PHIL 5200
Topics in Philosophy of Mind or Philosophy of Language
A detailed study of an issue or the work of selected philosophers in the general area of philosophy of mind and/or philosophy of language. Topics may vary from year to year.
2021
Topics
- Ayer’s Verificationism and Behaviourism
- Ryle’s Ordinary Language Behaviourism
- Ryle, continued
- Wittgenstein’s Private Language Argument
- Murdoch on Interiority
- Murdoch and Interiority
- Analytic Philosophy of Art
- Murdoch on Art, Mind, and the Moral Life
- th) Murdoch on Moral Philosophy
- Murdoch on Moral Philosophy
- Behaviourism and Moral Philosophy
Readings
- Iris Murdoch 1998. Existentialists and Mystics (Penguin).
- (Please don’t use a kindle edition—having shared page numbers will be helpful during our seminar discussions) Gilbert Ryle 1949. The Concept of Mind (University of Chicago Press)
Prerequisites & course information
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as PHIL 4210 or PHIL 4220 , for which additional credit is precluded.