PHIL 431 Philosophical Topics in Logic

Original Schedule of Assignments
MAJOR CHANGES WILL BE REQUIRED
to adjust for initial meetings on background materials. (Note added 1/26/2010)
See announcements for assignments until schedule is updated.

Spring, 2010


Professor Stern
Phone: (818) 677-4853
Sierra Tower, Room 508
Office hours: M W 7:00 - 7:45 AM, M 2:00 - 2:30 PM, W 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Email: cindy.stern@csun.edu

Syllabus Announcements


This schedule is likely to be modified during the course of the semester. Changes will be announced in class, and will be posted here and on the class announcements web page.

Readings are in the required text, Plural Predication by Thomas J. McKay, except where another source is specified.

Week Date Assignment
1 1/20 Introductory class - no assignment
2 1/25 Introduction and Chapter 1, “A Formal Language with Non-distribute Plurals: Preliminary Considerations,” pp. 1 -18
1/27 Sections I - IV (pp. 89 - 96) in:
Massey, Gerald J. “Tom, Dick, and Harry, and All the King’s Men,” American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 13 no. 2 (April, 1976), pp. 89-107.
(Find the journal in the Oviatt Library catalog e-journals. Browse the journal for the volume and year. Select this article to download. If you don't yet have Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader, download Acrobat Reader)
3 2/1 Boolos, George. “To Be is to be a Value of a Variable (or to be Some Values of Some Variables), ” Journal of Philosophy, (August, 1984), pp. 430 - 438.
Download following instructions for 1/27.
2/3 Boolos, continued, to p. 449
2/5 Friday, February 5, is the last day to add or drop a class or to change the basis of grading.
4 2/8 Begin Chapter 2, “Against Singularism,” pp. 19 - 42
2/10 Chapter 2, continued, pp. 19-54
5 2/15 Begin Chapter 3, “Semantics,” pp. 55 - 68
2/17 Chapter 3, continued, to p. 77
6 2/22 Begin Chapter 4, “Natural Language Issues,” pp. 78 - 92
2/24 Chapter 4, continued, to p. 102
7 3/1 Chapter 5, “Set Theoretic Semantics,” pp. 103 - 118
3/3 Begin Chapter 6, “ Among,” pp. 119 - 128
8 3/8 Chapter 6, continued, to p. 149
3/10 Chapter 6, continued, to p. 161
9 3/15 Begin Chapter 7, “THE: The Basic Logic,” pp. 162 - 173
3/17 Chapter 7, continued, to p. 184
10 3/22 Begin Chapter 8, “THE: Context Sensitivity,” pp. 185 - 197
3/24 Chapter 8, continued, to p. 206
11 3/29 Begin Chapter 9, “Pronouns,” pp. 207 - 216
3/31 CESAR CHAVEZ HOLIDAY

SPRING BREAK
12 4/12 Chapter 9, continued, to p. 231
4/14 Chapter 9, continued, to p. 239
13 4/19 Chapter 10, “Plurals and Events,” pp. 240 - 255
4/21 No class meeting: FURLOUGH DAY
14 4/26 No class meeting: FURLOUGH DAY
4/28 Chapter 10, continued, pp. 240 - 255
15 5/5 (Catch up? related reading?)
5/7 No class meeting: FURLOUGH DAY
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