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Topics in the philosophy of language: Truth
 
PHIL 4647/5647
(also LIN 4647)Department of Philosophy, Glendon College, York University
Winter 2013 Wednesdays, 12:00 – 3:00 p.m.3 credits York Hall, Room A201This course examines the concept of truth from several perspectives: its relation tomeaning, assertion and other concepts in philosophy of language; its formalcharacterization; and its broader philosophical significance.
Prerequisite
: Twelve credits in philosophy and/or linguistics, or consent of the instructor
Instructor
: Chris Campbell Office hours: Wednesdays, 10:45 – 11:45 a.m.Office: York Hall, C211A Thursdays, 10:45 – 11:45 a.m.e-mail:
ccampbell@glendon.yorku.ca
and by appointmenttel.: (416) 736-2100 x. 88181
Please feel free to meet with me (during office hours, or at other times byappointment) to discuss paper ideas, problems with the course material and so on.
I am easiest to reach by e-mail.
Course requirements
: Two (graduate) or three (undergraduate) papers, lengths anddue dates as below. Regular attendance and livelyparticipation are expected. Also lots of careful reading.Undergrad.:
30%
: First paper (1500-2000 words)
due Monday, February 11
 
30%
: Second paper (1500-2000 words)
due Monday, March 1130%
: Third paper (1500-2000 words)
due Monday, April 15
 
10%
: ParticipationGraduate:
30%
: First paper (6-8 pages)
due Friday, February 11
 
60%
: Second paper (15 pages)
due Monday, April 15
 
10%
: ParticipationPapers are to be submitted on-line, through the course Moodle site at:
https://moodle2012.glendon.yorku.ca
 
Papers should be
properly referenced
. This means (at least) that words borrowedfrom another source should be signaled by quotation marks and footnotes; and thatfootnotes should also be used to flag
ideas and paraphrases
from other sources, evenwhen they appear in your paper in your own words. This holds even when the sourcein question is a widely available reference work such as Wikipedia.
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