Course Code:
CEID_ΓΠ31
Type:
Period:
Spring Semester
Credit Points:
3
This introductory course to the philosophy of language presents the problem of referential meaning in relative detail (weeks 1-8) and then gives an overview of the problem of sentence meaning (weeks 9-13). First, the theories of Frege, Russell, Quine, Kripke on the reference of proper names and referring descriptions are explained. Then three accounts of sentence meaning are presented: verificationism; the principle of compositionality (as applied by Davidson and outlined by Lycan); the theory that the meanings of sentences are logical propositions.