PL 327 - Philosophy of Language

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. What is language? How have different philosophers answered questions about the nature of language and its relation to thought, experience, and reality itself? Theories of language from antiquity to the present are examined. Readings include works from classical sources in the history of philosophy, as well as contemporary writings in both the continental and analytic traditions.