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Zsófia Zvolenszky
Meaning and Reference

THESIS TOPIC PROPOSAL

Institute: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
philosophy
Doctoral School of Philosophy

Thesis supervisor: Zsófia Zvolenszky
Location of studies (in Hungarian): ELTE BTK
Abbreviation of location of studies: ELTE


Description of the research topic:

The following themes/authors/theories illustrate possible starting points for a dissertation on this topic: Frege’s theory of meaning and reference, Kripke’s objections; Russell’s theory about proper names and definite desriptions; Strawson’s theory about definite descriptions; Kripke’s proposals about proper names; post-Kripkean theories of proper names (for example, direct reference theory, neo-Fregean theories); Kripke and Putnam about the semantics of natural kind terms (for example, “water” and “wombat”); Kaplan’s theory about the semantics of context-sensitive expressions (for example, “I”, “now”, “she”); the semantics of quantified expressions (for example, “every wombat”, “two wombats”); propositions; presuppositions; anaphora; compositionality; propositional attitude contexts (for example, “Ferenc Liszt believes that …”); intensional and hyperintensional contexts; proper names without bearers; identity statements.

Required language skills: english
Further requirements: 
legalább 1 korábbi analitikus nyelvfilozófia témájú kurzus, legalább 2 további logika/analitikus filozófia témájú kurzus (az ELTE BTK Filozófia Intézettel való előzetes egyeztetés alapján e kurzuselvárások további leadott írásokkal kiválthatóak); egy

Number of students who can be accepted: 1

Deadline for application: 2024-05-06


2024. IV. 17.
ODT ülés
Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).

 
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