29424 - Seminars (1) (LM) (G.D)

Course contents

This seminar will deal with some philosophical puzzles about meaning, reference, and belief ascriptions. These puzzles have been at the centre of much philosophical semantics, philosophy of language, logic and mind since the publication of Frege's famous essay "Über Sinn und Bedeutung". This essay by Frege and the puzzles about meaning and reference discussed in it will be our starting point. 

During the course we will discuss and critically assess texts by Mark Crimmins, Gottlob Frege, Richard Heck, David Kaplan, Saul Kripke, David Lewis, John Perry, Eva Picardi, Mark Richard, Bertrand Russell, Nathan Salmon, Jennifer Saul, Stephen Schiffer, Timothy Williamson.

The final syllabus, including the complete list of compulsory and suggested readings will be available soon.

Readings/Bibliography

During the course we will discuss and critically assess texts by Mark Crimmins, Gottlob Frege, Richard Heck, David Kaplan, Saul Kripke, David Lewis, John Perry, Eva Picardi, Mark Richard, Bertrand Russell, Nathan Salmon, Jennifer Saul, Stephen Schiffer, Timothy Williamson.

The final syllabus, including the complete list of compulsory and suggested readings will be available soon.

Teaching methods

The teaching method will be hybrid, encompassing (i) traditional lectures, (ii) presentations with handout from students, (iii) talks by experts on the topics of the course.

Assessment methods

The requirement for attendance is to participate in at least 2/3 of the lectures (10 out of 15). In order to obtain the credit point (idoneità) each student will have to give at least one in-class presentation on one of the readings planned for the course (details will be given in due course).

Teaching tools

Power point, handout, Virtuale

Office hours

See the website of Filippo Ferrari