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CURRICULUM VITAE

Anders J. Schoubye, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University (Phd, Philosophy, 2011, University of St Andrews)

Spring 2012: Introduction to Philosophy of Language


(undergraduate, co-taught with Prof. Mandy Simons)
Schedule, Syllabus, Requirements, Bibliography (.pdf)

Schedule


1.17.12
 Introduction to Philosophy of Language

Handout (.pdf)
1.19.12
 Frege's Puzzle, Sense and Reference (Simons)
Frege (1892) Optional: Lycan (2008: 31-38)
1.24.12
 Descriptions: Reference and Quantification I (Schoubye)
Russell (1905) Optional: Lycan (2008: 9-19)

Handout (.pdf)
1.26.12
 Descriptions: Reference and Quantification II (Schoubye)
Russell (1905) Optional: Lycan (2008: 9-19)

Handout (.pdf)
1.31.12
 Descriptions: Reference and Quantification III (Schoubye)
Russell (1905) Optional: Lycan (2008: 9-19)

Handout (.pdf)
2.2.12
 Truth Values and Presuppositions (Schoubye)
Strawson (1950) Optional: Lycan (2008: 19-23)

Handout (.pdf)
2.7.12
 Proper Names and Direct Reference I (Simons)
Kripke (1980) Optional: Lycan (2008: 45-55)

2.9.12
 Proper Names and Direct Reference II (Simons)
Kripke (1980) Optional: Lycan (2008: 45-55)

2.14.12
 Proper Names and Direct Reference III (Simons)
Kripke (1980) Optional: Lycan (2008: 45-55)

2.16.12
 Proper Names and Direct Reference III (Simons)
Kripke (1980) Optional: Lycan (2008: 45-55)

2.16.12: Take Home Exam 1: Questions Distributed
2.21.12: Take Home Exam 1: Answers Due
2.21.12
 Descriptions and Direct Reference (Schoubye)
Donnellan (1966)

 Handout (.pdf)
2.23.12
 Propositions & Verificationism (Schoubye)
Lycan (2008: 98-108)

 Handout (.pdf)
2.28.12
 Grice on Meaning (Simons)
Grice (1957) Optional: Lycan (2008: 86-96)
3.1.12
 Austin on Meaning and Use (Simons)
Austin (2000) Optional: Lycan (2008: 144-154)
3.6.12
 Meaning and Truth Conditions I (Simons)
Davidson (1967) Optional: Lycan (2008: 109-125)
3.8.12
 Meaning and Truth Conditions II (Simons)
Davidson (1967) Optional: Lycan (2008: 109-125)
3.20.12
 Logic and Conversation I (Simons)
Grice (1989) Optional: Lycan (2008: 156-163)
3.22.12
 Logic and Conversation II (Simons)
Grice (1989) Optional: Lycan (2008: 156-163)
3.22.12: Take Home Exam 2: Questions Distributed
3.27.12: Take Home Exam 2: Answers Due
3.27.12
 Speaker's Meaning and Semantic Meaning I (Schoubye)
Kripke (1977)

Handout (.pdf)
3.29.12
 Speaker's Meaning and Semantic Meaning II (Schoubye)
Kripke (1977)

 Handout (.pdf)
4.3.12
 Semantics and Context-Sensitivity I (Schoubye)
Kaplan (1989: selection)

 Handout (.pdf)
4.5.12
 Semantics and Context-Sensitivity II (Schoubye)
Kaplan (1989: selection)

 Handout (.pdf)
4.5.12: Paper --- Last date for submission of first draft
4.10.12
 Conversational Impliciture (Simons)
Bach (1994)
4.12.12
 Radical Contextualism (Simons)
Searle (1978)
4.17.12
 Radical Contextualism II (Simons)
Searle (1978)
4.24.12
 Moderate Contextualism I (Schoubye)
Stanley (2000)

 Handout (.pdf)
4.26.12
 Moderate Contextualism II (Schoubye)
Stanley (2000)

 Handout (.pdf)
5.1.12
 Semantic Minimalism (Schoubye)
Cappelen & Lepore (2005)

 Handout (.pdf)
5.3.12
 Summary and Discussion

5.1.12: Paper --- Last date for submission of final draft
5.4.12: Take Home Exam 3: Questions Distributed
5.10.12: Take Home Exam 3: Answers Due