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Philosophy of Communication

Objectives





a. To discuss and understand the main philosophical questions concerning verbal communication;
b. To explore a number of puzzles about meaning and communication;
c. To establish an interface between Philosophy and Linguistics, specifically concerning Semantics and Pragmatics; d. To provide students with the necessary conceptual tools for a critical analysis of communication.






 

General characterization

Code

01101639

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Maria Grazia Rossi, Marcin Lewinski

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Bibliography

Austin, J.L. (1962). How to do Things with Words. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
[Austin, J.L. (1990). Quando Dizer é Fazer: Palavras e Ação. Trad. por D. Marcondes de Souza Filho. Porto
Alegre: Editora Artes Médicas.]
Craig, R. T., and Muller, H.L. (2007). Theorizing communication. Readings across traditions. London: Sage.
Frankfurt, H. G., (2005). On Bullshit. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
[Frankfurt, H. G., (2018). Bullshit: Sobre a Conversa Fiada, o Embuste e a Mentira. Mem Martins: Bookout
Editora.]
Grice, H. P. (1975). Logic and conversation. In P. Cole & J. L. Morgan (Eds.), Syntax and semantics, Vol. 3:
Speech acts (pp. 41-58). New York: Academic Press.
[Grice, H. P. (1982). Lógica e conversação. In: M. Dascal (org.), Fundamentos metodológicos da linguística, Vol.
4 (pp. 81-103), trad. por J. W. Geraldi. Campinas.]


Teaching method

Not available

Evaluation method

final exam(60%), mid-term exam (40%)

Subject matter

Not available