The following books are required reading for the course.
[F] = Frege, Gottlob. The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number. 2nd revised ed. Translated by J. L. Austin. Northwestern University Press, 1980. ISBN: 9780810106055. [Preview with Google Books]
[FR] = ———. The Frege Reader. Edited by Michael Beaney. Blackwell Publishing, 1997. ISBN: 9780631194453.
[R] = Russell, Bertrand. The Problems of Philosophy. Wilder Publications, 2009. ISBN: 9781604595130.
[W] = Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Tractatus Logico-Philosphicus. Translated by D. F. Pears and B. F. McGuiness. Humanities Press International, 1992. ISBN: 9780391036086.
[WP] = ———. Philosophical Investigations. 4th ed. Translated by G. E. M. Anscombe, P. M. S. Hacker, and Joachim Schulte. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. ISBN: 9781405159289.
[M] = Moore, G. E. Principia Ethica. 2nd ed. Edited by Thomas Baldwin. Cambridge University Press, 1994. [Preview with Google Books]
[A] = Ayer, Alfred Jules. Language, Truth and Logic. 2nd ed. Dover Publications, 1952. ISBN: 9780486200101.
[R] = Ryle, Gilbert. The Concept of Mind. University Of Chicago Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780226732961.
[AJ] = Austin, J. L. Sense and Sensibilia. 2nd ed. Edited by G. J. Warnock. Oxford University Press, 1962. ISBN: 9780195003079.
Additional readings, as well as accompanying questions, are listed in the table below.
| WEEK # | TOPICS | READINGS | READING QUESTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: ''Boston'' designates 'Boston'—quasi-quotation & such |
Handout 1: "Boston" designates 'Boston' (PDF) Quine, W. V. "Use versus Mention." Chapter 1, section 4 in Mathematical Logic. Harvard University Press, 1981. ISBN: 9780674554511. ———. "Statements about Statements." Chapter 1, section 5 in Mathematical Logic. Harvard University Press, 1981. ISBN: 9780674554511. ———. "Quasi-Quotation." Chapter 1, section 6 in Mathematical Logic. Harvard University Press, 1981. ISBN: 9780674554511. Cartwright, Richard. Philosophical Essays. MIT Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780262031301. Quine, W. V. "The Variable." Chapter 27 in The Ways of Paradox and Other Essays. Revised edition. Harvard University Press, 1976. ISBN: 9780674948372. [Preview with Google Books] | n/a |
| 2 | Frege: The Foundations of Arithmetic (1884) | [F] | Reading questions 1 (PDF) |
| 3 | Frege: The Foundations of Arithmetic (1884) | [F] | Reading questions 2 (PDF) |
| 4 |
Frege: Function and Concept (1891) Frege: On Concept and Object (1892) Frege: On Sense and Reference (1892) Frege: The Thought: A Logical Enquiry (1918) | [FR] | Reading questions 3 (PDF) |
| 5 |
Meinong: The Theory of Objects (1904) Russell: On Denoting (1905) |
Meinong, Alexius. "The Theory of Objects." In Realism and the Background of Phenomenology. Edited by Roderick M. Chisolm. Ridgeview Publishing Company, 1981. ISBN: 9780917930140. Russell, Bertrand. "On Denoting." Mind 14, no. 56 (1905): 479–93. | Reading questions 4 (PDF) |
| 6 |
Brentano: Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (1874) Husserl: Logical Investigations (1900 / 1901) Russell: The Philosophy of Logical Atomism (1918) |
Brentano, Franz. Excerpt from Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint. 2nd ed. Translated by Antos C. Rancurello, D. B. Terrell, and Linda L. McAlister. International Library of Philosophy, 1995. ISBN: 9780415106610. Husserl, Edmund. "Consciousness as Intentional Experience." Investigation V, Chapter 2 in Logical Investigations. Vol. 2. Routledge, 2001, pp. 94–106. ISBN: 9780415241908. Russell, Bertrand. "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism." In Logic and Knowledge: Essays 1901–1950. Edited by Robert C. Marsh. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1956. ISBN: 9780041640014. | Reading questions 5 (PDF) |
| 7 and 8 |
Russell: The Problems of Philosophy (1912) Wittgenstein: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921) Intermission: Rayo, The Construction of Logical Space (2013) |
[R] [W] Rayo, Augustin. The Construction of Logical Space. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN: 9780199662623. [Preview with Google Books] | Reading questions 6 (PDF) |
| 9 | Wittgenstein: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921) |
[W] Conant, James. Diamond, Cora, and James Conant. Diamond, Cora. "Throwing Away the Ladder." Philosophy 63, no. 243 (1988): 5–27. | Reading questions 7 (PDF) |
| 10 |
Moore: Principia Ethica (1903) Moore: The Conception of Intrinsic Value (1922) | [M] | Reading questions 8 (PDF) |
| 11 |
Moore: The Refutation of Idealism (1903) Moore: A Defence of Common Sense (1925) Moore: Proof of an External World (1939) |
Moore, G. E. "The Refutation of Idealism." In G. E. Moore: Selected Writings. Edited by Thomas Baldwin. Routledge, 2013. ISBN: 9780415862295. [Preview with Google Books] ———. "A Defence of Common Sense." In G. E. Moore: Selected Writings. Edited by Thomas Baldwin. Routledge, 2013. ISBN: 9780415862295. [Preview with Google Books] Van Cleve, James. Moore, G. E. "Proof of an External World." In G. E. Moore: Selected Writings. Edited by Thomas Baldwin. Routledge, 2013. ISBN: 9780415862295. | Reading questions 9 (PDF) |
| 12 |
Ayer: Language, Truth, and Logic (1936) Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations (1953) |
[A] [WP] | Reading questions 10 (PDF) |
| 13 | Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations (1953) |
[WP] Hacker, P. M. S. "Private Linguists and Public Speakers." Chapter 9 in Insight and Illusion: Wittgenstein on Philosophy and the Metaphysics of Experience. Oxford University Press, 1975. ISBN: 9780195198232. Kenny, Anthony. "Private Languages." Chapter 10 in Wittgenstein. Revised edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2005. ISBN: 9781405136556. [Preview with Google Books] | Reading questions 11 (PDF) |
| 14 and 15 |
Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations (1953) Ryle: The Concept of Mind (1949) Austin: Sense and Sensibilia (1962) Ayer: The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge (1940) |
[WP] Horwich, Paul. "A Critique of Theoretical Philosophy." Chapter 2 in Wittgenstein's Metaphilosophy. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN: 9780199661121. [Preview with Google Books] [R] Stanley, Jason, and Timothy Williamson. "Knowing How." Journal of Philosophy 98, no. 8 (2001): 411–44. [AJ] Ayer, A. J. "Preface." In The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge. Palgrave Macmillan, 1964. ISBN: 9780333068380. ———. "The Argument from Illusion." Chapter 1 in The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge. Palgrave Macmillan, 1964. ISBN: 9780333068380. | Reading questions 12 (PDF) |
