Phil. 154 Philosophy of Language Philosophy 154 Fall Semester 2001 TR 12:00-1:15 Prof. Dowden CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Traditional and contemporary theories of meaning. The connection between language, ...

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We use language all the time to express our thoughts and understand others. But how does language work? What is it that makes squiggles on a page, or strings of noises meaningful? What are these ...

An esteemed masterpiece by the rottenest of tomatoes, Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival” offers the UConn student an accurate, breathtaking insight into the world of philosophy. The film asks the viewer to ...

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What Bachmann found in philosophy, in short, was a crisis of language—not a facile or merely academic one, but rather an existential “aporia,” with the weight of the most sophisticated developments of ...

The philosophy of language sets out to provide deep insights into certain general features of language such as reference, truth, meaning and necessity. We will study all of these, but emphasize ...