The aim of this course is twofold: the first aim is skills-oriented. After this course students have improved their analytical skills and their writingskills. An astute awareness of the distinction between matters of fact and conceptual issues is required. These ‘tools for thinking’ are useful in all areas of philosophy. The second aim is to acquire knowledge about central ideas in the philosophy of language, especially as this subject has evolved in the 20th centrury in which it has dominated analytical philosophy.
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Deze cursus is onderdeel van het verdiepingspakket Taal, geest en wereld.
LAS and TCS students who follow this course as part of the core curriculum of their major, need to complete a compulsory preparation course/assignment. See for more information: https://tcs.sites.uu.nl/
The central question to be addressed in this course is: what is meaning? Starting point is Frege's distinction between sense and reference. We will study the reception of Frege's ideas in the 20th century, with special emphasis on Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations'.
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