Philosophy of Language (PP0074)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : PPL-3-POLANG-PH

Meaning, belief and world: The course will begin with a detailed, critical examination of Frege's notion of sense, and then move on to look at recent attempts to accommodate indexicals and propositional attitudes within a Fregean framework. The second part of the course will examine some general methodological questions about meaning and reference: what form should a theory of meaning take; in what does knowledge of meaning consist; what kind of facts are there about meaning; and what is reference?

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Philosophy 2A (PP0033) or Philosophy 2B (PP0034)

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Philosophy, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 12 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
10/01/2006	09:00	10:50	Room G.02, William Robertson Building	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	09:00	10:50	Central

Assessment Information

Assessment will be by 2-hour examination in the June diet. Senior Honours students may opt to write a long essay (approximately 6000 words) in lieu of the final exam.