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COURSE 24

LINGUISTICS AND PHILOSOPHY


24.00 | 24.01 | 24.03 | 24.04J | 24.05 | 24.07 | 24.09J | 24.111 | 24.113J | 24.118 | 24.119 | 24.151 | 24.171 | 24.200 | 24.202 | 24.205 | 24.208 | 24.209J | 24.210 | 24.211 | 24.212 | 24.221 | 24.231 | 24.233J | 24.235J | 24.241 | 24.242 | 24.243 | 24.244 | 24.260 | 24.280 | 24.900J | 24.901J | 24.902 | 24.903 | 24.905J | 24.910

Philosophy

24.00 Problems of Philosophy
Prereq.: -
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS-D, Category 2

24.01 Philosophy and Public Affairs
Prereq.: -
L01 37-212 MW12
R01 37-212 F12
R02 20E-021 F12
3-0-9 HASS-D, Category 2
See description for subject 24.01 under HASS-D Category 2, Language, Thought and Value.
S. Stroud

24.03 Relativism, Reason, and Reality
(New)
Prereq.: -
L01 4-163 TR11
R01 20E-021 F11
R02 20E-017 F11
R03 26-302 F11
3-0-9 HASS-D, Category 2
See description for subject 24.03 under HASS-D Category 2, Language, Thought and Value.
A. Byrne

24.04J Justice
(Same subject as 17.115J)
Prereq.: -
L01 4-159 MW2
R01 26-204 F2
R02 20E-017 F2
R03 20E-021 F2
R04 26-302 F2
3-0-9 HASS-D, Category 2
See description for subject 24.04J under HASS-D Category 2, Language, Thought and Value.
J. Cohen

24.05 Philosophy of Science
Prereq.: -
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS-D, Category 2

24.07 Classics in the History of Philosophy
Prereq.: -
L01 37-212 MW11
R01 37-212 F11
R02 37-232 F11
3-0-9 HASS
Introduction to philosophy through its history. Readings in the works of such philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, and Kant. Emphasis on becoming closely acquainted with important historical texts and examining fundamental philosophical issues as they appear in works that have been especially influential in the development of Western philosophy.
S. Stroud

24.09J Classics in Political Philosophy
(Same subject as 17.113J)
Prereq.: -
Acad Year 1995-96: Not Offered
Acad Year 1996-97: U (Spring)
3-0-9 HASS

24.111 Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
Prereq.: -
Acad Year 1995-96: Not Offered
Acad Year 1996-97: U (Spring)
3-0-9 HASS

24.113J Art as Meaning and Technique
(Same subject as 21L 436J)
Prereq.: -
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.118 Paradox and Infinity
Prereq.: -
Acad Year 1995-96: Not Offered
Acad Year 1996-97: U (Spring)
3-0-9 HASS

24.119 Minds and Machines
Prereq.: -
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.151 Introduction to Philosophy of Language
Prereq.: -
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.171 Introduction to Phenomenology
Prereq.: -
U (Fall)
3-0-6 HASS

24.200 Ancient Philosophy
Prereq.: One Philosophy subject
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.202 Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant
Prereq.: One Philosophy subject
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.205 The Good Life
Prereq.: One Philosophy subject
L01 24-110 M2-4,W2
3-0-9 HASS
Technical problems in modern philosophy dealing with the nature of happiness, self-fulfillment, social feeling, the making of ideals, and the pursuit of spiritual goals. Readings from the works of Schopenhauer, Santayana, Sartre, Freud, and others.
I. Singer

24.208 Kant
(Subject meets with 24.408)
Prereq.: 24.202
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.209J Film and Literature
(Same subject as 21L 435J)
Prereq.: One subject in Literature or Philosophy
L01 14N-417 T EVE (7-10 PM)
3-0-9 HASS
Study of some major works in both media as relevant to problems in aesthetics, as well as other areas of philosophy. Includes questions about artistic truth in literature and in film; the nature of the photographic image; the relationship between verbal and nonverbal expressiveness. Readings in philosophy and literature, and viewing of several films.
I. Singer

24.210 Problems in the Philosophy of Love
Prereq.: One Philosophy subject
Acad Year 1995-96: Not Offered
Acad Year 1996-97: Not offered
Acad Year 1997-98: U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.211 Theory of Knowledge
Prereq.: One Philosophy subject
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.212 Varieties of Skepticism
Prereq.: -
Acad Year 1995-96: Not Offered
Acad Year 1996-97: U (Spring)
3-0-9 HASS

24.221 Metaphysics
Prereq.: One Philosophy subject
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.231 Ethics
Prereq.: One Philosophy subject
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.233J Political Philosophy
(Same subject as 17.105J)
Prereq.: One Philosophy subject
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.235J Philosophy of Law
(Same subject as 17.109J)
Prereq.: One Philosophy subject
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.241 Logic I
Prereq.: -
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.242 Logic II
Prereq.: 24.241
L01 36-156 TR9.30-11
3-0-9 HASS
The central results of modern logic: the completeness of predicate logic, recursive functions, the incompleteness of arithmetic, the unprovability of consistency, the indefinability of truth, Skolem-Löwenheim theorems, nonstandard models. Permission of instructor required for students without the above prerequisite.
G. S. Boolos

24.243 Classical Set Theory
Prereq.: 24.241 or the equivalent
U (Fall)
Acad Year 1996-97: Not offered
Acad Year 1997-98: U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.244 Modal Logic
Prereq.: 24.241
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.260 Topics in Philosophy
Prereq.: Two subjects in Philosophy
L01 24-110 TR11-12.30
3-0-9 HASS
Close examination of a single book, or group of related essays, of major significance in recent philosophy. Subject matter varies from year to year. Intended primarily for majors and minors in philosophy.
R. Wedgwood

24.280 Foundations of Probability
(New)
Prereq.: One philosophy subject or one subject on probability
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

Linguistics

24.900J The Study of Language
(Same subject as 21F 237J)
Prereq.: -
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.901J Language and its Structure I: Phonology
(Same subject as 21F 240J)
Prereq.: 24.900J/21F 237J
L01 24-307 MWF2
3-0-9 HASS
Introduction to fundamental concepts in phonological theory and their relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Articulatory and acoustic phonetics, distinctive features and the structure of feature systems, underlying representations and underspecification, phonological rules and derivations, syllable structure, accentual systems, the morphology-phonology interface. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages.
J. Harris

24.902 Language and its Structure II: Syntax
Prereq.: 24.900J/21F 237J
L01 38-136 TR1-2.30
3-0-9 HASS
Introduction to fundamental concepts in syntactic theory and their relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages.
A. Marantz

24.903 Language and its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics
Prereq.: 24.900J/21F 237J
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.905J Psycholinguistics
(Same subject as 9.59J)
Prereq.: 9.62 or 24.900J
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS

24.910 Topics in Linguistic Theory
Prereq.: Four subjects in linguistics
L01 20D-201 T10-12,F10
3-0-9 HASS
Can be repeated for credit
Review in depth of a major interface topic in current linguistic theory.
N. Chomsky, W. O'Neil
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