Syllabus Information

5.1. Methodological overview

See "Learning activities " and "Program".

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.2. Learning tasks

• Theoretical lectures.
• Practical lectures.
• Individual work.
• Personal study.
• Assessment activities.

5.3. Syllabus

WEEKS 1-2: Introduction

1. ¿What is meaning?
   1. Word meaning.
   2. Sentence meaning
   3. Unserstanding meaning.
   4. Meaning and context.
   5. Meaning and thought.

WEEKS 3-9: Theories of meaning

1. What is a theory of meaning?
   1. Modest theories vs. Robust theories.
   2. Semantic theories of meaning.
   3. Mentalist theories of meaning.
   4. Semantic escepticism.
      1. Indeterminacy of translation.
      2. Norms, dispositions and meaning.

WEEKS 10-13 Semantic normativity

1. Normativity thesis of meaning.

10. Following a rule.

11. Social norms.

12. Norms, prescriptions and evaluations.

WEEK 14: Must we mean what we say?

5.4. Course planning and calendar

See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

• Acero, Juan José. Filosofía y análisis del lenguaje / Juan José Acero Fernández ; prólogo de Jesús Mosterín Madrid : Cincel, cop. 1985
• Corredor Lanas, Cristina. Filosofía del lenguaje : una aproximación a las teorías del significado del siglo XX / Cristina Corredor Lanas Madrid : Visor, D.L. 1999
• Teorías de la verdad en el siglo XX / Juan Antonio Nicolás, María José Frápoli, (editores) ; traducción de textos inéditos por N. Smilg ... [et al.] F Madrid : Tecnos, D.L. 1997
• García Suárez, Alfonso. Modos de significar : una introducción temática a la filosofía del lenguaje / Alfonso García Suárez . - 2ª ed. Madrid : Tecnos, 2011
• Meaning and reference / edited by A.W. Moore Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993
• Perspectivas en la filosofía del lenguaje / coordinador David Pérez Chico Zaragoza : Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza, 2013
• Picardi, Eva. Teorías del significado / Eva Picardi ; versión de Pepa Linares Madrid : Alianza Editorial, D.L. 2001
• Meaning / edited by Mark Richard Oxford : Blackwell, 2003
• La búsqueda del significado : lecturas de filosofía del lenguaje / Luis M. Valdés Villanueva (compilador) . - 4ª ed. Madrid : Tecnos, 2005
• Boghossian, Paul Artin. ?Is Meaning Normative??, En: P. Boghossian, Content and justification :philosophical papers, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 95-107
• Coffa, J. Alberto. The semantic tradition from Kant to Carnap : to the Vienna station. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991
• Dummett, Michael. Truth and other enigmas. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1978
• Dummett, Michael . The logical basis of metaphysics. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1993
• Dummett, Michael. The seas of language. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1993
• Truth and meaning : essays in semantics / edited by Gareth Evans, and John McDowell Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976
• Foster, J. . ?Meaning and truth Theory?. En: Truth and meaning : essays in semantics / edited by Gareth Evans, and John McDowell Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976
• Hattiangadi, A.. ?Is Meaning Normative?? en Mind & Language, 21 (2), 2002, p. 220-240
• Pluralidad de la filosofía analítica / David P. Chico y Moisés Barroso Ramos (eds.) . - 1ª ed. Madrid : Plaza y Valdés : CSIC, 2007
• Hattiangadi, Anandi. Oughts and thoughts : rule-following and the normativity of content. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2007
• Kusch, Martin. A sceptical guide to meaning and rules : defending Kripke's Wittgenstein Chesham [England] : Acumen, 2006
• McGinn, Colin. Wittgenstein on meaning : an interpretation and evaluation Oxford : Basil Blackwell, 1984
• Miller,A.. ?Meaning Scepticism?. En: The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of language / edited by Michael Devitt and Richard Hanley, Malden, USA ; Oxford, UK : Blackwell, 2006, p.91-113
• Mota Pinto, Sílvio. Escepticismo del significado y teorías de conceptos. Barcelona : Anthropos, 2009
• Rule following and meaning / edited by Alexander Miller and Crispin Wright. Montreal, [etc.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002
• Elbourne, Paul D.. Meaning : a slim guide to semantics / Paul Elbourne . Boston, MA ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, cop. 2011