About this class, tools for reading and writing philosoph, a very brief history of philosophy.
Pryor, Guidelines on Reading Philosophy
Pryor. Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper
History of philosophy continued: some classic problems of philosophy and logical tools.
Skepticism: the external world and other minds
Russell. "The Existence of Matter" (Problems of Philosophy)
Bouwsma. "Descartes Evil Genius"
Zombies on the Web (Chalmers)
Lem. "How Trurl's Own Perfection Led to No Good"
Meaning and Reference: The Russell-Strawson Debate
Russell, On Denoting
Strawson "On Referring"
Russell. "Mr. Strawson on Referring"
Ontology: The Problem of Universals
Quine. "On What There Is"
The Logical Positivist Program
Ayer. "The Elimination of Metaphysics.”
Ayer. L anguage, Truth and Logic (squashed version)
The Analytic/Synthetic Distinction
Quine. "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"
Sense and Reference
Frege. "On Sense and Reference"
IDENTITY PUZZLES
Discussion of Test I
IDENTITY PUZZLES, continued
Identity
Max Black. "The Identity of Indiscernibles"
Quine. "Identity, Ostension, Hypostasis"
The Mind-Body Problem
Place. Is Consciousness a Brain Process?
Dennett. "Where Am I?"
Personal Identity
Quinton. " The Soul”
Lewis. "Survival and Identity"
The Private Language Argument
Wittgenstein. Philosophical Investigations 244-271
Reference
Kripke. "Identity and Necessity"
Putnam. "Meaning and Reference"
Qualia
Jackson. "What Mary Didn't Know"
