Discussion Notes

PHIL 560

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Table of contents

1. Week 2: Fodor, “Special Sciences”

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Week 2: Fodor, “Special Sciences”

Background

• Nagel comes at the end of logical empiricism (anti-metaphysical)
• The value of philosophy of science is in terms of clarification and of logical relations, not telling us about the world
• 1974, Fodor comes when the tide is turning against logical empiricism and metaphysics is creeping back into analytic philosophy

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