5月5日开始，David Chalmers在著名的洛克讲座进行系列演讲。

主题：'Constructing the World'

摘要：

In Der Logische Aufbau Der Welt, Carnap argued that all truths are definitionally entailed by a very limited class of truths. Most philosophers think that the project of the Aufbau is a failure and that nothing like it can succeed. I will investigate the prospects for an Aufbau-like project, centering around what I call the Scrutability Thesis: all truths are a priori entailed by a very limited class of truths. I will also discuss applications to Carnapian projects in epistemology, the philosophy of language and mind, metaphysics, the philosophy of science, and metaphilosophy.

The lectures will take place on Wednesdays, Weeks 2 to 7, of Trinity Term 2010. They will start at 5pm, and will take place at the Gulbenkian Theatre, St Cross Building, Manor Road.

讲座日程：

•Lecture 1 (5th May): A Scrutable World
•Lecture 2 (12th May): The Cosmoscope Argument
•Lecture 3 (19th May): The Case for A Priori Scrutability
•Lecture 4 (26th May): Revisability and Conceptual Change: Carnap vs. Quine
•Lecture 5 (2nd June): Hard Cases: Mathematics, Normativity, Ontology, Intentionality
•Lecture 6 (9th June): Whither the Aufbau?

The book manuscript can be found at http://consc.net/oxford/ （可下载书稿）

详见：http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/lectures/john_locke_lectures （可下载讲稿、演讲录音，还有历次讲座信息）

以下内容译自他5月29日撰写的网络日志：

过去几周我在牛津作洛克讲座，题为“世界的构造”。以此为题是向卡尔纳普1928年的著作《世界的逻辑构造》致敬。讲座是基于近些年我着手撰写的一部书，它所尝试实现的计划在某些方面与卡尔纳普的相似。为了不影响讲座，我到现在才把材料放到网上。目前为止，大家可以找到导论和前三章的内容。而且，牛津网页上有第一讲和第二讲的录音文件、幻灯片以及讲义。更多材料每周都会有更新，而且据我所知最后似乎还会有视频下载。重返牛津倍感亲切，非常感谢这里的所有人，感谢他们这些日子的热情款待。