Philosophy of Language: Ordinary Language Philosophy
PHIL 5480/6480
Weekly assignments:
Aug. 24 (for those of you who have already taken a class
from me, who know what these
assignments are supposed to look like, and who want to get an early
start): Austin, Sense and Sensibility, para
bridging pp. 70-71,
under the heading (2): "Next, 'real' is what we may
call... ".
Aug. 31: Either TLP 2.15-2.1515 or
5.5562-5.5571.
Sept. 7: Either TLP 4.12-4.121 or
5.631-5.6331 + 5.64. (You can do these either as
microcommentaries or as outlines.)
Sept. 14: Either TLP 6.41 or
6.53-4.
Sept. 21: PI 79 and 87 (but remember, microcommentaries
are a para., and definitely no longer than half a page).
Sept. 28:
PI 135-36.
Oct. 5:
Either PI 201 or PI 241-42.
Oct. 17 (Due Monday -- Fall Break bonus microcommentary!):
PI 258.
Oct. 19:
Sense and Sensibilia, pp. 110-115 (from "Briefly,
the point is this...", to "...un-retractably true";
but remember, microcommentaries
are a para., and definitely no longer than half a page).
Oct. 26 (you have the option of turning in two
microcommentaries this time through):
(i) On Certainty
105, 144, 155; (ii)
PI II 314 (if you have an earlier edition, in which the
Part II sections aren't numbered, this is the
para. bridging pp. 221-22, starting "'A new-born child has
no teeth'...").
Nov. 2:
How to Do Things with Words, para. bridging pp. 54f
(starting "We can, however, fortify ourselves...").
Nov. 9:
The Concept of Mind, 3 paras., from p. 30
(starting "The crucial objection to...") to p. 31 ("...of
those or any other maxims").
Nov. 16:
The Concept of Mind, either the
para. bridging pp. 152f ("The distinction between task verbs...")
or p. 206, para. starting "In saying that sensations...".
Nov. 23:
The Claim of Reason, either the
para. bridging pp. 118f ("Wittgenstein's view of necessity...")
or p. 147 (from
"To help account for...") to 148 ("...and I would have thousands").
Nov. 30:
The Claim of Reason, either
p. 316 (from "To test this...") to 319 (end of first full
para.: "...in the strength of the premisses, etc."),
or
pp. 408f, four paras. starting "How far can my
subservience..."
(remember, microcommentaries
are a para., and definitely no longer than half a page).
Dec. 7:
PI, Part II, xi, up to "...the colour of blood" (in the 4th
ed., this is secs. 111-117 (in Part II!); in earlier editions, this is from the
top of p. 193, running over to the top of 194).
Dec. 12 (due Monday; bonus microcommentary):
PI 420.