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Professor Rae Langton FBA

Ethical aspects of speech act theory and social epistemology; metaphysics of properties; history of philosophy, especially Kant; free speech, hate speech and media ethics; feminist perspectives on pornography and objectification
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2014
Subjects
Philosophy, Politics
Sections
Philosophy , Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations
Website
http://cambridge.academia.edu/RaeLangton

Current post

Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge; Fellow, Newnham College, Cambridge

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