PHIL 230: Early Analytic Philosophy: Moore, Russell, and Wittgenstein

G.E. Moore	Bertrand Russell	Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Requirements:

Two necessary, though not jointly sufficient, conditions for passing the course are: (i) taking the mid-term and the final, and (ii) taking four of the five pop-quizzes.

Grade:

Of the 100 (possible) points, 40 are from the mid-term, 40 are from the final, and 20 are from the pop-quizzes.

Readings:

• Blanshard's "Bradley on Relations"
• Moore's "The Refutation of Idealism"
• Cartwright's "A Neglected Theory of Truth"
• Moore's Principia
• Russell's "On Denoting"
• Russell's Problems of Philosophy
• Russell's Logical Atomism
• Wittgenstein's Tractatus

Internet Resources:

T.H. Green

• Green

F.H. Bradley

• Bradley

G.E. Moore:

• Moore

• G.E. Moore

Bertrand Russell:

• Russell

• The Bertrand Russell Society

Ludwig Wittgenstein:

• Wittgenstein

• Time 100 article on Wittgenstein

Remember: Everything is what it is and not another thing.