Readings

Thursday, September 25

: (no reading, ﬁrst class). ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Friday, September 26

Part I: Carnap/Goodman/Quine

Tuesday, September 30

: Carnap, Aufbau, Preface to 1st Edition (pp. xv–xviii); §§[1]The symbol § means “section.” §§ means “sections.”1–5 (pp. 5–10); §§17–25 (pp. 31–43). ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Wednesday, October 1

: (10:40am–12:15pm) Carnap, Aufbau, §§26–41 (pp. 47–70); §§46–60 (pp. 78–97). ( Zoom only.) ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Thursday, October 2

: No class due to due to Yom Kippur.

Monday, October 6

: (10:40am–12:15pm) Carnap, Aufbau, §61 (pp. 98–9); §67 (pp. 107–9); §75 (122-4); §78 (127–8); §§95–6 (pp. 152–4); §§98–103 (pp. 156–63); §§125–8 (pp. 194–9); §157 (p. 246); §§160–61 (pp. 254–7); §§165–9 (pp. 263–72). ( Zoom only.) ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Tuesday, October 7

: No class due to due to the ﬁrst day of Sukkot.

Thursday, October 9

: Carnap, Aufbau, §§175–83 (pp. 281-98). ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Monday, October 13

: (10:40am–12:15pm) Carnap, The Unity of Science, §§1–3 and 6; Neurath, “Protocol Sentences”; Carnap, “On Protocol Sentences.” ( Zoom only.) ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Tuesday, October 14

: No class due to due to Shemini Atzeret.

Thursday, October 16

: Goodman, Fact, Fiction, and Forecast, ch. 2, §§1–3 and 5 (pp. 31–49 and 57–8). ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Tuesday, October 21

: Goodman, Fact, Fiction, and Forecast, ch. 3 and beginning of ch. 4 (pp. 59–99). ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Thursday, October 23

: Quine, “Epistemology Naturalized.”

Part II: Popper/Kuhn

Tuesday, October 28

: Popper, LSD, ch. 1 and 2 (pp. 3–34). ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Thursday, October 30

: Popper, LSD ch. 3 (pp. 37–56). ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Tuesday, November 4

: Popper, LSD, ch. 4 (pp. 57–73) (and Midterm assignment — exam or paper — due). ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Thursday, November 6

: Popper, LSD, ch. 5 (pp. 74–94). ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Tuesday, November 11

: No class (Veterans Day)

Thursday, November 13

: Popper, LSD, ch. 10 beginning and §79 (pp. 248–52); §82 (pp. 264–7); §84 through end (including Addendum), pp. 273–82. ( Lecture on YouTube.)

Tuesday, November 18

: Neurath, “Pseudorationalism of Falsiﬁcation”; Putnam “The ‘Corroboration’ of Theories”; Lakatos, “Popper on Demarcation and Induction,” through end of part I (pp. 241–52).

Thursday, November 20

: Kuhn, SSR, ch. 1–5, pp. 1–51.

Tuesday, November 25

: Kuhn, SSR, ch. 6–8, pp. 52–91.

Thursday, November 27

: No class (Thanksgiving)

Tuesday, December 2

: Kuhn, SSR, ch. 9–10, pp. 92–135.

Thursday, December 4

: Kuhn, SSR, ch. 11–13, pp. 136–73.

Tuesday, December 9

: In-person ﬁnal exam, and ﬁnal assignment ( exam or paper) due.