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Rick.Horowitz@launchpad.unc.edu (Rick Horowitz) writes:
[...]
> The proposal is to create a group with the following parameters:
>  
> Name of group:           sci.philosophy.language
> Mode:                    unmoderated
>  
> Charter:
>  
> Inasmuch as there exist groups like sci.philosophy.tech,
> talk.philosophy.misc, and comp.ai.philosophy which discuss various
> issues not directly relating to philosophy of language, and inasmuch
> as philosophy of language is an important and viable specialization
> within philosophy, I propose the creation of a group for facilitating
> discussion in this area.  Topics for discussion will include
> (minimally) discussions of interest for philosophy of language,
> philosophy of linguistics, theories of meaning and truth, reference,
> pragmatics, speech act theory, intensional semantics, (to some extent)
> language of thought, theories of names, demonstratives, works (past
> and current) in such topics, etc.---all the issues that could be part
> of a serious study of philosophy of language.

I'd be very interested in such a group, having just completed a thesis
in speech act theory.  It would be nice to have a forum for discussion
of the philosphy of language in general.

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