The exposition is sometimes grim, but the problems are wonderful. Wittgenstein's conception of our alternatives in the face of the philosophical problems is dizzying and profound. He's ferociously and monumentally earnest but then makes great wisecracks. The insights from his work, once mastered, may change a great deal of what you do in philosophy. At least one must be written.
All papers go to everyone in the class.
Each student will also provide feedback to every student on every presentation on a form I will provide. Each presentation will be graded equally and the grade for the course will be the average of the three, with a deduction of a letter grade if the student missed more than two classes or more than five feedback forms. I don't give Incompletes. The class will discuss and decide whether to make use of this listserv a requirement. If it is possible for all of us to access our e-mail, then it may very well make our discussion and our distribution of handouts and papers easier.