Calendar. You should regard the assignments below as tentative. Check the printed reading guide for a class to get the assignment in its final form.
| Jan | 12 | Russell | The Problems of Philosophy, ch. 1 | rdng gd |
| 17 | The Problems of Philosophy, chs. 2-4 | rdng gd | ||
| 19 | The Problems of Philosophy, ch. 5 | rdng gd | ||
| 24 | The Problems of Philosophy, chs. 6-8 | rdng gd | ||
| 26 | The Problems of Philosophy, chs. 9-10 | rdng gd | ||
| 31 | The Problems of Philosophy, chs. 11-12 | rdng gd | ||
| Feb | 2 | The Problems of Philosophy, chs. 13-15 | rdng gd | |
| 7 | Wittgenstein | Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, ho of selections | rdng gd | |
| 9 | Blumberg and Feigl | “Logical Positivism” | rdng gd | |
| 14 | Wittgenstein | Philosophical Investigations, §§1-64 | rdng gd | |
| 16 | Philosophical Investigations, §§65-137 | rdng gd | ||
| 21 | Philosophical Investigations, §§138-184 | rdng gd | ||
| 23 | Philosophical Investigations, §§185-242 | rdng gd | ||
| 28 | Philosophical Investigations, §§243-280 | rdng gd | ||
| Mar | 2 | Philosophical Investigations, §§281-315 | rdng gd | |
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| 14 | Sellars | “Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind,” pts I-II | rdng gd | |
| 16 | “Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind,” pt III | rdng gd | ||
| 21 | “Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind,” pts IV-VI | rdng gd | ||
| 23 | “Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind,” pts VII-IX | rdng gd | ||
| 28 | “Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind,” pts X-XIV | rdng gd | ||
| 30 | “Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind,” pts XV-XVI | rdng gd | ||
| 4 | Quine | “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” | rdng gd | |
| 6 | “Notes on Existence and Necessity,” pp 113-118 | rdng gd | ||
| 11 | Kripke | Naming and Necessity, pp 22-39 | rdng gd | |
| 13 | Naming and Necessity, pp 39-60 | rdng gd | ||
| 18 | Naming and Necessity, pp 60-90 | rdng gd | ||
| 20 | Naming and Necessity, pp 90-97 | rdng gd | ||
| 25 | Naming and Necessity, pp 97-114, 134-144 | rdng gd | ||
| 27 | Naming and Necessity, pp 144-155 | rdng gd | ||