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...best known name in the department is probably that of Conant University Professor John Rawls, author of A Theory of Justice. He doesn't teach many courses any more, but his book is on the reading list in a lot of the philosophy and Moral Reasoning courses...
...Professor of the Civilization of France Stanley H. Hoffman teaches several of the most popular Core courses. One of Harvard's most prominent scholars in a variety of fields, he teaches subjects ranging from France between the wars to Ethics in International Relations and Modern Political Ideology. He is known for giving great lectures, and also for being one of the more accessible of Harvard's scholars...
Baird Professor of History Richard Pipes is a former national security adviser to President Reagan, and the man who coined the term "evil empire" to describe the Soviet Union. He teaches a Core course on the [Russian Revolution] which is not known for its sympathetic treatment of Bolshevism...
Considering the number of confused students who arrive at Harvard and pick their courses according to how well-known the professors are, it is surprising that the Philosophy Department is not more popular. For its size, the department has more famous names than any other at the University...
Although he has a reputation for being one of the most inaccessible of Harvard's star professors, Gould teaches the extremely popular Science B-16, "History of the Earth and Life." Sorry kids. That's all we can handle in one semester. Aside from biology, Gould is known for his passionate interest in baseball. He may give students the cold shoulder when they approach him with a difficult point from his course, but he's perfectly happy to discuss statistical methods to track the decline of 400 hitting...