Proseminar (Fall 2015 | Rutgers | Philosophy) |
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Time/Location: |
Tuesdays, 9:50 – 12:50 |
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Description: |
Philosophy proseminar, geared toward first-year graduate students in philosophy at Rutgers. |
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Schedule (subject to change): |
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9/1: | Introduction/Overview |
9/15: | Skinner, Science and Human Behavior & About Behaviorism (excerpts) |
9/22: | Foley, "The Epistemology of Belief and the Epistemology of Degrees of Belief" |
9/29: | Fodor, "The Persistence of the Attitudes" |
10/6: | Boyd & Nagel, "The Reliability of Epistemic Intuitions"
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10/13: | Millikan, "Biosemantics" v. Fodor, “A Theory of Content: Part 1” & “Deconstructing Dennett’s Darwin” |
10/20: | Jenkins, "What can we know a priori?" v. Devitt, "We don't learn about the world by examining concepts" |
10/27: | Clark & Chalmers, "The Extended Mind" |
11/3: | Baehr, "Knowledge Need Not Be Virtuously Motivated" |
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11/17: | Elgin, "Non-Foundationalist Epistemology: Holism, Coherence, And Tenability" |
11/24: | Kriegel, "Two notions of Mental Representation" |
12/1: | Mini-Conference: Day 1
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12/8: | Mini-Conference: Day 2
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