PHIL 6530 - Philosophy of Language

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the Philosophy or PPE masters programs, or consent of instructor.
Description
This course explores how language is able to represent the world and communicate our beliefs about it. Topics may include the nature of language, theories of meaning and reference, semantic paradoxes, private language, speech acts, and non-human language. May be repeated but only if content varies. A maximum of six credit hours may be applied toward the degree.