19th and 20th Century Philosophy

You will write a 1000-1500 word review of a book from an approved list of scholarship on movements, traditions, and disciplinary formations in nineteenth and twentieth century philosophy, and make a 10-15 minute class presentation on it. I will provide a list of approved books, many of which will be on reserve with the library; alternatives may be approved if you consult with me well in advance. You should (1) summarize the argument of the work; (2) engage with by presenting a supporting argument, raising an objection, or posing a serious and specific interpretive difficulty with it; and (3) connect the argument to readings we have done or will do in the class.

You must make an appointment to discuss your presentation outline the week before your presentation.

The Books

You should choose one of the following books, or another book on a similar topic with Professor’s approval. Books physically owned by the library will be put on reserve.

• Andreas Vrahimis, Encounters Between Analytic and Continental Philosophy (UTD library)
• Michael Dummett, Origins of Analytic Philosophy (UTD library)
• Michael Friedman, A Parting of the Ways: Carnap, Cassirer, Heidegger (UTD library)
• Martin Kusch, Psychologism: A Case Study in the Sociology of Philosophical Knowledge (UTD library)
• Edward S. Reed, From Soul to Mind: The Emergence of Psychology, from Erasmus Darwin to William James
• Peter K.J. Park, Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy: Racism in the Formation of the Philosophical Canon, 1780–1830 (UTD Library)
• Thomas L. Akehurst, The Cultural Politics of Analytical Philosophy: Britishness and the Spectre of Europe (UTD library)
• Michael Beaney, The Analytic Turn: Analysis in Early Analytic Philosophy and Phenomenology (UTD library)
• James Chase & Jack Reynolds, Analytic versus Continental: Arguments on the Methods and Value of Philosophy (UTD library)
• Hans-Johann Glock, What is Analytic Philosophy?
• Avrum Stroll, Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy (UTD library)
• Simon Glendinning, The Idea of Continental Philosophy: A Philosophical Chronicle (UTD library)
• Peter E. Gordon, Continental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos (UTD library)
• Richard J. Bernstein, Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science, Hermeneutics, and Practice (UTD library)
• George A. Reisch, How the Cold War Transformed Philosophy of Science: To the Icy Slopes of Logic (UTD library)
• John McCumber, Time in the Ditch: American Philosophy and the McCarthy Era (UTD library)
• John McCumber, The Philosophy Scare: The Politics of Reason in the Early Cold War (UTD library)
• Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb, The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics
• Cumhaill and Wiseman, Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life – Note, release date is Feb 3 if purchased from a UK source.
• David Edmonds, The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle (UTD library)
• Wolfram Eilenberger, Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy (UTD library)
• Trevor Pearce, Pragmatism’s Evolution: Organism and Environment in American Philosophy (UTD library)
• Louis Menand, The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America (UTD library)
• Cheryl Misak, The American Pragmatists (UTD library)
• Cheryl Misak, Cambridge Pragmatism: From Peirce and James to Ramsey and Wittgenstein
• Cornel West, The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism (UTD library)