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Philosophy 5400/6400 
Metaphysics
Weekly Assignments
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Jan. 8: Quine, "Two Dogmas of Empiricism,"
sec. 2 (p. 24), first para. (starting "There
are those who find it soothing...").
["Two Dogmas" is available in the class reserve
folder in the Philosophy Department.]
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Jan. 15:
Oppenheim and Putnam, p. 14 (very bottom, para. starting
"Similarly, the hypothesis of ontogenesis is...") to p. 15,
end of second full para. ("...involving only characteristics
of the parts").
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Jan. 22:
Davidson, "The Logical Form of Action Sentences,"
p. 107, para. starting "Anthony Kenny, who deserves
the credit..."; if this seems obscure, take a look
at p. 136 (from "We could introduce..." to
the end of the page).
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Jan. 29:
Davidson, "Mental Events,"
para. bridging pp. 215-216.
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Feb. 5:
Goodman, FFF, para. bridging pp.16-17.
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Feb. 12:
Quine, Word and Object, p. 58, last paragraph ("This approach ill accords...").
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Feb. 19:
Davidson, "The Method of Truth in Metaphysics," last para. of sec. I
(paragraph bridging pp. 200-201).
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Feb. 26:
Putnam, "The Meaning of 'Meaning'", pp. 223-227 ("Are
meanings in the head?").
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Mar. 5:
Putnam, "The Meaning of 'Meaning'", p. 258 (bottom) to
260 (thru second full para.);
or Davidson, "The Method of Truth in Metaphysics," last para.
on p. 206 ("In general, however...") to last full para. on p. 207
("...but we also get atoms").
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Mar. 12:
Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds, sec. 2.4 (p. 108 to top
p. 113).
FROM HERE ON IN, WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS ARE TWO-PART (SEE THE REQUIREMENTS PAGE FOR DETAILS)
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Mar. 26:
Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds, para. bridging pp. 150-151.
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Apr. 2:
Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds, para. bridging 219-220,
or p. 243, from the section break ("I have been supposing...") to
p. 244, end of first para. ("So we have a paradox for anti-haecceitists.")
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Apr. 9:
Lewis, "Causation," para. bridging pp. 202-203 ("The problem of effects");
your counterargument should not duplicate Lewis's solution.
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Apr. 16:
Strawson, Individuals, p. 72, para. starting, "This
first point leads directly on to the second."
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Apr. 23:
Teller, "Twilight of the Perfect Model Model,"
pp. 408-409, from "Many readers will have responded to..."
up through "...the explanatory work of the more idealized ones."
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