Self Study Contemporary Pragmatism
The other self study course I'm doing is based on Whitman College Phil 320: Contemporary Pragmatism by Mitch Clearfield. I'll be reading full books rather than just selections where it makes sense.
1. Preview of Rorty
Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), preface and introductions
Rorty, “Philosophy as a Transitional Genre” (2004) in "Philosophy as Cultural Politics" (2007)
Rorty, Philosophy and Social Hope (1999) (entire book)
2. Part 1 The Invention of the Mind
Tartaglia, Routledge Guidebook to Rorty, ch. 1-4
Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Part 1 The Invention of the Mind, chapters 1 and 2
3. Some Context and Building Blocks
Hempel, “The Empiricist Criterion of Meaning” (1950)
Rorty, Introduction to Empiricism and The Philosophy of Mind.
deVries and Triplett, Knowledge, Mind and the Given (2000) (entire book)
Sellars, Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind (1956) (entire book)
optional, as needed: Brandom’s study-guide to EPM
Quine, “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” (1951)
Quine, “Ontological Relativity” (1969), excerpts
Davidson, “Belief and the Basis of Meaning” (1974)
Davidson, “A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs” (1986)
Davidson, “On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme” (1974)
4. Back to Rorty, For Real This Time
Rorty, “The World Well Lost” (1972) in "Consequences of Pragmatism (Essays: 1972-1980)"
Tartaglia, Routledge Guidebook to Rorty, ch. 5-8
Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Part 2, ch. 3-6
Tartaglia, Routledge Guidebook to Rorty, ch. 9-10
Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Part 3, ch. 7-8
Rorty, “Pragmatism, Relativism, and Irrationalism” (1980) in "Consequences of Pragmatism (Essays: 1972-1980)"
Rorty, “Science as Solidarity” (1987) in "Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth: Philosophical Papers, Volume 1"
Nabokov, Lolita
Nabokov, Pale Fire
Orwell, 1984
Rorty, Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989) (entire book)
Rorty, “Human Rights, Rationality, and Sentimentality” (1993) in "Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers Volume 3"
Rorty, “Feminism and Pragmatism” (1990) in "Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers Volume 3"
Fraser, “From Irony to Prophecy to Politics” (1990)
5. Pragmatism Beyond Rorty
Conant, “Freedom, Cruelty, and Truth” (2000), secs. I-VI including notes
Conant, “Freedom, Cruelty, and Truth,” secs. VII-IX including notes
optional, if interested: Rorty, “Response to James Conant” (2000)
Elshtain, “Don’t Be Cruel: Reflections on Rortyan Liberalism” (2003)
Price, “Truth as Convenient Friction” (2003)
Rorty, “Pragmatism as Anti-authoritarianism” (2009) in "Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers Volume 3"
Sosa, “Serious Philosophy and Freedom of the Spirit” (1987)
1. Preview of Rorty
Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), preface and introductions
Rorty, “Philosophy as a Transitional Genre” (2004) in "Philosophy as Cultural Politics" (2007)
Rorty, Philosophy and Social Hope (1999) (entire book)
2. Part 1 The Invention of the Mind
Tartaglia, Routledge Guidebook to Rorty, ch. 1-4
Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Part 1 The Invention of the Mind, chapters 1 and 2
3. Some Context and Building Blocks
Hempel, “The Empiricist Criterion of Meaning” (1950)
Rorty, Introduction to Empiricism and The Philosophy of Mind.
deVries and Triplett, Knowledge, Mind and the Given (2000) (entire book)
Sellars, Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind (1956) (entire book)
optional, as needed: Brandom’s study-guide to EPM
Quine, “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” (1951)
Quine, “Ontological Relativity” (1969), excerpts
Davidson, “Belief and the Basis of Meaning” (1974)
Davidson, “A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs” (1986)
Davidson, “On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme” (1974)
4. Back to Rorty, For Real This Time
Rorty, “The World Well Lost” (1972) in "Consequences of Pragmatism (Essays: 1972-1980)"
Tartaglia, Routledge Guidebook to Rorty, ch. 5-8
Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Part 2, ch. 3-6
Tartaglia, Routledge Guidebook to Rorty, ch. 9-10
Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Part 3, ch. 7-8
Rorty, “Pragmatism, Relativism, and Irrationalism” (1980) in "Consequences of Pragmatism (Essays: 1972-1980)"
Rorty, “Science as Solidarity” (1987) in "Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth: Philosophical Papers, Volume 1"
Nabokov, Lolita
Nabokov, Pale Fire
Orwell, 1984
Rorty, Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989) (entire book)
Rorty, “Human Rights, Rationality, and Sentimentality” (1993) in "Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers Volume 3"
Rorty, “Feminism and Pragmatism” (1990) in "Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers Volume 3"
Fraser, “From Irony to Prophecy to Politics” (1990)
5. Pragmatism Beyond Rorty
Conant, “Freedom, Cruelty, and Truth” (2000), secs. I-VI including notes
Conant, “Freedom, Cruelty, and Truth,” secs. VII-IX including notes
optional, if interested: Rorty, “Response to James Conant” (2000)
Elshtain, “Don’t Be Cruel: Reflections on Rortyan Liberalism” (2003)
Price, “Truth as Convenient Friction” (2003)
Rorty, “Pragmatism as Anti-authoritarianism” (2009) in "Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers Volume 3"
Sosa, “Serious Philosophy and Freedom of the Spirit” (1987)