Fall 2022:

• Ethics of Eating (PHIL 1440).
• Philosophy of Language (PHIL 3710 & LING 3332).

Spring 2022:

On study leave.

Fall 2021:

On parental leave.

Spring 2021:

• Minds & Machines (PHIL/COGST 2612). Syllabus.

Fall 2020:

• Ethics of Eating (PHIL 1440). Syllabus.
• Topics in Philosophy of Language: Expressive and Social Meaning (w/Sarah Murray) (PHIL 4710/6710 & LING 4712/6634). Syllabus.

Spring 2020:

• Topics in Philosophy of Language: Counterfactuals (w/Arc Kocurek) (PHIL 4710/6710 & LING 4712/6634). Syllabus.

Fall 2019:

• Minds & Machines (PHIL/COGST 2621). Syllabus.
• Philosophy of Language (PHIL 3710/LING 3332). Syllabus.

Spring 2019:

• Ethics of Eating (Phil 1440). Syllabus.
• Topics in Philosophy of Language: Speech Acts and Social Norms (Phil 4710/6710 & Ling 4712/6634). Syllabus; Handouts.

Fall 2018:

• Minds & Machines (Phil/Cogsci 2621). Syllabus.
• Math for Philosophy (Phil 3/6305). Syllabus.

On Leave

Spring 2017:

• Minds & Machines (Phil/Cogsci 2621). Syllabus.
• Introduction to Deductive Logic (Phil 2310). Syllabus.

• Ethics of Eating (Phil 1440, w/Andrew Chignell)
• Topics in Philosophy of Language: Speech Acts (Phil 4710/6710 & Ling 4712/6634, w/Sarah Murray) Syllabus

Spring 2016:

• Minds and Machines (Phil 2621) Syllabus
• Philosophy of Language (Phil 3710/Ling 3332) Syllabus

Fall 2015:

• Pro-seminar in Philosophy (Phil 6100) co-taught with Kate Manne Syllabus
• Topics in Philosophy of Language: Language, Convention and Society (Phil 4710/6710 & Ling 4712/6634) Syllabus

Summer 2015:

EdX Massive Open Online Course: the Ethics of Eating w/Andrew Chignell

Spring 2015:

• Minds and Machines (Phil 2621) Syllabus
• Ethics of Eating (Phil 1440) Syllabus

Fall 2014:

• Teaching leave

Spring 2014:

• Philosophy of Language (Phil 3710 & Ling 3332) Syllabus
• Ethics of Eating (Phil 1440) w/Andrew Chignell Syllabus

Fall 2013:

• Topics in Philosophy of Language: Counterfactual Modality (Phil 4710/6710 & Ling 4712/6634) Syllabus
• Pro-seminar in Philosophy (Phil 6100) Syllabus

Summer 2013:

ESSLLI Düsseldorf: Speech Acts (w/Sarah Murray) Syllabus

• Day 1: Foundational ideas about speech acts and meaning (PDF Slides)
• Day 2: Information; Questions; Convention; Conversational dynamics (PDF Slides)
• Day 3: Conversational Dynamics; Linguistic and semantic structure (PDF Slides)
• Day 4: Dynamic Semantics for Mood; Communication (PDF Slides)
• Day 5: Abductive interpretation and Illocutionary Force (PDF Slides)

Spring 2013:

• The Ethics of Eating (Phil 2411), Syllabus
• Minds and Machines (Phil 2621), Syllabus

Fall 2012:

• Topics in Philosophy of Language: Speech Acts (Phil 4710/6710 & Ling 4712/6634), Syllabus
• Pro-seminar in Philosophy (Phil 6100), Syllabus

Spring 2012:

• Philosophy of Language: Modality (Phil 6710/Ling 6634), Syllabus

  Handouts

  • 01.23: Motivating Modal Semantics
  • 01.30: Modality and Modal Logic
  • 02.06: Kratzer on Modality in Natural Language
  • 02.13: Lewis and Stalnaker on Subjunctive Conditionals
  • 02.20: The Lewis and Stalnaker Analysis of Subjunctives: Criticism
  • 02.27: Structural Equations and Subjunctive Conditionals
  • 03.05: A Uniform Theory of Conditionals: Beyond Stalnaker
  • 03.12: Epistemic Modality, Contextualism and Relativism
  • 03.26: Expressivism about Epistemic Modality
  • 04.02: Epistemic Modality and Dynamic Semantics
  • 04.09: The Puzzles of Deontic Logic
  • 04.16: Free Choice Permission

Fall 2011:

• Introduction to Deductive Logic (Phil 2310), Syllabus; Slides: Intro (08.25) / Basics (08.30) /
  Intro (09.01) / Logic of Atomics (09.06) / The Booleans (09.13) /
  Logic of Booleans (09.15) / Informal Boolean Proofs I (09.20) /
  Informal Boolean Proofs II (09.22) / Formal Boolean Proofs I (09.27) /
  Formal Boolean Proofs II (09.29) / Conditionals (10.04) /
  Logic of Conditionals (10.06) / Intro Quantification I (10.18) /
  Intro Quantification II (10.20) / Translating Quantifiers (10.25) /
  Logic of Quantifiers (10.27) / Multiple and Mixed Quantifiers (11.01) /
  Translating Quantifiers Systematically (11.03) / Informal Proofs with Quantifiers I (11.08) /
  Informal Proofs with Quantifiers II (11.10) / Informal Proofs with Quantifiers III (11.15) /
  Formal Proofs with Quantifiers I (11.17) / Formal Proofs with Quantifiers II (11.17) /
  Formal Proofs and Logical Theory (11.29) / ZIP of all slides here
  (Slides made w/Beamer. Email me for source .tex.)
• Minds and Machines (Phil 2620), Syllabus

• Spring 2011: Minds and Machines (V83.0015), Syllabus
• Fall 2010: Topics in Mind and Language (V83.0104), Syllabus

• Spring 2009: Introduction to Logic (Phil 201), Syllabus
  • Slides: 01.20 / 01.22 / 01.27 / 01.29 / 02.03 / 02.05 / 02.10 / 02.12 / 02.17 / 02.24 / 02.26 / 03.03 / 03.12 / 03.24 / 03.26 / 03.31 / 04.02 / 04.07 / 04.09 / 04.14 / 04.16 / 04.21 / 04.23.
• Fall 2008: Philosophy of Language (Phil 210), Syllabus