CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Traditional and contemporary theories of meaning. The connection between language, thought and reality. 3 units. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Philosophers are interested in language for ...

The philosophy of language has long engaged with questions concerning the nature, use, and interpretation of proper names. Central to this field are debates between referentialist and predicativist ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Over the years, the APQ has established itself as one of the principal English vehicles for the publication of scholarly work in ...

Vol. 197, No. 6, Special Issue on Knowledge, Virtue and Action: Eastern and Western Perspectives (June 2020), pp. 2433-2464 (32 pages) This paper defends a challenge, inspired by arguments drawn from ...

In this course, students will practice the skills involved in "critical thinking" - the process by which they develop and support their beliefs and evaluate the strength of arguments. Students will ...

The Blog of the American Philosophical Association has posted a set of answers to the question "What is philosophy?" collected by David Maclean. Philosopher Simon Blackburn, the author of Mirror, ...

Philosophy literally means “love of wisdom,” but it might also be called love of inquiry, love of thinking, or love of the big questions of life. To ask and answer such questions, philosophers draw ...

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Traditional and contemporary theories of meaning. The connection between language, thought and reality. 3 units. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Our course is about the connection between ...

Philosophy of language interrogates the intricate relationship between language, meaning and mind. This interdisciplinary field spans analytic philosophy, linguistics, cognitive science and artificial ...