This course is available on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
10 hours of lectures, 10 hours of classes and 3 hours of workshops in the LT. No meetings take place in reading week (week 6).
Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the LT.
Lycan, William G. (1999). Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction. Routledge. Kripke, Saul A. (1980). Naming and Necessity. Harvard University Press. Keefe, Rosanna (2000). Theories of Vagueness. Cambridge University Press. Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1953). Philosophical Investigations. Wiley-Blackwell. Grice, H. Paul (1975). Logic and Conversation. In Maite Ezcurdia & Robert J. Stainton (eds.), The Semantics-Pragmatics Boundary in Philosophy. Broadview Press. pp. 47. Langton, Rae & Hornsby, Jennifer (1998). Free speech and illocution. Legal Theory 4 (1):21-37.
Essay (80%, 2000 words) in the period between LT and ST. Exercise (10%) and class participation (10%) in the LT.