PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
Single discipline educational activity
Verification of learning:
Oral examinations.
First semester
Understanding of the mechanisms and basic concepts which make natural languages possible.
Development of critical, interpretative and argumentative skills.
The main stages of contemporary philosophical reflection about language, with special attention to the possibility of the practice of translation and interpretation of speakers belonging to different cultures.
1) M. Dell'Utri e A. Rainone (eds.), "The modes of rationality", Chapters 1, 6, 10, 11, and 12.
2) Paolo Casalegno, "Very Short Introduction to the Philosophy of Language".
Lectures.
Discussions.
Problem solving.
Tutorship in English for Erasmus students.
Possibility of giving teaching material in English.
Possibility of doing exams in English.