Sally Haslanger
Sally Haslanger
Sally Haslanger is Ford Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and teaches in MIT’s Women’s and Gender Studies Program. She has published her reflections in numerous essays, a selection of which appeared under the title Resisting Reality Social Construction and Social Critique (Oxford University Press 2012). She is also the author of urthermore, Haslanger is the co-author of What Is Race? Four Philosophical Views (Oxford University Press 2019).
Sally Haslanger is Ford Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and teaches in MIT’s Women’s and Gender Studies Program. She has published her reflections in numerous essays, a selection of which appeared under the title Resisting Reality Social Construction and Social Critique (Oxford University Press 2012). She is also the author of urthermore, Haslanger is the co-author of What Is Race? Four Philosophical Views (Oxford University Press 2019).
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Year of Publication: 2026
Sally HaslangerYear of Publication: 2026
Agents of Possibility
Societies are – like hearts, economies, and ecosystems – complex dynamic systems. They cannot be entirely controlled and directed. Even well-informed interventions can trigger unpredictable and deleterious effects. For this reason, it can be difficult to imagine how a system can be escaped or fundamentally altered. For example, how should we understand the systematic interaction between broad...