Note: Everything on this
schedule is tentative! We may make adjustments, possibly even major adjustments,
as needed.
| Date | Topic | Assignment |
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Introduction |
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| Wed, Jan 10 | Introduction to the Class | |
| Mon, Jan 15 |
NO CLASS |
Martin Luther King Day |
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Theories of Reference I |
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| Wed, Jan 17 | Russell I | Philosophy of Logical Atomism, lectures 1-3 |
| Mon, Jan 22 | Russell II | Philosophy of Logical Atomism, lectures
4-6 Note: please do read lectures 4-6 for today even though Wednesday's class was cancelled! |
| Wed, Jan 24 | Russell III | Philosophy of Logical Atomism, lectures 7-8 |
| Mon, Jan 29 | Reference and Meaning; Definite Descriptions | read Lycan, chapter 1-2 |
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Theories of Meaning |
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| Wed, Jan 31 | Traditional Theories | Lycan chapter 5; Locke handout |
| Mon, Feb 5 | "Use" Theories | Lycan, chapter 6; Wittgenstein, Investigations through section 120 (handout) |
| Wed, Feb 7 | Grice's program | Lycan, chapter 7 |
| Mon, Feb 12 | verificationism I | Language, Truth and Logic, chapters 1-3 |
| Wed, Feb 14 | verificationism II | Language, Truth and Logic, chapters 4-6 |
| Mon, Feb 19 | verificationism III | Language, Truth and Logic, chapters 7-8; Lycan, chapter 8 |
| Wed, Feb 21 | truth-condition theories | Lycan, chapters 9-10 |
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Theories of Reference II |
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| Mon, Feb 26 | Kripke I | Naming and Necessity, lecture 1 |
| Wed, Feb 28 | Kripke II | Naming and Necessity, lecture 2 |
| Mon, Mar 5 | catch-up day; review for midterm exam | no new reading |
| Wed, March 7 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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| Mon, March 12 - Fri, March 16 |
NO CLASS |
Spring Break |
| Mon, Mar 19 | Kripke III | Naming and Necessity, lecture 3 |
| Wed, Mar 21 | Proper Names and Direct Reference | Lycan, chapters 3-4 |
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Pragmatics and Speech Acts |
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| Mon, Mar 26 | introduction to pragmatics | Lycan, chapters 11-12 |
| Wed, Mar 28 | Austin I | Austin, How to Do Things with Words, chapters 1-3 |
| Mon, Apr 2 | Austin II | Austin, How to Do Things with Words, chapters 4-7 |
| Wed, Apr 4 | Austin III | Austin, How to Do Things with Words, chapters 8-12 (the rest of the book) |
| Mon, Apr 9 | paper presentations I | Adam, Ben, Brian |
| Wed, Apr 11 | paper presentations II | Alex, Joe |
| Mon, Apr 16 | speech acts and conversations FINAL PAPER DUE |
Lycan, chapter 13; Grice, "Logic and Conversation" |
| Wed, Apr 18 | Metaphor | Lycan, chapter 14; something else (Davidson? Searle? C. S. Lewis?) |
| Mon, Apr 23 | Syntax | Chomsky, Pinker handouts |
| Wed, Apr 25 | wrap up, review for final exam | |
| Wednesday, May 2 |
FINAL EXAM (2:00 PM) |
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Last update: January 17, 2007 |