#  Seminar: Philosophy of Mary Shepherd 

 





 Semester:   Spring 

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 Year offered:  2026 

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 Link: [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/165321) 

 

 

 

This course offers an intensive study of the philosophy of Mary Shepherd, with the aim of placing graduate students in a position to contribute to current research on her work. We will closely read Shepherd’s two major publications, *An Essay upon the Relation of Cause and Effect* (1824) and *Essays on the Perception of an External Universe* (1827), alongside a selection of recent and in-progress research articles on her metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. Students will be invited to attend a two-and-a-half-day workshop bringing leading scholars of Shepherd’s philosophy to campus. Participants will have opportunities to present their work to the seminar and to develop an original research paper over the course of the term.