Phi 109
Spring 2016
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Detailed calendar. The assignments below are approximate and tentative. Sometimes a reading-guide handout will specify the details of an assignment, and it may include passages that are part of your assignment.

3/15 Mill sels. from A System Of Logic (book VI, chs. 1-3, 6; 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 415-435, 464-468)—handout (1up PDF, 2up PDF, booklet PDF)reading guide
3/17 Hempel “The Function of General Laws in History”—on JSTOR at 2017635reading guide
3/22 Dray “Explanatory Narrative in History”—on JSTOR at 2217274reading guide
3/24 Taylor “Understanding in Human Science”—on JSTOR at 20127456reading guide
3/29 Winch “Understanding a Primitive Society,” §I (pp. 307-315)—on JSTOR at 20009143reading guide
3/31   ibid., §II (pp. 315-324)—on JSTOR at 20009143reading guide (paper 1 due)
4/5 Dore “Function and Cause”—on JSTOR at 2090569reading guide
4/7 Lukes “Methodological Individualism Reconsidered”—on JSTOR at 588689reading guide
4/12 Dennett “Real Patterns,” §§I-II, pp. 27-37—on JSTOR at 2027085reading guide
4/14   ibid., §§III-IV, pp. 37-51—on JSTOR at 2027085reading guide (paper 2 due)
4/19 Gibbard/Varian “Economic Models”—on JSTOR at 2025484reading guide
4/21 Sugden “The Changing Relationship between Theory and Experiment in Economics”—on JSTOR at 10.1086/594509reading guide
4/26 Sterelny “The Evolution and Evolvability of Culture,” §§1-5, pp. 137-152—on EBSCO at AN 20273999reading guide
4/28   ibid., §§ 6-7, pp. 152-162 EBSCO at AN 20273999reading guide
5/6 Fri (paper 3 due)