PHIL 3180

Origins of 20th Century Philosophy

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2015-2016 Catalog.

Writings about mind, language, logic, mathematics and knowledge from 1872 to around 1920. We will focus on writings by Brentano, Meinong, Frege, and early work by Russell. Time permitting, we will also read some material by some others from that period (Twardowski, Husserl, Peirce, James, Wittgenstein, or Moore). There will also be some readings from the secondary literature.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: PHIL 2310 (or equivalent) or permission of instructor.

Permission Note Intended primarily for: undergraduate Philosophy majors/minors, and graduate students.

Distribution Category (KCM-AS)

When Offered Spring.

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