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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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The seminar will be devoted to understanding what we're up to when we ascribe contents to a person's assertions and mental attitudes. We seek to make clear the rules of the game for the philosophy of language. We'll survey classic discussions of the issue by Field, Lewis and Stalnaker. But much of the emphasis of the class will be on gettin
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- radical interpretation
- mathematical truth
- self-location
- degrees of belief
- incoherent belief
- language of thought
- representation system
- modeling representation
- intentionality
- philosophy of language
- putnam's paradox
- semantics
- logical omniscience
- epistemology
- knowledge argument
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This class will provide some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Throughout the course, we will be learning (in many different ways) that human language is a surprisingly intricate -- yet law-governed and fascinating mental system. In the first 2/3 of the class, we will study some core aspects of this system in de
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- historical linguistics
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This core-curriculum linguistics class will provide some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Topics include the intricate system that governs language, how it is acquired, the similarities and differences among languages, and how spoken (and signed) language relates to written language, among others.
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This course explores topics related to the representation and expression of propositional attitudes (e.g. belief, knowledge, and desires) and speech acts (e.g. saying and asking) in natural language. The main focus will be on semantics of predicates such as believe, know, want, say, ask, etc. Other topics will include the syntax of main and
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- linguistics and philosophy
- linguistic theory
- linguistics
- propositional attitudes
- semantics
- presupposition
- sequence of tense
- self-locating attitudes
- logophors
- cp structure
- embedded clauses
- control
- raising
- pramatics
- evidentials
- expressive meaning
- conversation
- common ground
- assertion
- embedding verbs
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I realize that "Modes of Assertion" is a rather cryptic title for the course. What we will explore are ways of modulating the force of an assertion. This will engage us in formal semantics and pragmatics, the theory of speech acts and performative utterances, and quite a bit of empirical work on a not-too-well understood complex of data.
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- evidentiality
- embedded assertions
- modes of assertion
- modulation
- force
- formal semantics
- pragmatics
- speech acts
- performative utterances
- language constructions
- english
- german
- quechua
- tibetan
- evidentiality marking
- epistemic modality
- performatives
- evidentials
- direc
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The course introduces formal theories of context-dependency, presupposition, implicature, context-change, focus and topic. Special emphasis is on the division of labor between semantics and pragmatics. It also covers applications to the analysis of quantification, definiteness, presupposition projection, conditionals and modality, anaphora,
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- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
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- self-location
- degrees of belief
- incoherent belief
- language of thought
- representation system
- modeling representation
- intentionality
- philosophy of language
- putnam's paradox
- semantics
- logical omniscience
- epistemology
- knowledge argument
File: 24-910-spring-2009.zip
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- semantics
- presupposition
- sequence of tense
- self-locating attitudes
- logophors
- cp structure
- embedded clauses
- control
- raising
- pramatics
- evidentials
- expressive meaning
- conversation
- common ground
- assertion
- embedding verbs
File: 24-910-spring-2003.zip
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- typology
- preformatics
- modality
- evidentiality
- embedded assertions
- modes of assertion
- modulation
- force
- formal semantics
- pragmatics
- speech acts
- performative utterances
- language constructions
- english
- german
- quechua
- tibetan
- evidentiality marking
- epistemic modality
- performatives
- evidentials
- direc
File: 24-954-fall-2006.zip
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- division of labor
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- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
File: 24-900-spring-2005.zip
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- animal communication
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- historical linguistics
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- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
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