module on fiction (3)

15 Dezembro 2022, 10:00 • Ricardo Santos

Realism (Kripke, Van Inwagen) and irrealismo (Walton, Everett) on reference in fiction, concerning empty and non-empty names; discussion of Peter van Inwagen’s “Creatures of Fiction”, following reading-guiding questions previously distributed to the students.

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module on fiction (2)

13 Dezembro 2022, 14:00 • Ricardo Santos

David Lewis on Truth in Fiction, Fictional Content and the “Fictional World”; discussion of David Lewis’ “Truth in Fiction”, following reading-guiding questions previously distributed to the students.

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module on fiction (1)

6 Dezembro 2022, 14:00 • Ricardo Santos

Searle, Walton and Currie on Fiction, Fictionality and the Imagination; discussion of John Searle’s “The Logical Status of Fictional Discourse”, following reading-guiding questions previously distributed to the students.

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module Language (5)

29 Novembro 2022, 14:00 • Ricardo Santos

This week we continued the discussion of the phenomenon of context-sensitivity: context-shifting and incompleteness arguments for context-sensitivity; distinction between Indexical and non-Indexical forms of context-sensitivity; the structure of the debate: Semantic Minimalism, Radical and Moderate Contextualism. We also discussed the semantics/pragmatics distinction; strategies for moderate contextualists (Surprise Indexical, Hidden indexical, and Unarticulated Constituent strategies); and tests for context-sensitivity.

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module Language (4)

22 Novembro 2022, 14:00 • Ricardo Santos

This week we overviewed the topic of logical form and discussed the usefulness and the limitations in using logical form to represent natural language.

We also had an introduction to the phenomenon of context sensitivity and Kaplan’s theory of indexicals.

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