Noncognitivism (Fall 2016 | MIT | Philosophy) |
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Thursdays, 2–5 |
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Description: |
Graduate seminar, covering recent topics in noncognitivism (including noncognitivism in ethics, mind, epistemology, and language). |
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Schedule (subject to change): |
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9/8: | Schroeder, Chapters 1, 2 & 3 of Noncognitivism in Ethics [Notes, Bibliography] |
9/15: | Schroeder, Chapters 4, 5, 6 & 7 of Noncognitivism in Ethics [Notes, Bibliography] |
9/22: | Dreier, "Expressivist Embeddings and Minimalist Truth" [Background reading for Dreier: "Meta-ethics and the Problem of Creeping Minimalism"]
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9/29: | Dreier, "Can Reasons Fundamentalism Answer the Normative Question?" [Background reading for Dreier: "Meta-ethics and the Problem of Creeping Minimalism"] |
10/6: | Dreier, Seminar Visit |
10/13: | Bar-On, "Expression, Truth, and Reality: Some Variations on Themes from Wright" |
10/20: | Bar-On, "Expression and Meaning: Acts, Products, and ‘Normative Language’" [Background readings: "Expressive Communication and Continuity Skepticism" & "Ethical Neo-Expressivism"] |
10/27: | Bar-On, Seminar Visit |
11/3: | Moss, Chapters 1&2 of Probabilistic Knowledge (10/13/16 draft) [Background reading: Egan, Weatherson, Hawthorne's "Epistemic Modals in Context"] |
11/10: | Moss, Chapters 6&7 of Probabilistic Knowledge (10/13/16 draft) [Background reading: Lewis's "Elusive Knowledge"]
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11/17: | Moss, Seminar Visit |
12/1: | Stalnaker, "Contextualism and the New Relativism", Chapter 8 of Context [Background reading: "Appendix" from Context] |
12/8: | Stalnaker, "Expressivism & Propositions" [Background reading: "Appendix" from Context]
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12/15: | Stalnaker, Seminar Visit |