| Course ID: | PHIL(LING) 4300/6300. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Philosophy of Language |
Course
Description: | Topics such as formal and ordinary languages, meaning, reference, truth, definition, analyticity, ambiguity, metaphor, symbolism, and the uses of language. |
| Oasis Title: | Philosophy of Language |
| Prerequisite: | [(PHIL 2500 or PHIL 2500H or PHIL 2500E) and any 3000-level PHIL course] or permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The course lays emphasis on developing analytic skills and techniques
and on facilitating clear thinking about complex issues. The student
is expected to be able to construct and evaluate the major arguments
for and against the positions on or approaches to the problems being
studied. Communicating effectively through writing and speech, relevant use of the
computer, and critical thinking are all stressed. During the course the student
should be improving in each of these skill areas. |
| Topical Outline: | This course is a survey of some of the central topics in contemporary
philosophy of language, such as:
I. Formal and ordinary languages
II. Meaning
III. Truth
IV. Analyticity
V. Definition
VI. Reference
VII. Proper names and descriptions
VIII. Propositional attitudes and belief reports
IX. Ambiguity
X. Metaphor
XI. Symbolism
XII. Speech acts |