Program Overview

Current Debates in Language & Mind (PHIL*4120)

Course Details

The course code for Current Debates in Language & Mind is PHIL*4120, and it is offered in Section 01 during the Winter 2020 term. The course instructor is Mark McCullagh.

Course Description

This course is a graduate-level introduction to Philosophy of Language, with a focus on 2 or 3 particular special topics, the choice of which will depend on students' interests. Possible topics include:

• Discourse about fictional entities
• Vagueness
• Context-dependence
• Apriority and analyticity The course materials will include orienting essays from a recent "Companion" volume, as well as articles made available online. Students may also read from Irene Heim and Angelika Kratzer's standard semantics textbook or David Kaplan's essay "Demonstratives".

Course Requirements

Students will produce one term essay, with an initial draft due several weeks into the course. Additionally, students will give a small number of mini-presentations that will open each class meeting.

Crosslisting

This course is crosslisted with PHIL*6120.

Departments and Schools

The university has several departments and schools, including:

• School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing
• School of Fine Art and Music
• School of Languages and Literatures
• Department of History
• Department of Philosophy
• Interdisciplinary Programs

Centres, Institutes and Labs

The university is also home to several centres, institutes, and labs, including:

• Centre for Scottish Studies
• Grounded and Engaged Theory Lab (GET)
• Interdisciplinary Design Lab
• The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
• The Humanities Interdisciplinary Collaboration Lab (THINC)
• The School of Fine Art & Music Print Study Collection