PHIL 309: Twentieth Century Analytic Philosophy

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.