语言哲学_语言与哲学

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Philosophy of Language, Spring 2011, Cheng Lian

Description:

This introductory course will have two parts in content: philosophy of language in proper and its relevance to other areas of philosophical inquiry.The central challenge that will occupy us in this course is to give a philosophical account of how language works.We will deal with such topics as proper names, definite descriptions, natural kind terms, propositional attitudes, speech acts, implicatures, metaphors, and various iues concerning meaning.Requirements:

(1)You must finish the weekly reading aignments prior to each of our cla meeting.(2)There are homework aignments on a bi-weekly basis.(3)Each student is required to do a no-le-than 15 minute cla presentation.(4)Midterm exam consists of a short paper(1000 words, double spaced)due on the day of our

week 10 meeting.Final exam will be in claroom.Grading Policy:

Your grade for this course will depend on your performance with respect to cla presentation(10%), homework(20%), midterm paper(30%), and final exam(40%).Texts:

(1)William Lycan, Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction(2nd Edition), Routledge,2000

(2)Michael Morris, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language, Cambridge University Pre,2007

(3)Copies of original works listed below in the schedule to be distributed.Schedule(subject to adjustment):

Week 1 Introduction

Lycan 1;some preliminaries(metalanguage and object language, use and mention, types and tokens)

Locke’s conception of language: Morris 1

Week 2 Definite descriptions

Lycan 2, Ruell, “On Denoting”

Week 3 Proper names I: The Description Theory

Lycan 3, Searle, “Proper Names”

Week 4 Proper names II

Lycan 4;Kripke, “Name and Neceity”

Week 5 Natural Kind terms

Morris 5

Week 6 de re and de dicto modality

Morris 6

Week 7 Propositional Attitudes

Morris 7

Week 8Theories of meaning I

Lycan 5, 6

Week 9 Theories of meaning II

Lycan 7，8

Week 10 Theories of meaning III

Lycan 9;Davidson, “Truth and Meaning”

Week 11 Theories of meaning IV

Lycan 10

Week 12 Speech acts

Lycan 11, 12;Morris 12

Week 13 Implicatures

Lycan 13

Week 14 Metaphors

Lycan 14;Davidson, “What Metaphors Mean”

Week 15 Private Language

Kripke, “On Rules and Private Language”;Morris 14

Week 16 Translation and Interpretation Morris 10, 11

Week 17 Two-dimensional semantics(if poible)Chalmers

Week 18 Mind, Language, and World

Miller 9