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Philosophy 135: Theory of Meaning

Philosophy 135: Theory of Meaning (Fall 2012, UC Berkeley). Instructor: Professor John Joseph Campbell. This course reviews central issues in theory of meaning, in particular the relation between meaning and reference to objects. Theory of Meaning - Language as social behavior. Language compared to other sign systems. The foundations of semantics, truth, meaning, reference. Issues of logical form in belief sentences, indirect discourse, sentences about causality, events, actions. Relations between thought and language.

Lecture 28 - Prior - The Runabout Inference Ticket

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Sense and Reference

Lecture 01 - Frege - On Sense and Reference

Lecture 02 - Frege - On Sense and Reference

Lecture 03 - Searle - Proper Names

Lecture 04 - Searle - Proper Names

Lecture 05 - Russell - Descriptions

Lecture 06 - Russell - Descriptions

The Causal Theory of Reference

Lecture 07 - Kripke - Naming and Necessity

Lecture 08 - Kripke - Naming and Necessity

Lecture 09 - Kripke - Naming and Necessity

Lecture 10 - Kripke - Naming and Necessity

Lecture 11 - Putnam - Meaning and Reference

Lecture 12 - Putnam - Meaning and Reference

Lecture 13 - Putnam - Meaning and Reference

Lecture 14 - Evans - The Causal Theory of Names

Lecture 15 - Evans - The Causal Theory of Names

Lecture 16 - Evans - The Causal Theory of Names

Naturalizing Content

Lecture 17 - Putnam - Brains in a Vat

Lecture 18 - Putnam - Brains in a Vat

Lecture 19 - Putnam - Brains in a Vat

Lecture 20 - Dretske - Misrepresentation

Lecture 21 - Dretske - Misrepresentation

Lecture 22 - Fodor - Meaning and the World Order

Lecture 23 - Fodor - Meaning and the World Order

Following a Rule

Lecture 24 - Wittgenstein - Philosophical Investigations

Lecture 25 - Wittgenstein - Philosophical Investigations

Lecture 26 - Kripke - Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language

Lecture 27 - Kripke - Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language

Lecture 28 - Prior - The Runabout Inference Ticket

Lecture 29 - Prior - The Runabout Inference Ticket

Instrumentalism About Reference

Lecture 30 - Davidson - Reality Without Reference

Lecture 31 - Davidson - Reality Without Reference

Acquaintance

Lecture 32 - Pylyshyn - Connecting Vision with the World

Lecture 33 - Russell - Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description

Lecture 34 - Review