Course organizers: Brian Rabern and Bryan Pickel
Course description: This course introduces postgraduate students to current research in philosophy of langauge and logic. The topics this semester will concern issues in semantic theory centring around reference, indexicality, attitude reports, and de se content. (drps)
Time and location:
| Week 1 | Sept 17 | Introduction to course |
| Week 2 | Sept 24 | Lecture on reference |
| Week 3 | Oct 1 | Speaker: Imogen Dickie |
| Week 4 | Oct 8 | Lecture on attitude reports |
| Week 5 | Oct 15 | Speaker: Hazel Pearson |
| Week 6 | Oct 22 | Lecture on context-sensitivity |
| Week 7 | Oct 29 | Lecture on metasemantics |
| Week 8 | Nov 5 | Speaker: Eliot Michealson |
| Week 9 | Nov 12 | Lecture on de se content |
| Week 10 | Nov 19 | Speaker: Stephan Torre |
Background reading:
Resources:
Standford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy:
PHIL11193, University of Edinburgh, Philosophy
Course secretary: Becky Verdon