| PHIL
285 -- Frege Fall 2009 |
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| Instructor:
Clinton Tolley office: HSS 8061 hours: Tues, 2pm-4pm phone: 2-2686 email: ctolley [at] ucsd.edu |
Teaching Assistant:
{to be determined} office: --- hours: --- phone: --- email: --- |
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| Time:
Thursdays, 2:00-4:50pm Location: Philosophy Seminar Room [H&SS 7077] [map] |
| {available at UCSD
Bookstore (Price Center)} Frege, The Frege Reader Frege, The Foundations of Arithmetic Frege, Posthumous Writings ** additional required readings to be made available on WebCT |
| {also available at UCSD
Bookstore} Michael Dummett, Frege: Philosophy of Language {not ordered but also recommended for introductory overviews} Anthony Kenny, Frege: an introduction Joan Weiner, Frege Explained |
| We'll work through most
of Frege's major published writings, and several of his more
substantial unpublished manuscripts, in (roughly) chronological order,
with a goal of tracing the development of his views on the foundations
of logic and his theory of meaning, though we will touch upon many
other topics along the way (see below). We will also discuss some
of the more influential articles by more recent writers dealing with
Frege's views and/or 'Fregean' topics or puzzles (e.g., Russell, Quine,
Geach, Dummett, Burge, Sluga, Kripke). Topics to be covered include: * the distinction between the traditional (Aristotelian) logic and modern logic * the relationship between logic and arithmetic * the nature of logical generality (concepts, functions, quantifiers) * the logical concept of an object (individual, extension) * the nature of truth * the relation between logic, grammar, and ontology * the distinction between Sinn and Bedeutung * the question of what the language of 'symbolic' logic expresses, refers to * the question of how logical forms and laws are apprehended, communicated, validated * the place of subjectivity and objectivity in logic and semantics * the relationship between psychology and logic |
| * two reading-responses
on the readings for two different weeks,
circulated electronically the previous Tues
night * seminar paper proposal (300 words); due Sunday night, 9th week * seminar paper (3500 words); due 5pm, Thurs, exam week * attendance(!) |
| {TBD: syllabus will be
posted on WebCT} |
| * PRIMARY TEXTS A good number of original editions of Frege's texts are available online. I've collected some of them here. * SECONDARY TEXTS (Introductory) Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries (requires sign-in) Gottlob Frege
Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
entries
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