| Course ID: | PHIL(LING) 8300. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. |
| Course Title: | Seminar in the Philosophy of Language |
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. |
| Oasis Title: | SEM PHIL OF LANG |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| 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 |