I still haven’t received enough responses about a possible make-up class. Hopefully tomorrow we can find a time that works for all. I hope to see you all tomorrow.
]]>Note that there will be reading questions due Monday, so that’s another reason to do the readings in advance. The reading question will be posted in the next few hours.
One final note: please remember to fill out the Doodle poll for the make-up class.
]]>First, about next week: We will finish our discussion of Chapter 2 of Kripke, Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language. We will concentrate on his objections to the dispositional account. You may want to re-read pp. 21-36.
If time permits, we will start our discussion of Quine, ‘Reference and Modality’, in From a Logical Point of View, 2nd ed., Cambridge: HUP, 1961. An electronic copy of that paper is available in the Dropbox folder. You may also want to look at Quine, ’Notes on existence and Necessity’, Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 40, No. 5, 1943, pp. 113-127, also available in the Dropbox folder.
Second, Ray Monk (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton, and author of a well-known biography of Wittgenstein, The Duty of Genius) will be giving a talk in the Philosophy Department on Thursday, April 5.
Title: “How can I be a logician before I am a human being?”, The Life and Work of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Time and place: Mudd Hall 102, 2pm
It should be fun.
Finally, remember there is no class on Wednesday, April 4.
]]>Remember that if you are taking the class for credit, you should schedule an appointment to discuss your first paper. If you have not received an email from me with instructions on how to sign up, please let me know.
]]>On Wednesday, we will start our discussion of Kripke, Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language. Start by reading the very short first chapter. I will assign selections from Chapter 2 before the end of Spring Break.
Remember that your final draft of the first paper is due on Wednesday.
]]>For background reading, you can look at Quine’s ‘Two Dogmas of Empiricism’.
I’ve placed electronic copies of the Quine readings in the course Dropbox folder.
]]>Remember that the draft of your first paper is due on Wednesday.
]]>For next Wednesday, you should read the second lecture, as well as Chapter 9 of Soames’ Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, vol. 2.
]]>All assignments must be submitted electronically. Please name the files using the following convention:
<your USC username>.<ext>
So if your USC email address is tomato@usc.edu
and you turn in your paper as a .pdf
, the file you send me should simply be named: tomato.pdf
. Only include the name of the assignment (‘Paper 1’, etc.) in the subject of the email.
Please keep this in mind in the future.
]]>Remember that your first assignment is due on Monday.
]]>Reading, writing, and engaging with the material in discussion are all important aspects of philosophy. As such, attendance is mandatory, except in the case of a legitimate documented excuse.
Keep in mind that 10% of your grade will be based on attendance and participation.
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