11-12 MWF: Hochstetter 114
Office hours: 9.25-9.55am MWF (611 Baldy) or by appointment

Overview:

A survey of the thinking of the major Austrian philosophers from Bolzano, Mach and Meinong to Wittgenstein, Popper and the Vienna Circle. Special attention will be paid to the work of Brentano and his school on intentionality, mind, and the foundations of ontology. Evaluation will be based upon a series of four short essays, with two optional make-up quizzes at the end of the semester. Students attending less than 75% of the sessions will have their grade reduced.

Text:

Barry Smith, Austrian Philosophy: The Legacy of Franz Brentano, Chicago: Open Court, 1994.

Schedule:

28 Aug Introduction: An Overview of the History of European Philosophy

30 Aug National, Regional and Ethnic Philosophies

1 Sep Austrian Philosophy

4 Sep Holiday

6 Sep French and German Philosophy

8 Sep Brentano and His School: Some Preliminaries

11 Sep Philosophy and Psychology

13 Sep Philosophy and Ontology

15 Sep Bolzano, Logical Objectivism, Value Objectivism

18 Sep Austrian Philosophy and Austrian Economics

20 Sep On Writing Philosophical Essays I.

22 Sep Reading/Writing Session

25 Sep Holiday

27 Sep Reading/Writing Session

29 Sep Reading/Writing Session: First Essay Due by Noon Today

2 Oct On Writing Philosophical Essays II.

4 Oct Holiday

6 Oct Carl Stumpf and Ernst Mach

9 Oct Anton Marty

11 Oct Alexius Meinong

13 Oct Christian von Ehrenfels

16 Oct Kasimir Twardowski and Polish Philosophy

18 Oct Edmund Husserl

20 Oct Reading/Writing Session: Second Essay Due by Noon Today

23 Oct The Phenomenological Movement I

25 Oct The Phenomenological Movement II

27 Oct Wittgenstein as Austrian Philosopher

30 Oct Wittgenstein as Phenomenologist

1 Nov Discussion on Wittgenstein

3 Nov Otto Weininger

6 Nov Karl Kraus

8 Nov Ernst Polak, Aurel Kolnai, Michael Polanyi

10 Nov Reading/Writing Session: Third Essay Due by Noon Today

13 Nov Franz Kafka I

15 Nov Franz Kafka II

17 Nov Robert Musil

20 Nov Special Session on Intentionality (JP)

22 Nov Holiday

24 Nov Holiday

27 Nov The Vienna Circle I

29 Nov The Vienna Circle II

1 Dec The Lemberg-Warsaw Circle I

4 Dec The Lemberg-Warsaw Circle II

6 Dec Austrians and Germans

8 Dec The New European Philosophy Fourth Essay Due by Noon Today

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Barry Smith, Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo NY 14260-1010 Tel. 716 645 2444 X 711 Fax. 716 645 6139 http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/faculty/smith