Learning objectives
The course objective is an acquisition of knowledge of the historical development of the theory of meaning, and of historiographical methodologies to be applied in the analysis of the texts (particularly those of antiquity and medieval).
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites. It is however useful to have a rudimentary knowledge of the logic of propositions and of the calculus of first order.
Course unit content
Various theoretical positions on the issue of meaning from late antiquity to those of modern times will be considered. On the one hand we will work on highlighting the relationship between theory of meaning and syntactic analysis, and on the other hand, those between linguistic analyses and ontological commitment.
Full programme
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Bibliography
The lecture notes relating to the courses can be downloaded from the website http://www.slprbo.unipr.it in the folder "documents" (password access for course participants).
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