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Class Detail:
FA 2012 Philosophy PHIL 409 - Philosophy of Language Section 001
Credits:	3
Waitlist Capacity:	99
Advisory Prerequisites:	PHIL 296, 303, or 414.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Swanson,Eric Peter
	(real time availability for all sections)

How can a sentence, a belief, or a picture represent something? This problem — the problem of intentionality — is of fundamental importance to analytic philosophy. We will discuss a special case: the problem of intentionality as it presents itself in language. Readings will include classic work by Frege, Russell, Strawson, Wittgenstein, Searle, Kripke, Putnam, and Evans. Course Requirements: No data submitted Intended Audience: Students who have some experience in Philosophy and have had one formal logic class from any department Class Format: 3 hours of seminar-style lecture per week

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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)



ISBN: 0195188306	The philosophy of language, Author: ed. by A.P. Martinich, Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press 5. ed. 2008
Required

ISBN: 0674598466	Naming and necessity, Author: Saul A. Kripke, Publisher: Harvard Univ. Press 1980
Required	Other Textbook Editions OK.

ISBN: 0024288101	Philosophical investigations the English text of the third edition, Author: by Ludwig Wittgenstein. Transl. by G. E. M. Anscombe, Publisher: Macmillan 3. ed., [N 1992
Required