By focusing on a range of key texts in theoretical philosophy, organized around a unifying theme or philosopher, this course serves to advance participants' ability to engage in a sustained, critical, and systematic manner with pivotal texts from a variety of philosophical subfields, including philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, action theory, philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophy of logic, and metaphysics. Students also learn to reflect on the differences (and complementarity) between these subdisciplinary approaches.
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An examination of key texts in theoretical philosophy, organized around a unifying theme or philosopher, this course serves to advance participants' ability to engage in a sustained, critical, and systematic manner with pivotal texts from a variety of philosophical subfields, including philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, action theory, philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophy of logic, and metaphysics.
The central theme for 2016-17 was the nature of reasoning, and in 2017-18, the philosophy of Donald Davidson.
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