PHIL 34 Language and Thought

Studies of language and cognition play central and defining roles in the history and development of philosophy. Students will investigate the nature of language and its relations to logic, thought and reality.  Specific topics may include theories of signs, meaning, reference, truth, and speech acts.  Other possibilities include necessity, analyticity, tensed statements, counterfactual conditionals, indexicals, pragmatics, metaphor, intentionality and vagueness.

Instructor

C. Thomas

Prerequisite

One Philosophy course, or permission of the instructor.

Degree Requirement Attributes

TMV

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Offered

• Spring