| Course Title: Topics in Philosophy: 'Meaning and Reality: Michael Dummett' |
| Start Date: 08/30/2021 End Date: 12/13/2021 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2021 |
| Description: This course is a study of 20th Century analytic philosophy using one philosopher to focus the course, Michael Dummett. Dummett was one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century. He gave a theory of meaning using work by Frege and Wittgenstein. He then used this to argue that if our knowledge of the Universe is to be objective, then we cannot conceive of that Universe as real. That is, it is not in existence independently of our ability to find out about it. He was the first to introduce non-classical logic as a means to address the nature of truth. This introduction to his work will fill in the background to this argument, and thereby give an overview of 20th century philosophy. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Samuel Mitchell | 413-538-2387 | smitchel@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021 | Seminar | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 202 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: One logic course (which may be at the 100 level) and 8 credits in the department at the 200 level or above. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| PHIL0004 | PHIL-LG: Logic | This course has been approved to count towards the Philosophy major in the Logic area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 17 | Available: 1 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Truth and other Enigmas Author: Dummett, Michael A. Copyright: 1978 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780674910768 Publisher: Cambridge UP |
Required | 50.00 |
| Title: The Seas of Language Author: Dummett, Michael A. Copyright: 1993 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780198236214 Publisher: Oxford UP |
Required | 55.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |