Infopaket

Philosophy of Language

ОК 20

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2021/2022

2 Semester

5

1. Carry out intellectual quest, discover and critically expose the topical problems of modern philosophy, delineate them within the framework of personal (independent) philosophical investigation. 7. Critically account, analize and judge philosophy texts, use relevant methods of their analysis and interpretation. (Part B) 1. Carry out intellectual quest, discover and critically expose the topical problems of modern philosophy, delineate them within the framework of personal (independent) philosophical investigation. 3. Be capable of reconstructing the historical development of worldwide philosophy, evolution of philosophy ideas and problems. 6. Have command of the state and foreign language of sufficient level for professional communication and discussion of scientific problems and research results in the field of philosophy

Full-time form

(Part A) The purpose of this part of the Philosophy of Language course is to provide students with an understanding of the history of the philosophy of language, its principles and main ideas, and the connections between different philosophical theories of language. (Part B) More profound acquaintance with the key concepts, important issues and leading theories of contemporary philosophy of language. 2. Preliminary requirements for the choice of the course (Part A) Students must have basic skills skills in solving tasks and problems in education and research activities, presentation of research results. (Part B) To start the course students are presupposed to know the following: main stages, characteristics, problems, theories and personalities of the history of philosophy process as a whole and analytical philosophy in particular; Students should have skills to collect, analyse, interpret as well as present the information of modern philosophical investigations;

(Part A) 1. The subject of philosophy of language 2 Topic 2. Ancient philosophy of language 3. Philosophy of language of the early modern period 4. The theory of language of the era of classical German philosophy 5. Views on the language of German philosophers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries Control work 6. L. Wittgenstein's philosophy of language 7. The philosophy of language of M. Heidegger and H.-G. Gadamer (Part B) 1. Philosophy of language: aspects of conceptual geography 2. Origins of analytical philosophy of language: Frege and Russell 3. Critical survey of the Russell’s views: Strawson, Donnellan, Kripke 4. Speech act theory: Austin and Searle.Searching for invisible meanings: Grice 5. Topical problems of investigation in the modern analytical philosophy of language 6 Midterm control work (exam/test) Logico-semantic analysis of action sentences: Davidson

А: 7. Apel K.-O. Die Idee der Sprache bei Nikolaus von Cues // Archiv für Begriffsgeschichte. – № 1 (1953). – S.200-221. 8. Apel K.-O. Die Idee der Sprache in der Tradition des Humanismus von Dante bis Vico. – Bonn, 1980. 9. Baxter T.M.S. The Cratylus. Plato’s Critique of Naming. – Leiden, 1992. 11. Danford J. W. The Problem of Language in Hobbes's Political Science // The Journal of Politics. – № 42 (1980). – P. 102-134. 16. Kripke S.A. Wittgenstein über Regeln und Privatsprache. – Frankfurt a. M., 1987. В: 2. A Companion to the Philosophy of Language (2nd ed.; 2 volume set) / Eds. B.Hale, C.Wright, A.Miller. – Wiley Blackwell, 2017. 3. Collin F., Guldmann F. Meaning, Use and Truth: Introducing the Philosophy of Language. –Ashgate, 2005. 4. Concise Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Language and Linguistics / Eds. A.Barber, R.J.Stainton. –Oxford: Elsevier, 2010. 5. Daly C. Philosophy of Language: An Introduction. – London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney: Bloomsbury, 2013.

Lectures, seminars, self-study

Report (presentation as a result of independent work) (maximum – 40 points): 40-36 points – student has mastered the volume of the entire material for study of the discipline; 35-30 points – student has mastered the sufficient volume of the material for study of the discipline; 29-24 points – student has mastered the material for study of the discipline in general; 23-0 points – student has not mastered the content of the material for study of the discipline; Midterm control work (exam/test) (maximum – 20 points):

English