Degree | Type | Year |
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Philosophy | OB | 3 |
You can view this information at the end of this document.
There are not prerequisits.
General Objectives:
· Provide a solid foundation for the critical understanding of the main philosophical theories of language.
· Analyze the role of language in the constitution of thought, knowledge, and experience.
· Develop the ability to apply conceptual tools to interpret discourses, arguments, and linguistic practices in diverse contexts.
Block 1. Language and Truth in Classical Thought
· Plato (Cratylus, Gorgias, and Sophist)
· Aristotle (De Interpretatione and Rhetoric)
Block 2. Language, Mind, and Representation in Modern Philosophy
Block 3. The Birth of Contemporary Philosophy of Language
· Frege and the sense/reference distinction
· Russell and definite descriptions
· Wittgenstein I: language as representation of the world
· Wittgenstein II: language games and social practice
Block 4. Pragmatics and Speech Acts
· Austin, Grice, and Searle
Block 5. Contemporary Critiques and Perspectives
· Kripke and the critique of the descriptive theory
· Derrida and Butler
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Text comments | 19 | 0.76 | 5, 9, 12, 14 |
Exposition of concepts and theories. | 30 | 1.2 | 9, 14 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Clarification of doubts. | 23 | 0.92 | 5, 9, 12, 14, 15 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study of the concepts and theories introduced in class. | 50 | 2 | 5, 11, 9, 12, 14 |
Readings of selected texts and review writing | 25 | 1 | 5, 9, 12 |
It consists of two elements:
Theoretical classes: These will consist of the professor’s presentation of the theoretical syllabus in class. Attendance is recommended but not mandatory.
Practical classes: Commentary on texts distributed in class.
The theoretical and practical classes will alternate throughout the course.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Practic of text comment | 20% | 1 | 0.04 | 10, 2, 3, 18, 4, 5, 11, 7, 8, 9, 12, 1, 6, 14, 13, 17, 15, 16 |
Proof of theoretical questions. | 40% | 1 | 0.04 | 10, 2, 3, 18, 4, 5, 11, 7, 8, 19, 9, 12, 14, 17 |
Synthesis exam. | 40% | 1 | 0.04 | 10, 2, 3, 18, 4, 5, 8, 19, 9, 12, 6, 14, 17, 15, 16 |
Due to the nature of the course, evaluation is continuous and presupposes attendance in class and the completion of all assessable exercises. The final grade for the course will be the average of the scores obtained in the three assessable tests.
The evaluation activities will be as follows:
Multiple-choice or short-answer test on concepts.
Synthesis test.
Text commentary.
Reviews: Students will have the right to review all evaluative activities.
Single evaluation
The single evaluation will be organized using the same types of tests as the continuous evaluation and will take place during the same week.
Make-up exams
Make-up exams will follow the same format as continuous evaluation. Students may only take the make-up exam if they have obtained at least an average of 3.5.
Non-assessable:
A student will receive a “Non-assessable” grade if they have submitted less than 30% of the evaluation activities.
The Department of Philosophy agreed that first-semester courses would have two concentrated periods of evaluative activities and one week in which students could specifically prepare for the tests, in the modality specified by each professor at the beginning of the course. The dates for the review week and the concentrated evaluation weeks are:
October 27–31: Review week or tutorials
November 3–7: Evaluation week
January 8, 9, 12, 13, 14: Evaluation week
NOTES
· Erasmus students requesting to take an exam earlier must present a written document from their home university justifying the request to the professor.
· In case a student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an evaluative act, that evaluative act will be graded as 0, regardless of any disciplinary procedures that may be initiated. If multiple irregularities occur in the evaluative acts of the same course, the final grade for that course will be 0.
· The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not allowed at any stage of this course. Any work that includes fragments generated with AI will be considered academic dishonesty and will result in a grade of 0 for the activity, which cannot be retaken, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.
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Valdés , L (ed) (1993) La búsqueda del significado, Madrid, Tecnos.
Acero JJ (1985), Filosofía y análisis del lenguaje, Madrid, Cincel.
García Suárez (1997), Modos de significar, Una introducción temática a la filosofia del lenguaje, Madrid, Tecnos.
Anscombe, G. E. M (2001) An introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus. St Augustine Pr Inc.
Bordes, M. (2011) Las trampas de Circe. Falacias Lógicas y argumentación informal. Cátedra.
Monk, R. (2016) Wittgenstein. Anagrama
Pérez Otero, Manuel. Aproximació a la filosofia del llenguatge. Edicions Universitat de Barcelona, 2001/2008.
Pears. D. (1973) Wittgenstein. Barcelona: Grijalbo .
Valdés Villanueva, L. (2005) La búsqueda del significado: Lecturas de Filosofía del Lenguaje. Barcleona: Tecnos.
Wittgenstein. L. (1981) Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Barcelona: Editorial Laia. Traducció de Josep Maria Terricabras
—(1987) Investigacions Filosofiques. Barcelona: Edicions 62. Traducció de Josep Maria Terricabras.
Not necessary.
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |