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Study Materials

The following study materials were provided by the course teaching assistant, Rachael Amy Briggs, and are used here with permission.

Notes for the surprise exam (PDF)

Supplementary Readings

SES # TOPICS SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS
2-3 Zeno Yablo, Stephen. "A Reply to New Zeno." Analysis 60, no. 2 (April 2000): 148-151.
4-6 Infinity Fraenkel, Abraham Adolf. Set Theory and Logic. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1966, section 3.
12-13 Vagueness

Hyde, Dominic. "Sorites Paradox." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Fall 2005 ed. Edited by Edward N. Zalta.

Sorensen, Roy. "Vagueness." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Fall 2006 ed. Edited by Edward N. Zalta.

Williamson, Timothy. Vagueness, New York, NY: Routledge, 1994. ISBN: 0415033314. See especially chapters 4-6, which give an overview of rival views to Williamson's, and chapters 7 and 8, where Williamson outlines his own view.
14-15 Newcomb's Puzzle Lewis, David. "Why Ain'cha Rich?" Noûs 15 (September 1981): 377-380.
20-21 Backward Induction and Common Knowledge Sorensen, Roy. "Infinite Backward Induction Arguments." Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 80, no. 3 (September 1999): 278-283.
22-27 Godel's Theorem Boolos, George. "A Proof of Godel's Second Incompleteness Theorem in Words of One Syllable." In Logic, Logic, and Logic. Edited by Richard C. Jeffrey. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. ISBN: 0674537661.