Universität Wien

160131 PS Theory of Science and Linguistics (2015W)

Poverty of the Stimulus

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 06.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 13.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 20.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 27.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 03.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 10.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 17.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 24.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 01.12. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 15.12. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 12.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 19.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 26.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course is about the so-called "Poverty of the Stimulus" argument, a classic from epistemology, historically the first one to motivate linguistic nativism, still the strongest support for this view in linguistics, and - as Fodor (1981) puts it - "the existence proof for the possibility of cognitive science".

Assessment and permitted materials

Students must come prepared to class (i.e. read the assigned material beforehand), participate actively by asking and answering questions, make a presentation with a handout/slides, hand in assigned homework in time, and sit two tests. Details will be discussed in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The goal of the course is to introduce students to a philosophical debate relevant to the discipline of linguistics and related cognitive sciences and enable them to reflect on the philosophical underpinnings of nativism.

Examination topics

Frontal and interactive teaching, handouts/slides, presentations by students, tests, etc.

Reading list

To be announced in class / on Moodle

Association in the course directory

MA1-M6
MA2-M5
MA4-M2

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:35