Sally Haslanger
Sally Haslanger | |
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Haslanger in 2013 | |
| Born | 1955 (ages 69-70) |
| Spouse | Stephen Yablo |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2018) Carus Lecturer (2011) SWIP Distinguished Woman Philosopher Award (2010) |
| Education | |
| Education | Reed College (BA) University of Virginia (MA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy, feminist philosophy, critical theory, social constructionism |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Main interests | Metaphysics, epistemology, feminist theory, political philosophy, critical race theory |
| Notable works | Resisting Reality: Social Construction and Social Critique (2012) |
| Notable ideas | Social construction of race and race |
Sally Haslanger (/ˈhæsləŋər/; born 1955) is an American philosopher and the Ford Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Haslanger earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley in 1985. She has taught at Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Haslanger is particularly famous for her work on social and political theory, feminism, and philosophy of gender and race.