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 ...

Philosophy of language and linguistic theory examine the intricate relationship between language, meaning and the mind. This interdisciplinary field interrogates the ways in which words and ...

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 ...

Speaking is doing. This is one of the most significant insights to come out of 20th Century philosophy of language. In J. L. Austin’s landmark book on How to Do Things with Words, a series of lectures ...

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 ...

The M.A. program in Philosophy at Boston College offers students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the history of philosophy and to work on topics as diverse as, for instance, Aristotelian ...

This course is available on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics ...