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 2018-19 is the methodology of (analytic) philosophy. We will distinguish different methodological approaches to issues in different areas of theoretical philosophy (mathematical modelling, conceptual analysis, rational reconstruction, explication/conceptual engineering, experimental philosophy, etc.) and discuss the scope and limits of these approaches as well as their metaphilosophical commitments.
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