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May 02, 2024
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PHIL 425 - Philosophy of Language (3 units)
Examination of topics such as meaning, reference, truth, analyticity, translatability and speech acts. Reading from such figures as Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Austin, Quine, Searle.
Prerequisite(s): 6 credits of philosophy.
Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. state a thesis about a central problem in the philosophy of language, and provide evidence and argument (including replies to counter-arguments) in its defense.
2. explain and interpret the ideas associated with theories in the contemporary literature in the philosophy of language.
3. distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize conceptual relationships and patterns of inference (in contemporary theories in the philosophy of language).
4. show what is at stake in abstract debates in the philosophy of language, and indicate how positions in these debates have implications for the understanding of language.
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