An examination of major issues in contemporary philosophy of language. Possible topics to be studied include: the nature of meaning; the relationship between language and the mind, as well as language and the world; and the syntax, semantics and pragmatics of natural language. PREREQUISITES Students must be in an honours program with a philosophy concentration and have completed at least 14.0 credits or else have the permission of the Department. Also open to students in a linguistics program who have completed 14.0 or more credits.
