Calendar. You should regard the assignments below as tentative. Check the reading guide for a class to get the assignment in its final form.
| Jan | 11 | intro | ||
| 16 | Russell | The Philosophy of Logical Atomism, I and II (Klemke, pp. 151-168) | rdng gd | |
| 18 | The Philosophy of Logical Atomism, VIII (Klemke, pp. 169-178) | rdng gd | ||
| 23 | Moore | “A Defense of Common Sense” (Klemke, pp. 109-129) | rdng gd | |
| 25 | “Proof of an External World” (Klemke, pp. 130-147) | rdng gd | ||
| 30 | logical positivism | Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic, I, II (sels.), IV (Klemke, pp. 180-210) | rdng gd | |
| Feb | 1 | Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic, V (sels.), VI (Klemke, pp. 211-230) | rdng gd | |
| 6 |
Wittgenstein and ordinary language philosophy |
Moore, “Wittgenstein’s Lectures in 1930-33” (sels.) (Klemke, pp. 253-265) | rdng gd | |
| 8 | Wisdom, “Philosophical Perplexity” (Klemke, pp. 266-277) | rdng gd | ||
| 13 | Austin, “Performative-Constative,” and Searle, “What is a Speech Act?” (Klemke, pp. 351-360, 377-391) | rdng gd | ||
| 15 | Ryle, The Concept of Mind, I (Klemke, pp. 293-303) | rdng gd | ||
| 20 | Quine | “On What There Is” (Klemke, pp. 318-330) | rdng gd | |
| 22 | “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” (Klemke, pp. 331-349) | rdng gd | ||
| 27 | Kripke and Putnam | Kripke, “Identity and Necessity” (Klemke, pp. 393-417) | rdng gd | |
| Mar | 1 | Putnam, “Meaning and Reference” (Klemke, pp. 418-427) | rdng gd |