LARKIN:
Spring 2003
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DATE: 2-18-03
I.
Objectives
A.
Compare
Russell and Frege Answers to Semantic Puzzles
B.
Explicate
the Philosophical Implications of Russell’s Theory of Descriptions
II.
Discussion:
Frege vs. Russell on 3 Semantic Puzzles
III.
Lecture: Russell’s “On Denoting”
A.
Russell’s
Solution to Frege’s Puzzle
B.
Epistemological
Benefits of Theory of Descriptions
IV.
Discussion:
V.
Next
Time
A.
Topic:
Logical Atomism
B.
Reading: Wittgenstein, Tractatus
Logico-Philosophicus
C.
Reading Questions: No reading
questions for Wittgenstein—that would just be cruel.