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Master 2024/2025

Problems of the Contemporary Philosophy of Language

Type: Elective course (Philosophical Studies)
Area of studies: Philosophy
Delivered by: School of Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Where: Faculty of Humanities
When: 1 year, 3 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors: Vitaliy Dolgorukov
Master’s programme: Philosophical Antropology
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3

Course Syllabus

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Abstract

The general overview of the basic issues of the contemporary philosophy of language. Contemporary Philosophy of Language started with seminal work of G. Frege and developed through the work of G.E. Moore, B. Russell and L. Wittgenstein to the philosophy of ordinary language of G. Ryle and G.L. Austin. Later the main focus of Philosophy of Language was shifted by the work W.V.O. Quine to the Theory of Reference which constitutes the main problem of Contemporary Philosophy of Language.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The aim of the course is to provide students with a general overview of the basic issues of the contemporary philosophy of language.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Analyses and improve familiar research methods and professional skills
  • Carries out research and other professional activities in an international environment
  • Generates concepts and theoretical models, to test new methods and tools for professional activities
  • Learns new research methods and approaches on his/her own, to evolve professionally
  • master Davidson's views on semantics and ontology of events
  • master Frege's views about the meaning and reference
  • master the distinction between semantics and pragmatics
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Logical analysis of natural language
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Аудиторная работа
  • non-blocking Домашние работы
  • non-blocking Доклад
  • non-blocking Экзамен
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 3rd module
    0.5 * Аудиторная работа + 0 * Доклад + 0 * Домашние работы + 0.5 * Экзамен
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Concise encyclopedia of philosophy of language and linguistics, , 2010
  • McGinn, C. (2015). Philosophy of Language : The Classics Explained. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=956432
  • Paul H. Portner, & Barbara H. Partee. (2008). Formal Semantics : The Essential Readings. [N.p.]: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=231496
  • Spreading the word : groundings in the philosophy of language, Blackburn, S., 2004
  • Zimmermann, T. E., & Sternefeld, W. (2013). Introduction to Semantics : An Essential Guide to the Composition of Meaning. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=604253

Authors

  • VERETENNIKOV ANDREY ANATOLEVICH
  • Dolgorukov Vitalii Vladimirovich