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.
 

• 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).

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The following courses are ready to teach:​

• INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

• DATA ETHICS

• BIOETHICS

• PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY

• FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGIES OF SCIENCE

• SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE - CAUSATION