Phil. 2335: Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism (Fall 2006)
Week 1: Introduction; Physicalism
Week 1 Materials
Readings:
- Stoljar, “Physicalism” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- Duprè, “The Miracle of Monism”
- Crane & Mellor, “There is No Question of Physicalism”
Week 2: Supervenience & Reduction I
Week 2 Materials
Readings:
- Haugeland, “Weak Supervenience”
- Kim, “Multiple Realization and the Metaphysics of Reduction”
- Fodor, “Special Sciences: Still Autonomous After All These Years”
Week 3: Supervenience & Reduction II
Week 3 Materials
Readings:
- Stalnaker, “Varieties of Supervenience”
- Horgan, “Supervenience and Superdupervenience”
- Crane, “All God Has To Do”
Week 4: Jackson I
Week 4 Materials
Readings:
- Jackson, From Metaphysics to Ethics (Introduction, Chapter 1)
Week 5: Jackson II
Week 5 Materials
Readings:
- Jackson, From Metaphysics to Ethics (Chapters 2, 3)
Week 6: Jackson III
Week 6 Materials
Readings:
- Jackson, From Metaphysics to Ethics (Chapters 5, 6)
Week 7: Sellars I
Week 7 Materials
- Sellars, “Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man”
- Brandom, “Rank, Engagement, Presence, and Enchantment”
- Notes for Week 7
- Handout for Week 7
Week 8: Sellars II
Week 8 Materials
- Sellars, “Counterfactuals, Dispositions, and the Causal Modalities”
- Brandom, “PIMSAE”
- Notes for Week 8
Week 9: Sellars III
Week 9 Materials
Week 10: The New Non-naturalism I
Week 10 Materials
Readings:
- Stroud, “The Charm of Naturalism”
- Putnam, “The Content and Appeal of ‘Naturalism’”
Week 11: The New Non-naturalism II
Week 11 Materials
- Rorty, “Naturalism and Quietism”
- Ramberg, “Naturalizing Idealizations”
- Notes for Week 11
- Handout for Week 11
Readings:
- Davidson, “Could There Be a Science of Rationality?”
- McDowell, “Naturalism in the Philosophy of Mind”
Week 12: The New Non-naturalism III
Week 12 Materials
- Brandom, “Vocabularies of Pragmatism: Synthesizing Naturalism and Historicism”
- Notes for Week 12
- Handout for Week 12
Readings:
- Price, “Naturalism Without Representationalism”
- Ramberg, “Naturalizing idealizations; pragmatism and the interpretive strategy”