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Subject: Greatest Hits
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 21:34:50 EST
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If somebody were to ask me to list, say, ten of the most seminal works
of twentieth century analytic philosophy, I think I could come up with
a reasonable collection.  That is, I think I could pick ten books that
most analytic philosophers would agree have decisively shaped the
field (e.g., Quine's _Word_and_Object_, Kripke's
_Naming_and_Necessity_, Wittgenstein's _Tractatus_, and
_Investigations_, and so forth).

I am interested in acquiring some background in linguistics, so I
wonder if any of you folks would care to offer a similar list of "core
readings" in that discipline.

I am not certain if this sort of thing should be posted to the net or
mailed to me, perhaps to be summarized.  Use your own judgment, I
guess.  I thank you in advance.


Todd Moody                 |  {allegra|astrovax|bpa|burdvax}!sjuvax!tmoody
Philosophy Department      |
St. Joseph's U.            |         "I couldn't fail to
Philadelphia, PA   19131   |          disagree with you less."