5.00 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Counet Jean-Michel; Verdée Peter;
Language
French
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Main themes
Each year, the course will select a particular theme in logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, in epistemology or a theme that cuts across these disciplines.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | understand the background of current debates in logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics and epistemology; |
| 2 | use certain specific tools for research in those fields; |
| 3 | have a good general grasp of the breadth of contemporary research and, if appropriate, of the history of those fields; |
| 4 | be able to make use of contributions from other disciplines in philosophical research in those fields. |
Content
Truth, truthmaking, and grounding
The following topics will be covered:
- philosophical theories of truth: realism, pragmatism, coherentism, deflationism, ...
- the paradoxes of truth and the solutions proposed in the literature
- the distinction between analytical truth and synthetic truth
- truthmaking: the semantics and metaphysics of truthmakers
- grounding: pragmatic, logical and metaphysical analysis
The following topics will be covered:
- philosophical theories of truth: realism, pragmatism, coherentism, deflationism, ...
- the paradoxes of truth and the solutions proposed in the literature
- the distinction between analytical truth and synthetic truth
- truthmaking: the semantics and metaphysics of truthmakers
- grounding: pragmatic, logical and metaphysical analysis
Teaching methods
Ex cathedra course
+ presentations by students
+ discussion with and by the students
+ presentations by students
+ discussion with and by the students
Evaluation methods
January
50% of the final mark: a presentation in class
50% of the final mark: open book oral exam
August
50% of the final mark: a written work
50% of the final mark: open book oral exam
50% of the final mark: a presentation in class
50% of the final mark: open book oral exam
August
50% of the final mark: a written work
50% of the final mark: open book oral exam
Online resources
Moodle page of the course
Bibliography
- Leon Horsten (2011). The Tarskian Turn: Deflationism and Axiomatic Truth. MIT Press .
- E. J. Lowe & A. Rami (eds.)(2009). Truth and Truth-Making. Mcgill-Queen's University Press.
- Lynch, M. P. Mcgill (ed.) (2001). The Nature of Truth. MIT Press.
- Blackburn, Simon and Simmons, Keith (eds.) (1999). Truth, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Fabrice Correia & Benjamin Schnieder (eds.) (2012). Metaphysical Grounding: Understanding the Structure of Reality. Cambridge University Press.
- Kirkham, Richard L. (1992). Theories of Truth: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Teaching materials
- Textes et dias disponibles sur Moodle
Faculty or entity
EFIL
