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- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Filozófia Intézet
- Kód
- BMI-LOTD-414E.07
- Cím
- Formális nyelvészet I.: Pragmatizmus
- Tervezett félév
- Tavaszi
- Meghirdetve
- 2025/26/2
- ECTS
- 4
- Nyelv
- en
- Oktatás célja
- This course provides an introduction to pragmatism, one of the most important philosophical traditions in the 20th century. While the focus is on the philosophy of language, we also touch upon several related topics from metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science etc. The format is reading seminar with close readings and discussions of a main text on each occasion (with a further non-mandatory text for most occasions). The aim of the course is to understand how formal and non-formal methods in logic and the philosophy of language contributes to central problems of classical philosophy in a unique way that the pragmatist philosophical attitude offers. Course completion consists of taking part in the discussions (40%) and writing up a 5-page long essay on one of the topics discussed (60%). Schedule 1 Feb 11 Introduction An introductory lecture to pragmatism 2 18 The pragmatic maxim of meaning C. S. Peirce: How to Make Our Ideas Clear 3 25 The logic of inquiry C. S. Peirce: The Fixation of Belief C. S. Peirce: A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God 4 Mar 4 Truth, convergence, pluralism W. James: Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth R. Rorty: Pragmatism, Davidson and Truth 5 11 Consciousness and semiotics C. S. Peirce: Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed for Man G. H. Mead: The Nature of Scientific Knowledge 6 18 Epistemic responsibility W. K. Clifford: The Ethics of Belief W. James: The Will to Believe 7 25 Pragmatising the a priori C. I. Lewis: A Pragmatic Conception of the A Priori D. Davidson: On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme 8 Apr 1 The analytic-synthetic distinction W. V. O. Quine: Two Dogmas of Empiricism W. V. O. Quine: Ontological Relativity 9 8 The myth of the given W. Sellars: Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind 10 15 Anti-representationalism R. Rorty: Antirepresentationalism, Ethnocentrism, and Liberalism 11 22 Semantic externalism H. Putnam: The Meaning of 'Meaning' 12 29 Inferentialism R. B. Brandom: Between Saying and Doing. Ch. 2 & 5 13 May 6 Expressivism H. Price: Two Expressivist Programmes, Two Bifurcations 14 13 Language and gender Sally Haslanger: Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them To Be?