Prerequisites: PHIL 107 or PHIL 132 or consent of instructor
Description: An in-depth study of a particular topic in the philosophy of language. Potential topics include context-sensitivity (how the meaning of a sentence depends upon nonlinguistic facts about context); theories of meaning (e.g., the Frege-Russell account in terms of propositions, the Lewis-Stalnaker possible worlds account, and Davidson’s truth theory account). Courses is repeatable as content changes to a maximum of 8 units.
Credit: Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 142 or PHIL 242.