Dr. Brian Rabern, DSB 4.04c, brian.rabern@ed.ac.uk [Course Organiser]
Dr. Keith Wilson, DSB 4.02, k.wilson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary: Alison Lazda, philinfo@ed.ac.uk
Tuesday: 13:10-14:00, 50 George Square, Lecture Theatre G.03.
Thursday: 17:10-18:00, 50 George Square, Lecture Theatre G.03.
Friday: 15:10-16:00, Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5.
See timetable
The Frege Reader [The works of Gottlob Frege, edited by Micheal Beaney], Blackwell.
Bertrand Russell, The problems of philosophy, Oxford.
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, Blackwell.
Philosophy of mind: Classical and contemporary readings [edited by David Chalmers], Oxford.
Recommended books:
See resource list
Week | Date | Topic | Lecturer |
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1 | 17 Sept | Frege on sign, function, and object | Dr. Rabern |
2 | 24 Sept | Frege on sense and reference | Dr. Rabern |
3 | 01 Oct | Russell on denoting | Dr. Rabern |
4 | 08 Oct | Russell on the theory of descriptions | Dr. Rabern |
5 | 15 Oct | Wittgenstein on meaning and use | Dr. Rabern |
6 | 22 Oct | Dualism and the mind-body problem | Dr. Wilson |
7 | 29 Oct | Identity theories | Dr. Wilson |
8 | 05 Nov | Functionalism and multiple realisability | Dr. Wilson |
9 | 12 Nov | Kripkeās modal argument and the explanatory gap | Dr. Wilson |
10 | 19 Nov | The knowledge argument | Dr. Wilson |
11 | 26 Nov | Revision Week | Rabern/Wilson |
See expanded list of lectures and corresponding readings or simple reading list
This course will be examined on the basis of two pieces of assessed work (full details):
Mid-term essay
End of semester examination
Further information: