Module #1 Introduction to the Philosophy of Language Overview of the field, its significance, and key concepts.
Module #2 What is Language? Defining language, its uniqueness to humans, and the language-animal distinction.
Module #3 Language and Reality Exploring the relationship between language and the world, including reference and truth.
Module #4 Theories of Meaning Survey of major theories, including referential, ideational, and use theories.
Module #5 Meaning and Reference Deep dive into the distinction between meaning and reference, including Freges sense and reference.
Module #6 The Nature of Words and Concepts Investigating the nature of words, concepts, and their relationships.
Module #7 Semantic Theories of Truth Examining the semantic theories of truth, including correspondence and coherence theories.
Module #8 Pragmatics and Implicature Introduction to pragmatics, implicature, and the role of context in communication.
Module #9 Speech Acts and Performatives Austins speech act theory, performatives, and the power of language to perform actions.
Module #10 The Private Language Argument Wittgensteins private language argument and the implications for language and mind.
Module #11 The Limits of Language Exploring the limits of language, including the ineffable, the sublime, and the unsayable.
Module #12 Language and Thought Investigating the relationship between language and thought, including the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
Module #13 Compositionality and Lexical Semantics The principles of compositionality and lexical semantics, including word meaning and sentence meaning.
Module #14 Formal Semantics Introduction to formal semantics, including model-theoretic semantics and possible world semantics.
Module #15 Montague Grammar In-depth look at Montague grammar, including its formal system and applications.
Module #16 Semantics and Pragmatics of Quantification Exploring the semantics and pragmatics of quantification, including scope and binding.
Module #17 Conditionals and Modality Investigating conditionals, modality, and the logic of possibility and necessity.
Module #18 Presupposition and Implicature Delving deeper into presupposition and implicature, including Grices cooperative principle.
Module #19 Linguistic Relativity and the Anthropology of Language Examining the relationship between language and culture, including linguistic relativity and the anthropology of language.
Module #20 Philosophy of Linguistics Exploring the philosophy of linguistics, including the nature of linguistic theory and explanation.
Module #21 Chomsky and the Innateness Hypothesis In-depth look at Chomskys innateness hypothesis and its implications for language acquisition and universals.
Module #22 Criticisms and Alternatives to Chomsky Examining criticisms and alternatives to Chomskys views, including emergentism and usage-based approaches.
Module #23 Philosophy of Language and Mind Investigating the relationship between language, mind, and world, including the representational theory of mind.
Module #24 Course Wrap-Up & Conclusion Planning next steps in Introduction to the Philosophy of Language career
