Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Introduction to the philosophy of language | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Bruno Leclercq | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| Critical examination of some central notions of language studies, especially the notion of "meaning".
Couples of notions such as "sense" and "reference", "intension" and "extension", "conotation" and "denotation" will provide a first insight of several aspects of the meaning of linguistic phrases. Then will be considered several hypotheses on what meaning is : a set of actual objects, an ideal entity, a mental content or some social use. This will lead to the question of the relations between semantics and pragmatics. Finally, formal analyses will try to give a rigorous account of the meaning "if... then...". |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Understanding of some theoretical notions and models which lie at the ground of - or provide a critical standpoint towards - many linguistic theories. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Secondary education.
Some basic knowledge in linguitics is welcome. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The seminar will take place in Room Philo I (A1/2PHilI) on Mondays from 8am to 10am during the first semester (September-December). http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Recommended reading :
Alain Gallerand, La philosophie du langage et de la logique, Paris, Ellipses, 2013. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written essay and its oral presentation. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Bruno LECLERCQ
Université de Liège
Département de philosophie
Place du XX août, 7
4000 LIEGE
B.Leclercq@ulg.ac.be |
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Items online :
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