Note: Everything on this
schedule is tentative! We may make adjustments, possibly even major adjustments,
as needed.
| Date | Topic | Assignment |
| Wed, Jan 13 | Introduction to the Class | |
| Mon, Jan 18 |
NO CLASS |
Martin Luther King Day |
| Wed, Jan 20 | Russell I | Philosophy of Logical Atomism, lectures 1-3 |
| Mon, Jan 25 | Russell II | Philosophy of Logical Atomism, lectures 4-6 |
| Wed, Jan 27 | Russell III | Philosophy of Logical Atomism, lectures 7-8 |
| Mon, Feb 1 | Reference and Meaning; Definite Descriptions | read Lycan, chapter 1-2 |
| Wed, Feb 3 | Traditional Theories | Lycan chapter 5; Locke handout |
| Mon, Feb 8 | "Use" Theories | Lycan, chapter 6; Wittgenstein, Investigations through section 120 (handout) |
| Wed, Feb 10 | Grice's program | Lycan, chapter 7 |
| Mon, Feb 15 | verificationism I | Language, Truth and Logic, chapters 1-3 |
| Wed, Feb 17 | verificationism II | Language, Truth and Logic, chapters 4-6 |
| Mon, Feb 22 | verificationism III | Language, Truth and Logic, chapters 7-8; Lycan, chapter 8 |
| Wed, Feb 24 | truth-conditions theories | Lycan, chapters 9-10 |
| Mon, Mar 1 | Kripke I | Naming and Necessity, lecture 1 |
| Wed, Mar 3 | Kripke II | Naming and Necessity, lecture 2 |
| Mon, Mar 8 | catch-up day; review for midterm exam | no new reading |
| Wed, March 10 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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| Mon, March 15 - Fri, March 19 |
NO CLASS |
Spring Break |
| Mon, Mar 22 | Kripke III | Naming and Necessity, lecture 3 |
| Wed, Mar 24 | Proper Names and Direct Reference | Lycan, chapters 3-4 |
| Mon, Mar 29 | introduction to pragmatics | Lycan, chapters 11-12 |
| Wed, Mar 31 | Austin I | Austin, How to Do Things with Words, chapters 1-3 |
| Mon, Apr 5 | Austin II | Austin, How to Do Things with Words, chapters 4-7 |
| Wed, Apr 7 | Austin III | Austin, How to Do Things with Words, chapters 8-12 (the rest of the book) |
| Mon, Apr 12 | TBA | |
| Wed, Apr 14 | TBA | |
| Mon, Apr 19 | speech acts and conversations FINAL PAPER DUE |
Lycan, chapter 13; Grice, "Logic and Conversation" |
| Wed, Apr 21 | Metaphor | Lycan, chapter 14; something else (Davidson? Searle? C. S. Lewis?) |
| Mon, Apr 26 | Syntax | Chomsky, Pinker handouts |
| Wed, Apr 28 | wrap up, review for final exam | |
| Thursday, May 6 |
FINAL EXAM (8:30 AM) |