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COURSE SYLLABUS in PHILO 2 PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE 1 st Semester, AY 2012-2013

Department/Area Curriculum Curriculum Year No. of Hrs/ Sem Credit Unit(s) Prerequisite(s)

Department of Social Sciences and Management AB LGA 2nd Year 54 3 None

Vision of the University The CTU commits itself to the Center of Excellence and Development in Research, Instruction, Production and Extension Services for progressive leadership transcending global, technological, business, and industry-driven education. Mission of the University The CTU is committed to provide advanced and technical instruction for special purposes, industrial trade, teacher education, agtriculture, fishery, forestry, engineering, aeronautics and land-based programs, arts and sciences, health sciences ,information technology and other relevant fields of study. It undertakes research, production and extension services, and provide progressive leadership across the areas of specialization for global empowerment. Goals of the College The integral development of the individual toward fulness as a human being through the humanistic and scientific studies. Objectives of the Program 1. expose students to the social issues to sharpen their concern in their attempt to comprehend the nature of human development; 2. equip students with management skills in preparation for their planned career; 3. prepare students to teach the humanities and social sciences subjects 4. prepare students to the proper study of law or graduate studies if ever they proceed to take up postgraduate degree Course Description The course is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins, and usage of language. As a topic, the course is concerned with four central themes: the nature of meaning, language use, language cognition and the relationship between language and reality. Furthermore, the course surveys

the philosophical insights on language from the ancient to the contemporary periods. General Objectives The course aims to link the VMG of the University as well as the college to the content of the course and its requirement. Furthermore, this course is an attempt to a deeper understanding of language and how its users interact with their language as embedded in their culture.

Course Content
TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES STRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES

No of Hours

1. VM OF THE UNIVERSITY and its pertinent policies as well as the goals of CAS

To discuss the VM of the university,goals of CAS, and class policies

Research/ Lecture / Discussion

Wk 1 (3 hrs)

2. Historical Survery of the Course

To trace and discuss the Lecture/Discussion historical development with Powerpoint of the different treatises Presentation on language

Wks 2-3 (6 hrs)

To explain the nature of 3. AN OVERVIEW: Do We Really Mean What the course and review Lecture/Discussion We Mean? its concepts and theories with PopSheets Student to report on To discuss and revisit the the works of Berkeley, 4. PARADIGMS OF LANGUAGE AND origin of language and Hume, and Locke, MEANING: EMPIRICISTS and IDEALISTS its meaning in the light Descartes, and Kant. DISCOURSES of the empricists' and idealists' philosophy. To explain the truth values of utterances in the context of B. Russel Lecture and and A. Northwhitehead's Boardwork work and selected others To assess students performance vis--vis expected output To evaluate the works of language theorists -CHOMSKY, WITTGENSTERIN and HALLIDAY-- on the area of use To explain the philosophy of Heidegger and relate the principles on the connection between language and reality To explain the field of Hermeneutics and how it is being used in the contemporary society

Wks 4-5 (6 hrs)

Wk 6-7 (6 hrs)

5. LANGUAGE AND COGNITION: THE QUESTION OF TRUTH

Wks 8-9 (6 hrs)

MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS 6. LANGUAGE USE: ITS ACQUISITION, MEANING, AND UNDERSTANDING

Written/Oral Exams

Students will assigned to research and report on the theories of CHOMSKY and HALLIDAY.

Wk 10-11 (6 hrs)

7. LANGUAGE AND REALITY: HEIDEGGER'S PHENOMENOLOGY

Students will assigned to research and report Wks 12-13 on the biography and (6 hrs) works of M. Heidegger. The works and life of G. Gadamer, J. Habermas, and P. Ricouer will reported by assigned students

8. LANGUAGE, USE, AND REALITY: HERMENEUTICS

Wks 14-15 (6 hrs)

To lay-out the principles of the deconstructionists towards the 9. LANGUAGE, MEANING AND understanding of the UNDERSTANDING: DECONSTRUCTION text.

Lecture/Discussion

Wks 16-17 (6 hrs)

To lay-out the principles of the deconstructionists towards the 9. LANGUAGE, MEANING AND understanding of the UNDERSTANDING: DECONSTRUCTION text.

Lecture/Discussion

Wks 16-17 (6 hrs)

FINAL EXAMINATIONS

To assess students' ability to integrate ideas and formulate their own

Oral/Written Examinations

Wk 18

Requirement of the Course 1. Recitation/Reporting/ Quizzes - 50% 2. Projects/ Term Papers - 10% 3. Term Examinations - 40% 4. Attendance

Evaluation Procedures: (Approved Grading System Applicable to the Course/Program) For evaluation and grading of performance, please refer to your Student Manual 2011 edition, p. 42-45 References 1. Bernados, S. Jr. 2003. Do We Really Mean What We Mean ? Kini. Cebu City: CTU-Main Campus 2. Chapman, Siobhan & Routledge, Christopher ed. 2009. Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 3. Dean, Neville. 2003. Logic and Language. NY: Palgrave Macmillan 4. Miller, Alexander. 1998. Philosophy of Language. 2nd ed. Routledge. 5. Norris, Christopher. 2002. Deconstruction: Theory and Practice. 3rd ed. New York. 6. Wittegenstein, Ludwig. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicos. 2002 -Ebook format Must Readings 1. Davis, Alan. 2007. Introduction to Linguistics: From Theory to Practice. Edinburgh. Edinburgh Univ Press. 2. Lycan, William. 2008. Chapter 1. Introduction: Meaning and Reference . Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction.NY. Routledge. 3. Norris, Christopher. 2002. Deconstruction: Theory and Practice. NY: Routledge. 4. Wittgenstein, Wilhelm. 2001. Tractatus: Logico-Philosophicus. NY. Routledge.

Prepared by:

SIMEON C BERNADOS, JR ASSO PROF II

Date Submitted

Upon Recommendation by the Committee:

Member

Member

Approved:

College Dean/Campus Director

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REMARKS

Chomsky Language Game-- Wittgenstein

Deconstruction -- Derrida Habermas Hermeneutics Ricouer (Textual Distanciation and Semantic Autonomy Dilthey Gadamer Phenomenology --

Heidegger Stocism

Edinburgh. Edinburgh Univ Press.

Chairman

Language and Meaning * Idealists ** Realists ** Stoicism * Plato * Berkeley * Descartes ** Aristotle & Scholastics

Language Use ** Chomsky ** Halliday ** Sapir and Whorf

Phenomenology * Heidegger

* Hermeneutics * Gadamer * Habermas * Ricoeur

Deconstruction * Derrida

Language in the Proposition ** Language and Logic -- Russel and Northwhitehead