Universität Wien

180016 VO-L Sprache und Realität (2019S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie

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Sprache: Englisch

Prüfungstermine

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

ACHTUNG!! Der Termin am 14.05.2019 muss leider abgesagt werden!!!

Dienstag 19.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
Dienstag 26.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
Dienstag 02.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
Dienstag 09.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
Dienstag 30.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
Dienstag 07.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
Dienstag 21.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
Dienstag 28.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
Dienstag 04.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
Dienstag 18.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course will deal with metaphysical realism and the ways in which it was spelled out and developed by analytic philosophers in the last decades of the twentieth century. We will therefore read authors who "revived" metaphysics in the 1980s-90s, such as David Lewis, David Armstrong, Saul Kripke, and others.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

A final test will take place on the last day of the course (June 25th).
The test will last 90 minutes and it will consist in 5 open questions, plus a small final section with 6 "true-false" questions.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

I will evaluate the student's capacity to present in a succinct but also exhaustive way the arguments offered by the authors covered during the course. This means that course participants should study in such a way as to: (i) have a clear general picture about the positions held by each author and the main arguments in support of their position. (ii) be able to report such arguments in written form.

Prüfungsstoff

All course material will be relevant for the exam. However, practice questions will be made available to help students focus on a limited number of core topics.

Literatur

All readings will be made available on Moodle.

Session 1 - Selection from: Button, Tim (2015). The Limits of Realism. Oxford University Press UK.

Session 2 - Putnam, Hilary (1977). Realism and Reason. Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 50 (6):483-498.

Session 3 - Devitt, Michael (1983). Realism and the renegade Putnam: A critical study of meaning and the moral sciences. Noûs 17 (2):291-301.

Session 4 - Lewis, David (1984). Putnam's paradox. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 62 (3):221 – 236.

Sessions 5-6 - Selection from: Lewis, David (1983). New work for a theory of universals. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 61 (4):343-377.

Session 7 - Selection from: Kripke, Saul (1980). Naming and Necessity. Harvard University Press.

Session 8 - Mackie, Penelope (1998). Identity, time, and necessity. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 98 (1):59–78.

Session 9 - Selection from: Fine, Kit (1994). Essence and modality. Philosophical Perspectives 8:1-16.

Session 10 - Selection from: Fine, Kit (1994). Ontological Dependence. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 95:269 - 290.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:36