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Readings

Texts
Harman, Gilbert, and Judith Jarvis Thomson. Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity. Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell, 1996.

Kuhn, Thomas. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Parfit, Derek. Reasons and Persons. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984.

Perry, John. A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1978.

Additional Readings
Alston, William. "Yes, Virginia, There Is A Real World." Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 52 (1979): 779-808.

Blackburn, Simon. "The World."

Popper, Karl. Selections from Logic of Scientific Discovery. London: Routledge, 2002.

Pryor, James. "Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper."

Putnam, Hilary. "The 'Corroboration' of Theories." Scientific Revolutions. Edited by Ian Hacking. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981, pp. 60-79.