Readings
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Monday, October 2
- : (no reading, first class).
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Basic system
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Methodology
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Wednesday, October 25
- : Introduction to Philosophical Papers, vol. 1
(pp. x–xii); “Holes” (with Stephanie Lewis) (Phil. Papers, vol. 1,
pp. 3–9); On the Plurality of Worlds, §1.1 (pp. 1–5).
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Wednesday, November 1
- : Convention, ch. 3.1–4 (pp. 83–107) and 3.6
(pp. 118–121).
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The possibility of science and of meaningful thought
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Monday, November 13
- : Carnap, Aufbau, §§1–2, 14–16, 61–4, 67, 75–8, 124–6,
153–5, 165; “Meaning and Synomymy in Natural Languages”
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Wednesday, November 22
- : “New Work for a Theory of Universals,” end
(Papers in Metaphysics, pp. 25–55).
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Monday, November 27
- : “Causation” (Phil. Papers, vol. 2, pp. 159–72;
postscripts, pp. 172–213, recommended but not required).
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Wednesday, December 13
- : final paper due.
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