Philosophy of Language
Code
711031055
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Paulo Melo
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To identify relevant features involved in the phenomenological description of language
b) Succinct knowledge of the relations and intersections between contemporary Linguistics and Philosophy of Language
c) Knowledge of the main philosophical problems raised by language
d) Identification of the most relevant connections of Philosophy of Language with Ontology, Anthropology and Philosophy of Knowledge
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Subject matter
The course will describe and analyse three main approaches to linguistic meaning:
a) the naming theory of meaning: Wittgenstein («Tractatus»);
b) the verification theory of meaning: logical positivism (Carnap);
c) the pragmatic theory of meaning: Grice, Austin, Searle.
Bibliography
* Austin, J. L., «How to do things with words», Harvard University Press, 1975
* Carnap, Rudolf, «Testability and Meaning», Literary Licensing, 2011
* Grice, Paul, \"Utterer´s Meaning and Intentions\", em P. Ludlow (ed.), «Readings in the Philosophy of Language», The MIT Press, 1997
* Searle, John R., «Speech Acts», Cambridge University Press, 2011
* Wittgenstein, Ludwig, «Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus» («Annalen der Naturphilosophie», 1921); edição bilingue (alemão/inglês) (D. F. Pears e B. F. McGuinness), com correcções introduzidas no texto alemão pelos tradutores em 1960 e em 1971, e Introdução de Bertrand Russell, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1972 [tradução portuguesa de M. S. Lourenço, «Tratado Lógico-Filosófico / Investigações Filosóficas», Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1987]
Teaching method
Lectures; analysis and discussion of texts
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.