Very helpful for systematising thought in the philosophy of language.Lecture titles:lecture 1 Philosophy of Language – Distinctions and Overviewlecture 2 Use & Mention, J.L. Austin’s Speech Act Theorylecture 3 Speech Acts – Twelve Features, Five Classificationslecture 4 Classifications, cont., Grice’s Theory of Meaninglecture 5 Grice, cont., Some Counterexamples, Intentionalitylecture 6 Expressibility, Rules, Representation, Intentional Actslecture 7 Theory of Human Action, Freedom of Willlecture 8 Performatives, Assertives, Directives, Commisiveslecture 9 Review of Speech Act Taxonomy, Fregelecture 10 Russell’s Paradox, Frege’s ‘Sense and Reference’lecture 11 Frege, cont., Extensionality vs Intensionality, Russelllecture 12 Russell’s ‘On Denoting’, Strawson’s ‘On Referring’lecture 13 Review of Frege, Russell & Strawson, Twin-Earthlecture 14 Russell vs Strawson, Indirect Speech Acts, Indexicalslecture 15 Cluster theory & Kripke, Externalism vs Internalismlecture 16 Externalism vs Internalism, cont., Indexicality, Truthlecture 17 Theories of Truth, Objections to Correspondencelecture 18 Answers to Objections to Correspondence Theorylecture 19 Relativism, Solipsism, Background Capacities & Ruleslecture 20 Anthropology, Fiction, Non-explicitness, Commitmentslecture 21 Fiction cont., Grice’s Maxims, Indirect Speech Actslecture 22 Indirect Speech Acts, cont., Metaphorlecture 23 Radical Contextualism, Metaphor, Quine’s Two Dogmaslecture 24 Naturalism, Quine on Indeterminacy, Chomskylecture 25 Chomsky cont., Pictorial Representationlecture 26 Picturing, cont., Performatives, Human Institutionslecture 27 Social Construction, Externalism, Proper Nameslecture 28 Philosophy of Language in Wider Context, Metaphor(thanks to Scott B at http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/2010/12/08/john-searles-course-audio-available-online/comment-page-1/#comment-165586)

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So far I've tried the first lecture and have to say that it is very information intensive. I have to be sure to maintain my focus of attention just to make certain I can begin to understand all the things being taught. The course comes with both written and audio files, but since my situation with my vision favors my use of the audio only at this time I have decided I will only see what I can learn by hearing the lectures on a mp3 player. UC Berkeley's Philosophy of Language from 2010 gives me a big reminder that going to collage as a student takes some developed talent as an accomplished learner, which fortunately for almost everyone can in part be attained by maintaining a steady interest in educating oneself.

- September 28, 2012UC Berkeley: Philosophy of Language Fall Quarter 2010