One World, One Language

In the course, you will explore how words acquire meaning, how language can describe the world, and how human language differs from that of animals and machines. You will reflect on the relationship between language and thought, what it means for an expression to be meaningful, and how words can refer to things in the world. You will also learn to use philosophical methods to analyse problems in the philosophy of language and to critically examine how different philosophical approaches are connected. 

Course literature

The course literature listed may be updated up to eight weeks before the course begins.

Prerequisites

General requirements for university studies in Sweden

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to the following: The general average (GPA) of your higher secondary school leaving certificate: 34 %, The Swedish national university aptitude test: 34 %, number of previous ECTS at the application deadline (up to 165): 32 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 15,625
First payment: SEK 15,625

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.