Schedule

Readings are typically assigned by the week. At a minimum, you should complete the week’s reading before Monday’s class, and then re-read it before Wednesday’s class.

Week	Date	Topic	Reading
1	M 08/17	Welcome!	Syllabus
1	W 8/19	Getting Started	Introduction
2	M 8/24	Sense and Reference	“On Sense and Reference”
2	W 8/26	Sense and Reference	“On Sense and Reference”
3	M 8/31	Definite Descriptions	“On Denoting” and “On Referring”
3	W 9/2	Definite Descriptions	“On Denoting” and “On Referring”
4	M 9/7	Labor Day — No Class
4	W 9/9	Writing Day
5	M 9/14	Meaning and Analyticity	“Two Dogmas of Empiricism”
5	W 9/16	Meaning and Analyticity	“Two Dogmas of Empiricism”
6	M 9/21	Proper Names	Naming and Necessity
6	W 9/23	Proper Names	Naming and Necessity
7	M 9/28	Externalism	“Meaning and Reference”
7	W 9/30	Externalism	“Meaning and Reference”
8	M 10/5	TBD
8	W 10/7	Writing Day
9	M 10/12	Meaning and Conversational Implicature	“Logic and Conversation”
9	W 10/14	Meaning and Conversational Implicature	“Logic and Conversation”
10	M 10/19	Speech Acts	“Performative Utterances”
10	W 10/21	Speech Acts	“Performative Utterances”
11	M 10/26	Pornography as Speech Act	“Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts”
11	W 10/28	Pornography as Speech Act	“Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts”
12	M 11/2	Magic as Speech Act?	“The Magic of Words”
12	W 11/4	Writing Day
13	M 11/9	Generics	“Are Generics Especially Pernicious?”
13	W 11/11	Generics	“Are Generics Especially Pernicious?”
14	M 11/16	The Language of Legal Contracts	“Textualism, Intentionalism, and the Law of the Contract”
14	W 11/18	The Language of Legal Contracts	“Textualism, Intentionalism, and the Law of the Contract”
	M 11/23	Thanksgiving Break — No Class
	W 11/25	Thanksgiving Break — No Class
15	M 11/30	TBD
15	W 12/2	Writing Day
Finals	M 12/7 – 12/12	Not clear that we will be making use of this, but date and time of final exam TBD by registrar.