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24.251 Introduction to Philosophy of Language | Linguistics and Philosophy

This course explores the nature of meaning and truth, and their bearing on the use of language in communication. No knowledge of logic or linguistics is presupposed.

Keywords:: pragmatic theory, Philosophy of Language, truth-conditional theories, Meaning and reference, pretense and attitude ascriptions, psychological theories, hidden indexical theory, implicature theory, Linguistics, empiricist theories

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Humanities / Philosophy

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: November 2, 2023
Author:: Unknown (Know the author?)
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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Language:: English
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