LNGT0280A-F14
Formal Semantics
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Logic and Formal Semantics
Using logical and mathematical tools, formal semantics answers the following questions: Why do sentences mean what they mean? How is reasoning possible? How does language structure our understanding of time, change, knowledge, morality, identity, and possibility? This course is well suited for students interested in computer science, linguistics, logic, mathematics, or philosophy. (PHIL 0180; pending instructor’s approval, PHIL 0180 may be taken contemporaneously with PHIL/LNGT 0280. Students who take these two courses simultaneously will meet for 6 total contact hours.) 2 hrs. lect./1 hr. disc
Using logical and mathematical tools, formal semantics answers the following questions: Why do sentences mean what they mean? How is reasoning possible? How does language structure our understanding of time, change, knowledge, morality, identity, and possibility? This course is well suited for students interested in computer science, linguistics, logic, mathematics, or philosophy. (PHIL 0180; pending instructor’s approval, PHIL 0180 may be taken contemporaneously with PHIL/LNGT 0280. Students who take these two courses simultaneously will meet for 6 total contact hours.) 2 hrs. lect./1 hr. disc
- Term:
- Fall 2014
- Location:
- Twilight Hall 201(AXT 201)
- Schedule:
- 8:00am-8:50am on Monday, Wednesday (Sep 8, 2014 to Dec 5, 2014)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Unknown Unknown
- Subject:
- Linguistics
- Department:
- Linguistics
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- DED PHL
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- PHIL0280A-F14 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 92601
- Subject Code:
- LNGT
- Course Number:
- 0280
- Section Identifier:
- A