The lecturer for Topics 2, 3 and 4 will be Patrick Hawley.

A brief (3-5 page) paper is due by Friday 10 October.

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in the Philosophy department office, Main Building 312.
Please come to see me if you wish to discuss your paper.
I am always very happy to talk with students about their work.
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Topic 2 : What do you know when you know a language?
11 September

J. Collins, "Language: A Dialogue" (2003)
N. Chomsky, Knowledge of Language (1986), Chapter 1
M. Devitt, Ignorance of Language (2006), preface and Chapter 1

Topic 3 : Newcomb's problem
18 September

R. Nozick, "Newcomb's Problem and Two Principles of Rational Choice" (1969)
M. Bar-Hillel and A. Margalit, "Newcomb's Paradox Revisited" (1972)
J. Holt, "Robert Nozick and Newcomb's Problem" (2002)

Topic 4 : Feminist epistemology
25 September

E. Anderson, "Feminist Epistemology: An interpretation and a defense" (1995)
C. Pinnick, N. Koertge, R. Almeder, eds. Scrutinizing Feminist Epistemology (2003), excerpts