PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE

Frontal lessons and discussion in class.

The linguistic turn in philosophy. The pragmatics of Austin and Grice.

Rationality: the standard view, the empirical studies, bounded rationality, the evolutionary theories, dual models, rationality and argumentation.

Cognitive pragmatics: Relevance Theory, the distinction between associative and inferential processes, the distinction between automatic and controlled processes, the problem of modularity, mindreading processes.

1) M. Mazzone, “Pragmatica”, in F. Cimatti, F. Piazza, Filosofie del linguaggio, Roma, Carocci, 2016 (27 pagg.)

2) P. Labinaz, La razionalità, Roma, Carocci, 2013 (127 pagg.)

3) M. Mazzone, Pragmatica cognitiva e mindreading, Acireale-Roma, Bonanno, 2016 (176 pagg.)