Grad Seminar Reading Schedule

AUG 30

Course Introduction

SEP 6

Readings on Method

• Jones, "Phenomenological Method"
• Nagel, "What is it Like to Be a Bat?" (recommended if you haven't read it.)
• Dennett, "What it is like to be a bat"
• Haug, "Introduction: Debates about methods: from linguistic philosophy to philosophical naturalism" and first four essays, p. 1-42.

• Haug, "Two Dimensions of methodological debates: methodological naturalism and the fate of armchair methods."
• Timothy Williamson, "What is naturalism?"
• Alex Rosenberg, "Why I am a naturalist"
• Timothy Williamson, "The Unclarity of Naturalism"
• Alex Rosenberg, "Can Naturalism Save the Humanities?"

Review major wiki pages on method

• Philosophical Methodology [1]
• Socratic Method [2]

Introduction to Philosophical Projects:

• Alfino. See my page for this: Alfino Projects. Focus on the first project for this class. Please read the conference paper referenced there and do some browsing on the topic.

SEP 13

Readings on Method

• Jeffrey Roland, "On naturalism in the Quinean tradition"
• Lynne Rudder Baker, "The first-person perspective and its relation to natural science"
• Daniel Dennett, "What is an Intuition Pump?"

• Let's leave room in the schedule for up to three of you to present on your projects. Check with me on your plan for doing that.

Introduction to Philosophical Projects:

• Annalee Ring, "The Power of Words and the Appearance of Lived Space in Navajo Culture"

SEP 20

Readings on Method

• David Woodruff Smith, "Phenomenological Methods in Philosophy of Mind," 335-352.
• Matthew Ratcliffe, "Some Husserlian Reflections on the contents of experience," 353-378.

Introduction to Philosophical Projects:

Writing & Style in Philosophy

• Pinker, The Sense of Style, Intro and Chapter 1

SEP 27

Readings on Method

Introduction to Philosophical Projects:

OCT 4

Readings on Method

Introduction to Philosophical Projects:

NOV 22

t day pre

DEC 13

last week of semester