For the final exam the study of the following texts is required:
(A) TEXTBOOKS:
(1) C. Casadio, Logica, Informazione, Automazione, PrimeVie Editore, Corfinio AQ, 2015;
(2) C. Casadio, Strutture del Linguaggio e del Pensiero, PrimeVie Editore, Corfinio AQ, 2016.
2) SCIENTIFICAL ESSAYS
Students are required to read and prepare carefully SIX essays from the collection (ANTOLOGIA): P. Casalegno et al. (a cura di), Filosofia del linguaggio, Raffaello Cortina, Milano; of which, mandatory:
=G. Frege (Senso e significato/Meaning and Denotation) and
=P. Grice (Logica e conversazione/Logic and Conversation);
TWO other essays can be freely selected.
A selection of readings will be given by the teacher at the beginning of the course and during each lesson. Textbooks and readings are available in pdf format at the university e-learning site LOLI:
https://elearning.unich.it/enrol/index.php?id=400
As an alternative to the essays of the Antologia, students can choose SIX essays or articles from those available at the e-learning site LoLi, of which
at least two must be in English.
Further readings:
--"Semantics a Reader", edited by Steven Davis and Brendan S. Gillon. Oxford University Press (Library Paratore, Chieti);
--"Semantic theory", Kempson, Ruth M., Cambridge UP (Library Pescara).
--"The handbook of contemporary semantic theory", Blackwell (Libraries of Chieti and Pescara).
--"Semantica. Dalle parole alle frasi", Valentina Bianchi, Carocci. (Library Pescara)
--"Introduction to Natural Language Semantics", H. De Swart, CSLI Publications, Stanford.
--"Lessico e Semantica", F. Casadei, Carocci (Biblioteca Paratore, Chieti).
