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>From: Rick.Horowitz@lambada.oit.unc.edu (Rick Horowitz)
Subject: RFD: sci.philosophy.language
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SINCERE APOLOGIES! The first posting didn't go to
news.announce.newgroups because of a misplaced 's'.  I was advised to
repost to make it official...

The following is an OFFICIAL request for discussion to create a
newsgroup called sci.philosophy.language.  (At least in my mind) It
supersedes a previous post I made requesting the creation of
talk.philosophy.language.  It has been pointed out to me that a
designation of sci might be more appropriate.
 
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 understand that the normal procedure calls for a discussion period
of some 30 days, after which a voting period would be initiated.  So
let's start the discussion.
 
Thanks.
--  
Rick Horowitz     CSUF, Philosophy     rhorowit@mondrian.csufresno.edu
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