Course Description
The original course materials dealing with such topics as formal and ordinary languages, meaning, reference, descriptions, truth, definition, analyticity, speech acts, and the uses of language.
Athena Title
SEM PHIL OF LANG
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The course aims at developing logical and analytic skills and techniques facilitating clear thinking about complex issues. The students are expected to be able to construct and evaluate the major arguments for and against the positions on or approaches to the problems being studied, to lead class discussions, and to write research papers on topics arising from class discussions.
Topical Outline
This course is an advanced survey of some of the central issues 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. Ppropositional attitudes and belief reports IX. Ambiguity X. Metaphor XI. Symbolism XII. Speech acts