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By the end of this course students will be familiar with key issues and debates in contemporary philosophy of language. They will have an understanding of the abstract issues relating to the intersection between language, mind and the world, of some more concrete questions of uses of language in extreme conditions of hate, prejudice and political coercion, and of how to employ methods in the philosophy of language to answer questions in other areas of philosophy.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Tutorial | 10 |
Specified Learning Activities | 26 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 140 |
Total | 200 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment(Including Essay): Essay | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
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Quizzes/Short Exercises: Participation: Weekly Reading Response (starting in Week 2) | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Written and oral feedback on essays and assignments provided by lecturer and tutors.