LARKIN:
Spring 2003
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DATE: 3-05-03
I.
Objectives
A.
Lay
Out Key Points of Contact between Wittgenstein and Logical Positivists
B.
Get
the Basic Idea of the Positivists’ Critique of Metaphysics
C.
Form
group for first presentation
II.
Discussion
The Trouble with Everything
III.
Lecture:
A.
Basics
of Logical Positivism
1.
Critiquing
Transcendental Metaphysics
2.
Empirical
Criterion of Meaning
3.
The
Function of Philosophy
B.
Points
of Contact between Wittgenstein and Positivists
1.
Theories
of Meaning—Criterion of Meaningfulness
2.
Critique
of Transcendental Metaphysics
3.
Critique
of Ethics/Theology/Epistemology
4.
The
Function of Philosophy
IV.
Discussion:
Is Verification Principle Self-Defeating?
V.
Next
Time
A.
Topic:
Logical Positivism
B.
Reading: Ayer, “The Elimination of
Metaphysics”
C.
Reading Questions: See Next
Lecture Skeleton