Thur., Sep. 21: (no reading, first class).
I. Carnap/Quine
Tue., Sep. 26: Carnap, Aufbau, Preface to 1st Edition
(pp. xv-xviii); §§1-5 (pp. 5-10); §§17-25 (pp. 31-43).
Thur., Sep. 28: Carnap, Aufbau, §§26-41 (pp. 47-70); §§46-60 (pp. 78-97).
Tue., Oct. 3: Carnap, Aufbau, §67 (pp. 107-9); §§
95-6 (pp. 152-4); §§98-103 (pp. 156-63); §§125-8
(pp. 194-9); §157 (p. 246); §§160-61 (pp. 254-7); §§165-9
(pp. 263-72).
Thur., Oct. 5: Carnap, Aufbau, §§175-83 (pp. 281-98).
Tue., Oct. 10: Carnap, The Unity of Science, §§1-3
and 6; Neurath, ``Protocol Sentences''; Carnap, ``On Protocol
Sentences.''
Thur., Oct. 12: ``The Methodological Character of Theoretical Concepts,'' §§1-6, beginning of §7 (through the paragraph that ends on top of p. 54), and §§8-10; Putnam, ``What Theories Are Not.''
Tue., Oct. 17: Quine, ```Epistemology Naturalized.''
Thur., Oct. 19: continued discussion of ``Epistemology Naturalized.''
II. Popper/Kuhn
Tue., Oct. 24: Popper, LSD, ch. 1 and 2 (pp. 3-34).
Thur., Oct. 26: Popper, LSD ch. 3 (pp. 37-56).
Tue., Oct. 31: Popper, LSD, ch. 4 (pp. 57-73) (and first paper/exam
due).
Thur., Nov. 2: Popper, LSD, ch. 5 (pp. 74-94).
Tue., Nov. 7: Popper, LSD, ch. 10 beginning and §79
(pp. 248-52); §82 (pp. 264-7); §84 through end (including
Addendum), pp. 273-82.
Thur., Nov. 9: Neurath, ``Pseudorationalism of Falsification''; Putnam ``The `Corroboration' of Theories''; Lakatos, ``Popper on Demarcation and Induction,'' through end of part I (pp. 241-52).
Tue., Nov. 14: Kuhn, SSR, ch. 1-5, pp. 1-51.
Thur., Nov. 16: Kuhn, SSR, ch. 6-8, pp. 52-91.
Tue., Nov. 21: Kuhn, SSR, ch. 9-10, pp. 92-135.
Thur., Nov. 23: no class (Thanksgiving)
Tue., Nov. 28: Kuhn, SSR, ch. 11-13, pp. 136-73.
III. Epilogue: Hacking
Thur., Nov. 30: Hacking, Representing and Intervening,
Introduction and ch. 10.
Wed., Dec. 6: second
paper/exam
due