Lecture Notes corresponding to each day's class will be usually be posted between 12 and 1:30pm.
Wednesday November 30: Rorty: "Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism" 3
Monday November 28: Rorty: "Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism" 2
Friday November 18: Rorty: "Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism" 1
Wednesday November 16: Rorty: "Pragmatism, Relativism and Irrationalism" 3
Monday November 14: Rorty: "Pragmatism, Relativism and Irrationalism" 2
Wednesday November 9: Rorty: "Pragmatism, Relativism and Irrationalism" 1
Monday November 7: No lecture notes. We watched two excerpts from Phillip McReynolds's film American Philosopher: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpf-ye31sYk and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlrEbffVVjM
Friday November 4: Putnam: "Is There Still Anything to Say...?" 4
Wednesday November 2: Putnam: "Is There Still Anything to Say...?" 3
Monday October 31: Putnam: "Is There Still Anything to Say...?" 2
Friday October 28: Putnam: "Is There Still Anything to Say...?" 1
Wednesday October 26: "Truth and Consequences" 3
Monday October 24: "Truth and Consequences" 2
Friday October 21: "Truth and Consequences" 1
Wednesday October 19: "Quest for Certainty" 3
Monday October 17: "Quest for Certainty" 2
Friday October 14: "Quest for Certainty" 1
Wednesday October 12: Introduction to Dewey
Wednesday October 5: "Pragmatism's Conception of Truth" 2
Monday October 3: "What Pragmatism Means" 4; "Pragmatism's Conception of Truth" 1
Friday September 30: "What Pragmatism Means" 3
Wednesday September 28: "What Pragmatism Means" 2
Monday September 26: "What Pragmatism Means" 1
Friday September 23: "The Present Dilemma in Philosophy" 2
Wednesday September 21: "The Present Dilemma in Philosophy" 1
Monday September 19: "How to Make Our Ideas Clear" 3
Friday September 16: "How to Make Our Ideas Clear" 2
Wednesday September 14: "How to Make Our Ideas Clear" 1
Monday September 12: "Fixation of Belief" 4
Friday September 9: "Fixation of Belief" 3
Wednesday September 7: "Fixation of Belief" 2
Friday September 2: "Fixation of Belief" 1
Wednesday August 31: Peirce vs. Cartesianism 3
Monday August 29: Peirce vs. Cartesianism 2
Friday August 26: Peirce vs. Cartesianism 1
Wednesday August 24: From More- to Less-Realist Pragmatism; Peirce; Descartes' Quest for Certainty and the Traditional View
Monday August 22: Pragmatism and the Traditional View