Readings | Proseminar in Philosophy I | Linguistics and Philosophy

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.

Course readings.
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. Handout 2: "Schemas" (PDF) 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. Handout 3: "On Denoting" (PDF)	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. "Wittgenstein's Later Criticism of the Tractatus." (PDF) Diamond, Cora, and James Conant. "On Reading the Tractatus Resolutely: Reply to Meredith Williams and Peter Sullivan." (PDF) 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. "Troubles For Radical Transparency." (PDF) 2005. 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)