PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE   [Archived Catalog]
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog
   

PHIL 1420 - PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an advanced undergraduate course in recent and contemporary philosophy of language; topics covered vary somewhat, but typically include many of: reference and descriptions, empiricist criteria of meaning, truth, the theory of speech acts, the analytic-synthetic distinction, theory of translation, possible worlds semantics, pragmatic theories of meaning, and so on.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: Any Philosophy Course


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