Course
Course 7.5 credits • SASH81
Teaching – autumn semester of 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect our courses and programmes. Teaching and assessment during the first half of the autumn semester 2021 will be conducted both online and on campus. From 1 November more elements will be conducted on campus – the current schedule is available on course websites and/or in Canvas.
The course is an introduction to the central topics of the philosophy of language seen from a global, multi-lingual perspective. These topics include what it is for an expression to be meaningful; how words and sentences acquire meanings; how expressions can refer to things in the world; what the relation is between meaning and reference; how language relate to thought; and how human languages relate to those of animals and machines.
Study period:
autumn semester 2021
Type of studies:
part time, 67 %,
day
Study period:
2021-10-12 – 2021-12-07
Language of instruction:
English
Application code:
LU-30801
Eligibility:
General requirements for university studies in Sweden
Introductory meeting: Tuesday, 12 October at 10.30 – 12.15
Teachers:
Andrey Anikin,
Christian Balkenius,
Martin Jönsson,
Max Minden Ribeiro
Second Admission Round
Nationell ansökningsomgång
Autumn semester 2025
Late application
Opens 15 July