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Reading Assignments
(Readings from Stainton's anthology, Perspectives in the Philosophy of Language, are listed by author and selection title, with "PPL" followed by page numbers in parentheses. Readings from other books are listed by author, title, and chapter number (page numbers are specified when appropriate).)
- For Jan. 22: Read Frege's "Ueber Sinn und Bedeutung (On Sense and Reference)" (PPL 45-64). To help you understand the article, try to answer the questions on this Frege Worksheet.
- For Jan. 24: Read Russell's "Descriptions" (PPL 65-74). (Optional related reading: Russell's "On Denoting")
- For Jan. 29: Read Strawson's "On Referring" (PPL 289-311). (Optional related reading: Russell's reply "Mr. Strawson on Referring")
- For Jan. 31: Read Donnellan's "Reference and Definite Descriptions" (PPL 312-332).
- For Feb. 7: Start Lecture I from Kripke's Naming and Necessity (pp. 22-70).
- For Feb. 12: Finish Lecture I and read Lecture II of Naming and Necessity (pp. 71-105).
- For Feb. 14: Read the Preface of Naming and Necessity (pp. 1-21).
- For Feb. 19: Read Chapters 1-3 of Ayer's Language, Truth, and Logic, then read pp. 5-16 of the Introduction. (Optional related reading on Verificationism: C. S. Peirce's "How to Make Our Ideas Clear".)
- For Feb. 21: Read Chapter 4 and pp. 16-18 from the Introduction of Language, Truth, and Logic.
- For Feb. 26: Read Chapters 5 and 6 and pp. 20-26 from the Introduction of Language, Truth, and Logic.
- For Feb. 28: Read Quine's "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" (PPL 189-210).
- For Mar. 12: Have a good Spring Break. Re-read "Two Dogmas", especially sections 5 and 6. Also, if you are doing the two paper option for the course you should have finalized your topic and been working on your first paper over the break.
- For Mar. 14: Read Chapter 1 of Quine's Word and Object.
- For Mar. 19: First papers due. Read Chapter 2 of Word and Object.
- For Mar. 26: Read Chapter 6 of Word and Object.
- For Mar. 28: Read Davidson's "Truth and Meaning" (PPL 75-92).
- For Apr. 2: Read Soames's "Truth, Meaning and Understanding" (photocopy--on reserve at Swem).
- For Apr. 4: Read Loar's "Two Theories of Meaning" (photocopy--on reserve at Swem).
- For Apr. 9: Read Chapters 1 and 2 of Kripke's Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language. (Optional related reading: selections from Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations (PPL 211-233).)
- For Apr. 16: Read Chapter 3 of Kripke's Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language.
- For Apr. 18: Be prepared to discuss Kripke's Wittgenstein's "sceptical solution" some more. Also, read Grice's "Meaning" (PPL 127-136).
- For Apr. 23: Read Grice's "Logic and Conversation" (PPL 271-287) and Searle's "What Is a Speech Act?" (PPL 253-268).
- For Apr. 25: Last class!
- For Apr. 30: Final papers due. Review session starting at 6pm.
- For May 7: Final Exam at 1:30pm.
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This document was created on January 17, 2002.