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Import FS
FIL-2024: Pragmatism Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Normally third year. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Examination semester
Spring
| Objectives
This is a free choice subject within bachelor degree studies in Philosophy and serves as a subsidiary subject in a number of humanities fields and social science fields such as Sociology, Political Science and Psychology.
| Contents
This course is concerned with the comprehensive environment within linguistic philosophy. The focus is on classical works on linguistic meaning, speech acts and linguistic means of communicating a message. Close reading of the central works of philosophers such as J. L. Austin, P. H. Grice and J. R. Searle will form an important part of this course.
| Form of teaching
Lectures/seminars. | Coursework requirements
Mandatory assignments
| Exam and assessment
Two take-home assignments
Two essays 4-5 pages in length on a stipulated subject. The essays must be submitted at specified times with with four days'' notice concerning the submission deadline. The final grade will be determined on the basis of both the essays and contributions to the seminars.
| Contact person/lecturer
Pål Bye Jensen | Recommended reading/syllabus
See homepage. | Homepage
http://uit.no/filosofi/3125/21
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Teaching spring 2007
Første frammøte: Torsdag 11. januar kl.12.15, Tårnrommet, Breiviklia. | | Forelesning | Seminarlærer prof. Ånund Haga
Duration:1 Semester | | Eksamen | Ut-/innleveringsfrister: 1.essay: 2.essay: |
Syllabus
Austin, J.L.: How to do Things with Words. Oxford University Press, 1975. (ca. 160s.)
Searle, J.R.: Speech Acts. Cambridge University Press, 1969, part one. (ca. 130s.)
Grice, H.P.: Studies in the Way of Words, Harvard University Press, 1989, artiklene 1-3, 14 og 18. (ca.90s.)
Det vil kunne benyttes noe tilleggslitteratur. Det anbefales at studenten anskaffer seg introduksjonslitteratur om språkfilosofi og språkfilosofisk pragmatikk.
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