Schedule and Syllabus


Rule Following: 
An Intensive Seminar with Jim Conant and Cora Diamond

University of Leipzig
Oct 12-13, 19-20, 26-27, 2018

For a full syllabus including lists of secondary readings for each session, click here. 

Schedule of Meetings 


  • Friday, October 12: 11:15am to 12:45am, 3:15pm to 4:45pm
  • Saturday October 13: 11:15am to 12:45pm, 3:15pm to 4:45pm 
  • Friday, October 19: 11:15am to 12:45am, 3:15pm to 4:45pm
  • Saturday October 20: 11:15am to 12:45pm, 3:15pm to 4:45pm
  • Friday, October 26: 11:15am to 12:45am, 3:15pm to 4:45pm
  • Saturday October 27: 11:15am to 12:45pm, 3:15pm to 4:45pm


Primary Readings

For each meeting, a selection of Paragraphs from Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations has been picked out: 

1. October 12, 2018 11:15am to 12:45am : PI, §§138-155
2. October 12, 3:15pm to 4:45pm: PI, §§ 156-178
3. October 13: 11:15am to 12:45pm: PI, §§179-184 & 85 – 87, 431-433 
4. October 13: 3:15pm to 4:45pm : PI, §§185-188 
5. October 19: 11:15am to 12:45am: PI, §§189-196 
6. October 19: 3:15pm to 4:45pm:  Open discussion of material assigned for sessions 1-5 
7. October 20: 11:15am to 12:45pm:  PI, §§197-201 
8. October 20: 3:15pm to 4:45pm:  PI, §§202-208   
9. October 26: 11:15am to 12:45am: PI, §§209-217 
10. October 26: 3:15pm to 4:45pm:  PI, §§218-235 
11. October 27: 11:15am to 12:45pm:  PI, §§236-242  
12. October 27: 3:15pm to 4:45pm: Concluding Discussion of material assigned for previous sessions.

For a full syllabus including lists of secondary readings for each session, click here.