New courses in Linguistics and Philosophyhttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/index.htm2009-11-19MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThe class will be devoted to the work of David Lewis, one of the most exciting and influential philosophers of the late twentieth century. We will have seminar-style discussions about his work on counterfactuals, time, causation, probability, and decision-theory. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-260Spring-2008/CourseHome/index.htmRayo, Agustin 2009-06-16T04:26:13-04:0024.260en-USLinguistics and PhilosophyPhilosophy, OtherPhilosophytime travelpossible worldsplurality of worldsdeterminismfree willNewcomb problemPrisoners’ Dilemmadecision theorysupervenienceHumechanceobjectivitysubjectivityprobabilitycausal explanationcausationtimecounterfactual dependencecomparative possibilitycounterfactualsMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmSubject examines classic texts from the history of Western moral philosophy, and their answers to the question of what is the best way to live. These texts include works by Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, and J. S. Mill. Among the questions that arise are: What is it to have a good life? How important is moral integrity, personal happiness, individual autonomy, and self expression, if one is to live in the best way that one can? Emphasis on close analysis and the evaluation of philosophical ideas and arguments.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-02Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmHaslanger, Sally2009-06-15T03:18:46-04:0024.02en-USLinguistics and PhilosophySpeech Teacher Educationequalityhate speechfree speechpornographysexualitygay marriagedeath penaltyfreedomwelfaresexpovertygenderracesocial justiceequalityglobal justicemoral theoryvirtuedeontologyutilitarianismtolerationrelativismskepticismegoismimmortalityanimal rightsenvironmentalismobjectivitysatisfactiondesirepleasureMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis course is an examination of philosophical theories of action and motivation in the light of empirical findings from social psychology, sociology and neuroscience. Topics include belief, desire, and moral motivation; sympathy and empathy; intentions and other committing states; strength of will and weakness of will; free will; addiction and compulsion; guilt, shame and regret; evil; self-knowledge and self-deception; virtues and character traits.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-120Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmHolton, Richard2009-11-09T01:21:04-05:0024.120en-USLinguistics and PhilosophyPsychology, Generalvirtuemoral luckethical judgmentautismempirical workmoral psychologyself-deceptionfree willself-regulationtemptationself-controlAkrasiaweaknesswaitingwantingwillingHumean theory of motivationintentionsaltruismegoismautonomyidentificationrationalityresolutionaddictionwillintentionempathysympathymoral motivationdesirebeliefsociologysocial psychologymotivationactionMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmCurrent work on semantics and questions of logic and meaning for syntactic systems in generative grammar.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-973Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmFintel, Kai von2009-11-09T01:20:56-05:0024.973en-USLinguistics and PhilosophyLinguisticsVPDPwh-movementsyntax movementrestrictorsovert world variablesscope paradoxraised subjectsde dictode reperfectprogressiveconditionalstensestrict implication analysismaterial implication analysisquantificational theory of modalitymodalityaccessibility relationsHintikka's ideaintensional semanticsdisplacementgenerative grammarsyntactic systemsmeaninglogicsemanticsMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis course provides an introduction to important philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those that are intimately connected with contemporary psychology and neuroscience. Are our concepts innate, or are they acquired by experience? (And what does it even mean to call a concept 'innate'?) Are 'mental images' pictures in the head? Is color in the mind or in the world? Is the mind nothing more than the brain? Can there be a science of consciousness? The course will include guest lectures by Professors.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-08JSpring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmByrne, AlexSinha, Pawan2009-11-18T01:13:42-05:0024.08J9.48Jen-USBrain and Cognitive SciencesEducation/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuriesbrain scienceneurotransmittersmental illnesspsychopharmacologydigital imageshistorical viewscognitive sciencessemioticshistoryanthropologyneurosciencecultural assumptionssocietycontemporary mediacultural objectholismsciencephilosophybrainLinguistics and PhilosophyMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThe seminar will be devoted to understanding what we're up to when we ascribe contents to a person's assertions and mental attitudes. We seek to make clear the rules of the game for the philosophy of language. We'll survey classic discussions of the issue by Field, Lewis and Stalnaker. But much of the emphasis of the class will be on getting clear about the limitations of our theoretical tools. I'd like to focus on places where our theorizing runs into trouble, or breaks down altogether.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-729Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmRayo, Agustin2009-10-29T12:14:01-04:0024.729en-USLinguistics and PhilosophyPhilosophyknowledge argumentepistemologylogical omnisciencesemanticsPutnam's paradoxphilosophy of languageintentionalitymodeling representationrepresentation systemlanguage of thoughtincoherent beliefdegrees of beliefself-locationmathematical truthradical interpretationMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis course explores topics related to the representation and expression of propositional attitudes (e.g. belief, knowledge, and desires) and speech acts (e.g. saying and asking) in natural language. The main focus will be on semantics of predicates such as believe, know, want, say, ask, etc. Other topics will include the syntax of main and embedded clauses and formal representation of the pragmatics of conversation. The course provides practice in written and oral communication.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-910Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmStephenson, Tamina2009-10-29T12:09:43-04:0024.910en-USLinguistics and PhilosophyCognitive Psychology and Psycholinguisticsembedding verbsassertioncommon groundconversationexpressive meaningevidentialspramaticsraisingcontrolembedded clausesCP structurelogophorsself-locating attitudessequence of tensepresuppositionsemanticspropositional attitudeslinguisticslinguistic theoryMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm
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