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 way language might be used in order to damage people.
1) Claudia Bianchi, “Hate speech: The dark side of language”.
2) John L. Austin, "How to do things with words".
Conventional
Lectures.
Discussions.
Problem solving.
Tutorship in English for Erasmus students.
Possibility of giving teaching material in English.
Possibility of doing exams in English.