| Lec # | Topics | Readings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grice on Meaning | Grice, H. P. "Meaning." Philosophical Review 66 (1957): 377-88. |
| 2 | Grice on Meaning (cont.) | Grice, H. P. "Meaning." Philosophical Review 66 (1957): 377-88. |
| 3 | Grice on Implicatures |  Grice, H. P. "Logic and Conversation." Studies in the Ways of Words. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989, pp. 22-40. ISBN: 0674852702. |
| 4 | Grice on Implicatures (cont.) | Grice, H. P. "Logic and Conversation." Studies in the Ways of Words. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989, pp. 22-40. ISBN: 0674852702. |
| 5 | Grice on Meaning (cont.) | Grice, H. P. "Meaning." Philosophical Review 66 (1957): 377-88. |
| 6 | Davidson on Meaning (I) | Davidson, Donald. "Theories of Meaning and Learnable Languages." Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 3-15. ISBN: 0198750463. |
| 7 | Davidson on Meaning (I) (cont.) | Davidson, Donald. "Theories of Meaning and Learnable Languages." Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 3-15. ISBN: 0198750463. |
| 8 | Tarski on Truth | Tarski, Alfred. "The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 4 (1944): 341-75. Reprinted in Lynch, Michael. The Nature of Truth. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001. ISBN: 0262621452. |
| 9 | Tarski on Truth (cont.) | Tarski, Alfred. "The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 4 (1944): 341-75. Reprinted in Lynch, Michael. The Nature of Truth. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001. ISBN: 0262621452. |
| 10 | Davidson on Meaning (II) | Davidson, Donald. "Truth and Meaning." Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 17-36. ISBN: 0198750463. |
| 11 | Davidson on Meaning (II) (cont.) | Davidson, Donald. "Truth and Meaning." Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 17-36. ISBN: 0198750463. |
| 12 | Davidson on Logical Form | Davidson, Donald. "The Logical Form of Action Sentences." Essays on Actions and Events. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1980, pp. 105-22. ISBN: 0198246374. |
| 13 | Davidson on Logical Form (cont.) | Davidson, Donald. "The Logical Form of Action Sentences." Essays on Actions and Events. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1980, pp. 105-22. ISBN: 0198246374. |
| 14 | The Foster Problem | Foster, John. "Meaning and Truth-Theory." In Truth and Meaning: Essays in Semantics. Edited by G. Evans and J. McDowell. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1976, pp. 1-32. ISBN: 019825007X. |
| 15 | The Foster Problem (cont.) | Foster, John. "Meaning and Truth-Theory." In Truth and Meaning: Essays in Semantics. Edited by G. Evans and J. McDowell. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1976, pp. 1-32. ISBN: 019825007X. |
| 16 | Quine on Radical Interpretation | Quine, W. V. O. Word and Object. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1960, chapter 2, part 1, and part 2. ISBN: 0262670011. |
| 17 | Quine on Radical Interpretation (cont.) | Quine, W. V. O. Word and Object. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1960, chapter 2. ISBN: 0262670011. |
| 18 | Grice on Meaning (cont.) | Grice, H. P. "Meaning." Philosophical Review 66 (1957): 377-88. |
| 19 | Dummett on Meaning | Dummett, Michael. "What is a Theory of Meaning? (I)." Seas of Language. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 1-33. ISBN: 0198236212. |
| 20 | Dummett on Meaning (cont.) | Dummett, Michael. "What is a Theory of Meaning? (I)." Seas of Language. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 1-33. ISBN: 0198236212. |
| 21 | Field on Truth | Field, H. "Tarski's Theory of Truth." The Journal of Philosophy 69, no. 13 (July 1972): 347-375. |
| 22 | Field on Truth (cont.) | Field, H. "Tarski's Theory of Truth." The Journal of Philosophy 69, no. 13 (July 1972): 347-375. |
| 23 | Lewis on Convention | Lewis, David. "Language and Languages." Philosophical Papers. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1983, pp. 163-88. ISBN: 0195032039. |
| 24 | Lewis on Convention (cont.) | Lewis, David. "Language and Languages." Philosophical Papers. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1983, pp. 163-88. ISBN: 0195032039. |
| 25 | Lewis on Radical Interpretation | Lewis, David. "Radical Interpretation." Synthese 27 (1974): 331-44. |
| 26 | Grice on Meaning (cont.) | Grice, H. P. "Meaning." Philosophical Review 66 (1957): 377-88. |
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