Readings

20th-Century Western Philosophy
Spring 2016
Course Readings
 
Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy 
Chapters 1-3
 
A. J. Ayer, The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge
Chapter 1
 
J. L. Austin, Sense and Sensibilia
 
Gottlob Frege, "On Sense and Reference"
 
Saul Kripke, Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language
 
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Blue Book
 
David Chalmers, "Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness"
 
Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind
Chapter 1
 
Bertrand Russell, "The Scientific Method in Philosophy"
 
Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas
Lectures 1-2, 4-7
 
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Brown Book
 
Readings publicly available are linked above.  
Reading Quizzes 
 
1/15/16:  Reading Quiz 1  (Solutions)
 
1/29/16:  Reading Quiz 2  (Solutions)
 
2/05/16:  Reading Quiz 3  (Solutions)
 
2/12/16:  Reading Quiz 4  (Solutions)
 
2/26/16: Reading Quiz 5  (Solutions)
 
3/4/16: Reading Quiz 6  (Solutions)
 
3/11/16: Reading Quiz 7  (Solutions)
 
4/1/16: Reading Quiz 8  (Solutions)