PHP 5785 Foundations of Analytic Philosophy



Kirk Ludwig
330A Griffin-Floyd Hall
Thurs. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. & by appt.
(352) 273-1812
ludwig + @phil.ufl.edu


Basic Course Information

Syllabus


Notes

Diagram 1: Origins and development of analytic philosophy
Diagram 2: Frege's theory illustrated with 'The King of France'
Note set 1: Frege's philosophy of language & Russell's paradox
Supplement: Frege's analysis of numbers

Note set 2: Moore and the Birth of Analytic Philosophy

Note set 3: Russell on Denoting Phrases

Note set 4: Russell on Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description

Note set 5: Russell and Logical Constructionism: the Relation of Sense-Data to Physics

Note set 6: Logical Atomism: Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
(The two youths in the fairy-tale, their two horses, and their lilies.)

Note set 7: Logical Positivism I: Metaphysics and Verificationism

Note set 8: Logical Positivism II: Protocol Sentences and the Unity of the Sciences

Note set 9: Carnap and Quine on Ontology

Note set 10: Moore's later epistemology

Note set 11: Remarks on Philosophical Investigations

Note set 12: Ordinary Language Philosophy

Note set 13: Quine on Analyticity and Synonymy


Take-home Final Examination

Final Exam


Course Relevant Links

Frege, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein   

Michael Beaney on the history of analysis in the analytic tradition.

Wilfrid Sellars on his intellectual development, which sheds light on paths of influence on philosophy in the U.S. from the major developments in analytic philosophy.


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