PHIL5002M
Module Reading List
Dr Edward Elliott
E.J.R.Elliott@leeds.ac.uk
Tutor information is taken from the Module Catalogue
- 1. Conceptual analysis and the Canberra plan
- 2. Arguing for the identity theory
- 3. Radical interpretation and constitutive rationality
- 4. Underdetermination and aggregation problems
- 5. Decision theory and folk psychology
- 6. Mental representation: maps and sentences
- 7. Mental content: worlds and properties
- 8. Omniscience and fragmentation
- 9. Mind, language and convention
- 10. Two-dimensionalism
- 11. Reference magnetism
1. Conceptual analysis and the Canberra plan
Required
* Lewis, ‘How to define theoretical terms’
* Nolan, ‘Platitudes and metaphysics’
Supplemental
* Majeed, ‘Why the Canberra plan won’t help you do serious metaphysics’
* Jackson, From Metaphysics to Ethics, Chs. 1, 2, 3
2. Arguing for the identity theory
Required
* Lewis, ‘An argument for the identity theory’
* Lewis, ‘Mad pain and Martian pain’
Supplemental
* Lewis, ‘Psychophysical and theoretical identifications’
3. Radical interpretation and constitutive rationality
Required
* Lewis, ‘Radical interpretation’
* Williams, ‘Normative reference magnets’
Supplemental
* Davidson, ‘Radical interpretation’
* Davidson, ‘Paradoxes of irrationality’
4. Underdetermination and aggregation problems
Required
* Dorr, 'Natural Properties' (just the intro and section 1 will suffice)
* Lewis, ‘New work for a theory of universals’ pp. 342-351 and 370-377
* Williams, ‘Representational skepticism: the bubble puzzle’
* Hattiangadi, ‘Radical interpretation and the aggregation problem’
5. Decision theory and folk psychology
Required
* Pettit, ‘Decision theory and folk psychology’
* Thoma, ‘Folk psychology and the interpretation of decision theory’
Supplemental
* Dewherst & Burr, ‘Normative folk psychology and decision theory’
* Hattiangadi & Stefansson, ‘Radical interpretation and decision theory’
6. Mental representation: maps and sentences
Required
* Camp, ‘Thinking with maps’
* Lewis, ‘Reduction of mind’
* Margolis & Laurence, ‘Lewis’ strawman’
Supplemental
* Braddon-Mitchell & Jackson, Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, Chs. 10-11
7. Mental content: worlds and properties
Required
* Nolan, 'Possible Worlds Semantics' - strongly recommended if you're not already familiar with possible worlds semantics
* Lewis, ‘Attitudes de dicto and de se’
* Lewis, On the plurality of worlds, §1.4 (pp. 27-49)
8. Omniscience and fragmentation
Required
* Bendana & Mandelbaum, 'The Fragmentation of Belief'
* Lewis, ‘Logic for equivocators’ (focus on pp. 435 – 438)
* Elga & Rayo, ‘Fragmentation and information access’
Supplemental
* Yalcin, ‘Belief as question-sensitive’
9. Mind, language and convention
Required
* Lewis, ‘Languages and language’
* Keiser, ‘Language without information exchange’
Supplemental
* Hawthorne, ‘A note on 'Languages and language’'
10. Two-dimensionalism
Required
* Lewis, ‘Index, context, and content’
* Chalmers, ‘Two-dimensional semantics’
Supplemental
* Chalmers, ‘On sense and intension’
* Jackson, From Metaphysics to Ethics, Chs. 1, 2, 3
11. Reference magnetism
Required
* Lewis, ‘Putnam’s paradox’
* Schwarz, ‘Against magnetism’
Supplemental
* MacBride & Janssen-Lauret, ‘Lewis’ global descriptivism and reference magnetism’
* Williams, ‘Eligibility and scrutability’
This list was last updated on 22/02/2022