| CODE | PHI2121 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Philosophy of Language | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Philosophy | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit covers the traditional texts and areas in the philosophy of language. The texts covered will include those of frege, Russell, Kripke, Quine, Davidson, Austin, Grice and Wittgenstein whereas the topics covered will include, sense and reference, definite descriptions, proper names, natural-kind terms, de re and de dicto necessity, propositonal attitudes, speech acts, and intentional theories of meaning among others. Study-unit Aims There are two aims to this study-unit: the first is hermeneutic in that students will be expected to read and familiarise themselves with the key texts in the philosophy of language; the second is conceptual in that students will be expected to engage critically with the concepts discussed in the philosophy of langauge. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - recognise the various theories of language; - explain the concepts that belong to the different theories of language. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - interpret and rank the various theories of language; - analyze a position on the philosophy of language and conduct either a critique or a defence of it. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Hale, B and Wright, C. (eds) A companion to the philosophy of language (Oxford: Blackwell, 1999) Hornsby, J and Longworth, G. Reading philosophy of language : selected texts with interactive commentary (Oxford: Blackwell, 2006) Morris, Michael. An introduction to the philosophy of language (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007) Platts, de Bretton Mark. Ways of meaning: an introduction to a philosophy of language (U.S.A: MIT Press, 1999). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Seminar | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Joseph Friggieri |
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