|
This module traces the development of twentieth-century analytic philosophy through studying the work of some of its major exponents. The focus will be on philosophy of language, thought and world. An emphasis of the module will be the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) as found both in his early Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and in his later Philosophical Investigations (a work Wittgenstein was in the process of revising and editing during his time in Ireland). Other key thinkers to be studied will be Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, Rudolf Carnap, A. J. Ayer, Wilfrid Sellars, W. V. O. Quine, Saul Kripke, John Searle, and John McDowell. The module will also consider analytic approaches to philosophy of mind and the philosophy of artificial intelligence.
|