Irad Kimhi, and Being” “Creation Charles Kahn, Existence Does Not Emerge as a Distinct Concept in Greek Philosophy" “Why Stephen Menn, "Metaphysics: God and Being” Frege, Letter to Wittgenstein, June 28, 1919 (in the Frege-Wittgenstein Correspondence) Fourth Meeting (Monday, June 26): Descartes and the Creation of Eternal Truths Required readings: Descartes, excerpts Correspondence, Descartes, I - IV Meditations Descartes, excerpts Second and Sixth Replies, Descartes, excerpt Principles of Philosophy, Leibniz, excerpts from Discourse on Metaphysics, Theodicy, Monadology Conant, "The Search for Logically Alien Thought”, pp. 115-123 A. W. Moore, Descartes Ought to Have Thought about Necessity” “What Background reading: Curley, on the Creation of Eternal Truths” “Descartes Frankfurt, on the Creation of Eternal Truths” “Descartes Bennett, Theory of Modality" “Descartes’s Geach, "Omnipotence" Wilson, excerpt Descartes, A. W. Moore, Ch. 1 The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics, Fifth Meeting (Monday, Feb. 2): Dan Kaufman on Descartes Required readings: Kaufman, Creation Doctrine and Modality” “Descartes’s Kaufman, Immutability and the Necessity of Descartes’s Eternal Truths" “God's Kaufman, gradus libertatis?” “Infimus Waismann, on Talks with Wittgenstein" “Notes Background readings: Alanen, Modality, and Conceivability” “Omnipotence, Richard La on God’s Ability to Do the Logically Impossible" “Descartes Della Rocca, "Judgment and Will" Schmid, "Unity of Will and Intellect" Spinoza, excerpt Ethics, Sixth Meeting (Monday, Feb. 9): Kant on Pure General vs. Transcendental Logic
Irad Kimhi, “Creation and Being” Charles Kahn, “Why Existence Does Not Emerge as a Distinct Concept in Greek Philosophy" Stephen Menn, "Metaphysics: God and Being” Frege, Letter to Wittgenstein, June 28, 1919 (in the Frege-Wittgenstein Correspondence) Fourth Meeting (Monday, June 26): Descartes and the Creation of Eternal Truths Required readings: Descartes, Correspondence, excerpts Descartes, Meditations I - IV Descartes, Second and Sixth Replies, excerpts Descartes, Principles of Philosophy, excerpt Leibniz, excerpts from Discourse on Metaphysics, Theodicy, Monadology Conant, "The Search for Logically Alien Thought”, pp. 115-123 A. W. Moore, “What Descartes Ought to Have Thought about Necessity” Background reading: Curley, “Descartes on the Creation of Eternal Truths” Frankfurt, “Descartes on the Creation of Eternal Truths” Bennett, “Descartes’s Theory of Modality" Geach, "Omnipotence" Wilson, Descartes, excerpt A. W. Moore, The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics, Ch. 1 Fifth Meeting (Monday, Feb. 2): Dan Kaufman on Descartes Required readings: Kaufman, “Descartes’s Creation Doctrine and Modality” Kaufman, “God's Immutability and the Necessity of Descartes’s Eternal Truths" Kaufman, “Infimus gradus libertatis?” Waismann, “Notes on Talks with Wittgenstein" Background readings: Alanen, “Omnipotence, Modality, and Conceivability” Richard La “Descartes on God’s Ability to Do the Logically Impossible" Della Rocca, "Judgment and Will" Schmid, "Unity of Will and Intellect" Spinoza, Ethics, excerpt Sixth Meeting (Monday, Feb. 9): Kant on Pure General vs. Transcendental Logic
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