We will be particularly interested in the relationship between incompleteness and inconsistency and the choice between accepting one or the other, in the role of paradoxes and of the idea of completeness in the history of philosophy and in the possibility that the world and our knowledge of it are fundamentally either incomplete or inconsistent. The second half of the course will be devoted to the examination of the possibility that accepting inconsistency provides a viable alternative to the acceptance of incompleteness and that the world is in fact inconsistent. All students are expected to attend class regularly, to participate in class discussion, to complete all assigned reading prior to the class session in which it is to be discussed, and to come to class prepared with questions raised by the reading. I always welcome rough drafts of papers, which can be handed to me at any time or e-mailed. I guarantee that I will return all rough drafts or outlines with comments the day after I receive them.
All work is to be handed in on time unless an extension is arranged prior to the due date.
I cannot guarantee either prompt return or feedback on work handed in late.