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

Programs

Programs where the course is taught: