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne)
Overview: a survey of some core philosophical texts on the topic of scientific knowledge as well detailed case-studies. Examples of topics covered included: the demarcation problem, scientific revolutions, the influence of values in science, denialism, the impact of technology on human biases, controversies surrounding the science of sex differences, etc.
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PHILOSOPHY AND RATIONALITY (Collège de Rosemont, Collège de Maisonneuve)
Overview: logic fundamentals, argumentation, pre-socratic philosophers, Plato and a general overview of the greco-latin tradition.
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THE HUMAN BEING (Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne)
Overview: different conceptions of the human from modernity to now. Some topics I explore in this course include: modern conceptions and dualism (Descartes, Elizabeth of Bohemia, Hume), 19th century theories (especially Darwin and the theory of evolution), and 20th / 21st century philosophical conceptions of the human being.
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ETHICS AND POLITICS (Collège de Rosemont, Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne)
Overview: an introductory ethics course with an overview of ethical theories virtue ethics, deontology, utilitarianism and contemporary moral and political issues (such as environmental ethics, feminist theories, racism).
The following courses are ready to teach:
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INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
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PHILOSOPHY OF RACE
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DATA ETHICS
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BIOETHICS
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PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY
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FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGIES OF SCIENCE
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