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課程名稱
專題研究:可設想性與可能性
Special Study:Conceivability and Possibility 
開課學期
103-2 
授課對象
文學院  哲學研究所  
授課教師
鄧敦民 
課號
Phl7855 
課程識別碼
124 M5840 
班次
 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期五1(8:10~9:00) 
上課地點
哲研討室一 
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限碩士班以上 且 限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限:5人 
 
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課程概述

我們可以設想些什麼?這些思想內容又有哪些是可能的?凡是可設想的皆有可能嗎?這些貌似可能的內容又該如何證成呢?有哪些內容的證成是不需透過經驗證據就能成立的?這些思想內容又和我們的自然科學有何關聯?
本專題課程將釐清先驗性、可能性、必然性等概念以及彼此之間的關聯;檢驗概念分析的效力與限度;探討知識論與形上學之間如何藉由概念分析建立彼此的蘊含關係;討論先驗思想是否能帶給我們形上學的知識。
 

課程目標
釐清先驗性、可能性與必然性等模態概念以及彼此之間的關聯。閱讀當代相關領域的文獻。
 
課程要求
針對指定閱讀進行討論,並提出期中和期末報告。 
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參考書目
Collections:
1. Gendler, Tamar Szabo, and John Hawthorne, eds. Conceivability and Possibility, Oxford University Press, 2002.
2. Csaullo, Albert, and Joshua Thurow, eds., The A Priori in Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2013.
3. Boghosssian, Paul, and Christopher Peacocke, eds., New Essays on The A Priori, Oxford University Press, 2000.
Suggested readings:
1. Bealer, George. “Modal Epistemology and the Rationalist Renaissance”, Conceivability and possibility, 2002: 71.
2. Brewer, Bill, “Externalism and A Priori Knowledge of Empirical Facts”, New Essays on The A Priori, 2000: 416-432.
3. Campbell, John, “Berkeley’s puzzle”, Conceivability and Possibility, 2002: 127-143.
4. Cassam, Quassim, “Rationalism, Empiricism, and the A Priori”, New Essays on The A Priori, 2000: 44-64.
5. Casullo, Albert, “Articulating the A Priori-A Posteriori Distinction”, The A Priori in Philosophy, 2013: 250-271.
6. Chalmers, David, “Does conceivability entail possibility?”, Conceivability and possibility, 2002: 145-200.
7. Chalmers, David J. and Frank Jackson, “Conceptual Analysis and Reductive Explanation”, Philosophical Review, 2001: 315-360.
8. Davies, Martin, “Externalism and Armchair Knowledge”, New Essays on The A Priori, 2000: 385-414.
9. Della Rocca, Michael, “Essentialism versus Essentialism” Conceivability and possibility, 2002: 223-252.
10. Fine, Kit, “The varieties of necessity” Conceivability and possibility, 2002: 253-282.
11. Henderson, David and Terry Horgan, “On the Armchair Justification of Conceptually Grounded Necessary Truths”, The A Priori in Philosophy, 2013: 112-131.
12. Jackson, Frank, “Representation, Scepticism, and the A Priori”, New Essays on The A Priori, 2000: 321-332.
13. Peacocke, Christopher, “Explaining the A Priori: The Programme of Moderate Rationalism”, New Essays on The A Priori, 2000: 256-285.
14. Rosen, Gideon, “A study in modal deviance”, Conceivability and possibility, 2002: 283-307.
15. Sidelle, Alan, “On the metaphysical contingency of laws of nature”, Conceivability and possibility, 2002: 309-336.
16. Sosa, Ernest, “Reliability and the a priori”, Conceivability and possibility, 2002: 369-384.
17. Stalnaker, Robert, “What is it Like to be a Zombie?”, Conceivability and possibility, 2002: 385-400.
18. Wright, Crispin, “The Conceivability of Naturalism”, Conceivability and possibility, 2002: 401-439.
19. Williamson, Timothy, “How Deep is the Distinction between A Priori and A Posteriori Knowledge?”, The A Priori in Philosophy, 2013: 292-309.
20. Yablo, Stephen, “Coulda, woulda, shoulda”, Conceivability and possibility, 2002: 441-492.
 
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