Alison Chen
-
House: Eliot House
-
Concentration: Philosophy and History (Philosophy primary but same requirements other than thesis emphasis)
-
Other concentrations considered: Previously Philosophy and Math, also considered Social Studies, History & Literature, Sociology
-
Courses:
-
Phil 11: Philosophy of Law, Phil 120: The Rationalists, GenEd 1051: Logic, Phil 97: Aquinas and Hume, Phil 159: Epistemology, Phil 173: Metaethics
-
Phil 96: Prep for Senior Thesis, Phil 99: Senior Thesis Tutorial
-
Audited (on Zoom) Phil 122: British Empiricism and Phil 146: Philosophy and Mathematics
-
Thesis: I am writing a thesis on Descartes and the union of the mind and body.
-
Happy to talk about switching concentrations, joints vs doubles, writing a thesis, and academic exploration in general. Also happy to discuss gap years and applying to jobs in tech as a humanities concentrator.
