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Philosophy 7480 
Truth and Vagueness
Weekly Assignments
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Aug. 24: Russell, "Truth and Falsehood," in Lynch (ed.), The Nature of Truth,
either the first two full paragraphs on p. 19 (starting "There is, however,..."),
or the paragraph bridging pp. 19-20.
(For those who've already taken a class with me, who know what these assignments
are, and who want to get an early start.)
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Aug. 31: Either Blanshard, "Coherence as the Nature of Truth"
(ch. 5 in Lynch), para. bridging pp. 110-111 ("Feeling that this is so..."),
or Walker, "The Coherence Theory" (ch. 6 in Lynch), para. bridging
pp. 148-149 ("This gives us a new and decisive objection...").
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Sept. 7: Austin, How to Do Things with Words, p. 91, first two paragraphs.
(You'll have to supply the implicit conclusion.)
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Sept. 14: Bradley, "On Truth and Copying"
(excerpt; online reserve).
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Sept. 21: Soames, Understanding Truth,
any one of: p. 26, para. starting, "If this objection is correct...";
p. 27, para. starting "The outcome of the circularity argument...";
p. 31, para. starting "Where then does the argument...";
pp. 42f, from "There are serious problems..." to "...is not substitutional either."
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Sept. 28: Horwich, Truth
(excerpt; online reserve).
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Oct. 5: Soames, "What Is a Theory of Truth?", at pp. 405-406 in Lynch
(from line 10 on 405, "Field has understated his objection to Tarski," thru
the first full para. on 406).
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Oct. 12: Field, in Lynch, p. 486 (5 lines from bottom,
"This notion of truth...") to 487 (end of first para.,
"...if 'true' is understood disquotationally").
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Oct. 19: Williams, "Consistency and Realism," p. 199 (last para.,
"This point, about keeping silence...") to p. 201, line 3 ("...for consideration later").
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Oct. 26: Lewis, "Forget the Correspondence Theory...", from last para. on p. 278
("Second...") thru the penultimate para. on p. 279.
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Nov. 2: Fine, in Keefe and Smith, pp. 123 (starting with the second para.,
"Is any account...") to 124 (thru the 3rd full para., "...upon their common
penumbra"). (Keep the argument simple!)
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Nov. 9: Sorenson, p. 31, from "Individualism about vagueness..." to p. 32,
"...was indeed subjectively vague".
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Nov. 16: Williamson (in Keefe and Smith), p. 278 (from "The point is not confined...")
to 279 (top, "...a margin for error").
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Nov. 23: Sorensen, Vagueness and Contradiction,
either the last full para. on p. 61, or the first full para.
on p. 87.
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Nov. 30: Soames, Understanding Truth,
212-214 ("Dynamic Version of Sorites").
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Dec. 7: Sorensen, pp. 161 (from "In general...") to 162 (end 1st full para.,
"...then necessarily wrong").
DON'T FORGET THE COUNTERARGUMENT!
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