Seminário de Especialidade em Lógica e Filosofia da Linguagem
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General characterization
Code
73203108
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
João de Deus Santos Sàágua
Hours
Weekly - 2
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Bibliography
Ayer, A. J., «Language, Truth and Logic», Penguin Books, 1975
* Kripke, Saul A., «Naming and Necessity», Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1980
* Linsky, Leonard, «Names and Descriptions», The University of Chicago Press, 1977
* Quine, W.V.O., «Word and Object», MIT Press, Cambridge, 1960
* Russell, Bertrand, Descriptions, em «Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy», George Allen & Unwin, London, 1975
Teaching method
Lectures; analysis and discussion of texts.
In class teaching
Evaluation method
The student can choose among the following possibilities: a) one or two oral reports, with prior information concerning the topic [weighting factor: 20%, each] + a written test; or, b) a paper [weighting factor: 40%] + a written test; or, c) only a written test.(100%)
Subject matter
Applying the analytic method, the course will focus on the material structure of language through which its referential function is expressed. In this ambit, the following topics will be inquired:
* Russell: proper names;
* Quine: the objectual variable;
* Kripke: rigid designators