CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Traditional and contemporary theories of meaning. The connection between language, thought and reality. 3 units. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Our course is about the connection between ...

The philosophy of language has long engaged with questions concerning the nature, use, and interpretation of proper names. Central to this field are debates between referentialist and predicativist ...

Xunzi's philosophy of language was mainly unfolded through the "discrimination of ming 名 (names) and shi 实 (realities)" and the "discrimination of yan 言 (words) and yi 意 (meanings)." Particularly, the ...

Philosophy East and West, Vol. 64, No. 3 (JULY 2014), pp. 692-717 (26 pages) Sinologism is basically a cultural unconscious in China-West studies predicated on an inner logic that operates beyond our ...

Recently Slate tech writer David Aurbach wrote a fascinating column about how Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy of language can account for much of the confusion that arises when we debate issues ...

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CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Traditional and contemporary theories of meaning. The connection between language, thought and reality. 3 units. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Philosophers are interested in language for ...