KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY
201 Hunter College | Fall 2015 | Taught by
Daniel W. Harris
Syllabus
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First Assignment
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Term Paper Assignment
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Commenting Instructions
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Final Exam
Tuesdays
Fridays
August 28
Introduction
September 1
Bertrand Russell: The Problems of Philosophy
, Chs. 1-4
Slides
September 4
Russell: The Problems of Philosophy, Chs. 5-8
Slides
September 8
Class cancelled on this day
September 11
Class cancelled on this day
September 15
No Class at Hunter on this Day
September 18
Russell: The Problems of Philosophy, Chs. 9-15
Slides
September 23
No Class at Hunter on this Day
September 26
Russell: The Problems of Philosophy
(We'll finish talking about the book. Quiz will be on chs. 9-13.)
September 29
Robert Audi - Epistemology (excerpt on Perception)
October 2
Michael Huemer - An Objection to Indirect Realism
Slides on Audi and Huemer
October 6
(Finished discussion of sense data.)
October 9
Eric Schwitzgebel - 1% Skepticism
(We'll have another quiz on this reading.)
Slides on Schwitzgebel
October 13
Class Cancelled
October 16
W. V. O. Quine - Word and Object (ch.1)
W. V. O. Quine - Two Dogmas of Empiricism (excerpt; read this second)
Slides on Quine
October 20
D. M. Armstrong - Is Introspective Knowledge Incorrigible?
October 23
D. M. Armstrong - The Nature of Mind
Slides on Armstrong
October 27
Paul Churchland: Eliminative Materialism
Slides on Churchland
October 30
Andy Clark and Dave Chalmers: The Extended Mind
Slides on Clark and Chalmers
November 3
Frank Jackson: What Mary Didn't Know
November 6
Brie Gertler: A Defense of Mind-Body Dualism
Slides on Jackson and Gertler
November 10
Chris Swoyer: Abstract Entities
November 13
Cian Dorr: There Are No Abstract Objects
Slides on Swoyer and Dorr
November 17
Lila Gleitman and Elissa Newport: The Invention of Language by Children
November 20
Steven Gross and George Rey - Innateness
Optional Background:
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Article on Jerry Fodor.
(Sections 4, 5, and 6 are relevant.)
Slides on Swoyer and Dorr
November 24
C. L. Hardin: Perception and Physical Theory
The Color After Image Illusion (Youtube Video)
Slides on Hardin
November 27
No Class (Thanksgiving)
December 1
(Class cancelled)
December 4
John Perry: A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality
Optional:
Bernard Williams: The Self and the Future
December 8
Derek Parfit: Personal Identity
December 11
David Velleman: So It Goes
Slides on the Self