Fall 2007
David Braun

 

 

Announcements

•          Instructor: David Braun, Lattimore 525, (585) 275-8107, david.braun@rochester.edu, office hours Mondays 2:00-4:00.

•          Time and location of class meetings: MWF 11:00-1:50 pm, Dewey 2110-E.

•          The first paper is due by e-mail at 9:00 am Friday, September 28.

•          There will be no class on Friday, October 5 (because I will be out of town) and no class on Monday, October 8 (because of fall break).

•          The take-home quiz on use and mention is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, October 10. Hard copy only; no e-mail.

•          The second paper assignment is due by e-mail at 5:00 pm Tuesday, October 16.

•          NEW DUE DATE for second paper assignment: 5:00 pm Thursday, October 18.

•          The midterm examination will take place at 11:00 am (our usual time for class) on Friday, November 2, in Dewey 2110-E (our usual location for class). It will last fifty-five minutes.

•          The third paper assignment is due (for undergraduates) by e-mail at 5:00 pm, Thursday, November 29.

•          There will be no class meeting on Wednesday, November 21.

•          The second examination will take place at 7:15 pm on Thursday, December 20, in Dewey 2110-E (our usual location for class meetings).

 

Downloads (all in pdf)

•          Syllabus

•          Arguments Handout

•          Extraction, Explanation, and Evaluation of Arguments Handout

•          Citations Handout

•          “Names and Natural Kind Terms”

•          First Paper Assignment

•          “Frege and Russell”

•          Quiz on Use and Mention

•          Second Paper Assignment (revised to reflect new due date)

•          Study Guide for the Midterm Examination

•          Third Paper Assignment

•          Study Guide for the Second Examination

 

Links

•          Electronic course reserve

•          Kent Bach’s “Meaning, Speech Acts, and Communication” (Introduction to Part I of Robert Harnish (ed.), Basic Topics in Philosophy of Language, Prentice-Hall, 1994.)

•          “Reference,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

•          “Propositions-singular,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

•          “John Stuart Mill,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

•          “John Locke,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

•          “Gottlob Frege,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

•          “Bertrand Russell,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

•          “Propositional Attitude Reports,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy