Filosofia del linguaggio

Obiettivo formativo dell'insegnamento è sviluppare conoscenze relative ai temi e problemi che caratterizzano il dibattito contemporaneo in filosofia del linguaggio e il suo recente sviluppo teorico. Le conoscenze e competenze acquisite sono utili per attività centrate sul ragionamento logico, attività di comunicazione e attività editoriali.

Knowledge and Understanding
- Knowledge of some contemporary debates in the philosophy of language.
- Basic knowledge of some notions of semantics, pragmatics, metaphysics, and logics with regard to the philosophy of language.
Ability to Apply Knowledge and Understanding
- Capacity of identify in a rigorous and critical way some problems which spark philosophical debate on language and mind.
- Capacity to analyze some arguments in the philosophy of language and to present the objections which have been raised in their context, also with regard to arguments in the philosophy of mind.
- Capacity of reconstructing a philosophical debate about language, delineating affinities and differences among various theoretical positions, some of them relevant in the context of the philosophy of mind.