There are no new readings for this day, and no critical-feedback assignment. We'll catch up and I'll say some things about logicism. However, you might enjoy this youtube video about Russell's paradox.
Monday, September 22nd
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No class
Thursday, September 25th
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The Tractatus Again
Required Reading
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, pp.3–31; 80–89 (§§1–4.1212; 6.3–7) (Note: This is a lot of reading, but about half of it is the part we've already read. Refresh your memory on that and then check out the rest. Try to think about ways that it is connected to what we've been reading.)
Jerry Fodor: The Language of Thought
(Please read at least the first half of Chapter 1 (pp.27–42), and at least the following bits of Chapter 2: pp.55–58, pp.68–74. If you have time and you're finding it interesting, read all of Chapters 1 and 2.)
Thursday, December 11th
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Language as a rule-governed phenomenon