PHIL 010H: Honors Language, Mind, and Reality

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour

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Prerequisites: admission to the University Honors Program or consent of instructor

Description: Honors course corresponding to PHIL 010. Explores the nature of language, communication, and mentality and their role in shaping our thought and experience of the world. Tackles questions about the innateness of concepts, the social and rational norms governing communication, the nature of speech acts and their connection to hate speech and pornography, and the scope of mentality.

Credit: Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 010 or PHIL 010H.