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Readings

Mon., Apr. 10: Carnap, ``The Elimination of Metaphysics through Logical Analysis of Language'' (note: the original German of this article can be found here); Cassirer, Substance and Function, ch. 1 (pp. 3-26); Friedman, A Parting of the Ways, Preface, ch. 1 and ch. 3 (pp. ix-xiv, 1-9, and 25-37).

Mon., Apr. 17: Cassirer, Substance and Function, ch. 2, §§ I-III (pp. 27-54); ch. 3, §I (pp. 68-75); ch. 4, §§I-II (pp. 112-29); Richardson, Carnap's Construction, ch. 4 (pp. 92-115); Friedman, Parting of the Ways, ch. 6 (pp. 87-110).

Mon., Apr. 24: Cassirer, Substance and Function, ch. 5, §§ I-II (pp. 237-64); ch. 6, §§I-II (pp. 271-85); ch. 7 (pp. 309-25); Richardson, Carnap's Construction, ch. 5-6 (pp. 116-58).

Mon., May 1: Husserl, Ideas, Introduction (pp. xvii-xxiii); §§1-17 (pp. 1-32), §27 (pp. 51-3), §§30-34 (pp. 56-62), §38 (pp. 78-80), §§42-3 (pp. 89-94); Stone, ``Heidegger and Carnap on the Overcoming of Metaphysics,'' Introduction and §1 (pp. 1-5).

Mon., May 8: Husserl, Ideas, §§44-46 (pp. 94-107), §55 (pp. 128-30), §138 (pp. 331-3), §§142-3 (pp. 340-43), §§ 149-52 (pp. 355-66); Sarkar, ``Husserl's Role in Carnap's Der Raum''; Stone, ``The Continental Origins of Verificationism: Natorp, Husserl and Carnap on the Object as Infinitely Determinable X.''

Mon., May 15: Heidegger, ``What is Metaphysics?'', first two parts (in Pathmarks, pp. 82-9); Friedman, Parting of the Ways, ch. 4 (pp. 39-62) and ch. 8 (pp. 129-144); Stephan Käufer, ``On Heidegger on Logic''; James Conant, ``Two Conceptions of Die Überwindung der Metaphysik: Carnap and Early Wittgenstein.''

Mon., May 22: Heidegger. ``What is Metaphysics?'', last part (in Pathmarks, pp. 89-96); Being and Time, §7 (pp. 49-63); §35 (pp. 211-14); §44b, second (very short) paragraph, beginning ``In citing ...'' (p. 262); §§56-7 (pp. 317-25); Witherspoon, ``Much Ado about the Nothing''; Stone, ``Heidegger and Carnap on the Overcoming of Metaphysics,'' §2 (pp. 6-11).

Fri., May 26 (9:00am): Carnap, Aufbau, §§1-5 (pp. 5-10); §§10-16 (pp. 19-30); §§17-19 (pp. 31-4); §23 (pp. 39-40); §§27-31 (pp. 48-56); §§38-41 (pp. 65-70); §§54-60 (pp. 88-97); §§99-105 (pp. 156-66); Friedman, Parting of the Ways, ch. 5 (pp. 63-86); Richardson, Carnap's Construction, ch. 1-2 (pp. 5-64).

Mon., May 29: no class (holiday).

Wed., May 31 (12:00pm): Carnap, Aufbau, Preface to the first edition (pp. xv-xviii); §§153-6 (pp. 234-46); §§175-83 (pp. 281-98); Friedman, Parting of the Ways, ch. 7 (pp. 111-28); Richardson, Carnap's Construction, ch. 8 (pp. 183-206); Stone, ``Heidegger and Carnap on the Overcoming of Metaphysics,'' §3 (pp. 11-18).

Mon., June 5: Carnap, ``Elimination of Metaphysics'' (again); Heidegger, ``Postscript to `What is Metaphysics?''' ( Pathmarks, pp. 231-8); ``Introduction to `What is Metaphysics?''' (Pathmarks, pp. 277-90); Friedman, Parting of the Ways, ch. 1-2 (pp. 1-24); Stone, ``Heidegger and Carnap on the Overcoming of Metaphysics,'' §4 (pp. 18-24).


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