Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in linguistics (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in philosophy (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Descriptivist and referential semantics
Meaning and reference (Frege, Carnap)
Direct and rigid reference of proper names (Mill, Russell, Kripke)
Direct and rigid reference of definite descriptions (Russell, Strawson, Kripke, Donnellan)
Semantic externalism (Wittgenstein, Kripke, Putnam, Burge)
Character and content of indexicals (Kaplan)
Reference de se (Lewis, Perry)
Literal meaning ?
Semantic compositionality
Literalism versus contextualism
Primary and secondary pragmatic processes
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Knowledge of some of the issues in contemporary philosophy of language
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Preferably introduction to analytic philosophy or to philosophy of language
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Teaching will be given on Fridays (from 11 am to 1 pm) in the second term (from February till May) starting from February 11 2022.
Some sessions will be organized together with colleagues of other universities; some of them could be held in Brussels at some time different from usual schedule
Recommended or required readings
Texts will be provided.
For a general presentation of the issues that will be tackled :
François Recanati, Direct Reference: From Language to Thought, Blackwell Publishers, 1993.
François Recanati, Literal Meaning, Cambridge University Press, 2003 (trad. fr. Le sens littéral, Editions de l'Eclat, 2007).
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Additional information:
Oral exam based on the study of some of the texts
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
B. LECLERCQ
Département de Philosophie
7, place du 20 août - 4000 Liège
B.Leclercq@uliege.be