X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=index.mdwn;h=76a54f936b28398567d52e3a78c09feba797e19e;hp=0ae6d5ead9d405fd96ad3012abe1671af27af073;hb=6501d908788cd4be578ab1aa55db3e43e80f87be;hpb=a5cde834781109f49fde431e38c769e8892bc645 diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index 0ae6d5ea..76a54f93 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -7,11 +7,16 @@ This course will be co-taught by [Chris Barker](http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cb125/ ## Announcements ## -The seminar meets on Mondays, starting September 13, from 4-6 in the 2nd floor Philosophy Seminar Room, at 5 -Washington Place. We may be able to shift the time around slightly to suit the +The seminar meets on Mondays, starting September 13, from 4-6. +The first meeting will be in the Linguistics building at 10 Washington Place on the first floor (room 104). +(Earlier, we were going to meet in the 2nd floor Philosophy Seminar Room, at 5 +Washington Place, but there were conflicts.) We may be able to shift the time around slightly to suit the schedule of participants; but it will remain on Mondays late afternoon/evenings. +## Assignments ## + +[[Assignment1]] ## Overview ## @@ -95,8 +100,14 @@ it will not be especially well-suited to be a first graduate-level course in formal semantics or philosophy of language. If you have concerns about your background, come discuss them with us. -It hasn't yet been decided whether this course counts for satisfying the logic requirement for -Philosophy PhD students. +This class will count as satisfying the logic requirement for Philosophy +PhD students; however if this would be your first or only serious +engagement with graduate-level formal work you should consider +carefully, and must discuss with us, (1) whether you'll be adequately +prepared for this course, and (2) whether you'd be better served by +taking a logic course (at a neighboring department, or at NYU next year) +with a more canonical syllabus. + Faculty and students from outside of NYU Linguistics and Philosophy are welcome to audit, to the extent that this coheres well with the needs of our local