。 Introduction: The concept of truth and the traditional debates over the nature of truth Unit 1 Semantic conception of truth 1.1 Tarski’s semantic theory of truth Tarski, A. (1944), ‘The semantic conception of truth’, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 4 (1944), 341-76; reprinted in Semantics and the philosophy of language, L. Linsky (ed.), Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1952,13-47; also reprinted in Alfred Tarski – Collected Papers, Vol. 2: 1935-44, S. R. Givant and R. N. McKenzie (eds.), Basel: Birkh?user Verlag, 1986, 661-99. —– (1969), ‘Truth and proof’, in Fundamental Problems in Philosophy, O. Haufling (ed.), Oxford: Blackwell and Mott, 1973, a revision of one of the same title originally appeared in Scientific American, vol. 6 (1969), 63-77 (reprinted in A Philosophical Companion to First-order Logic, edited with an overview by R. I. G. Hughes, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1993, 101-125); reprinted in Alfred Tarski ?Collected Papers, Vol. 4: 1958-79, S. R. Givant and R. N. McKenzie (eds.), Basel: Birkh?user Verlag, 1986, 399-423. 1.2 Hartry Field on Tarski’s semantic conception of truth Field, H. (1972/[2001]), ‘Tarski’s theory of truth’, The Journal of Philosophy, (1972); reprinted in Reference, Truth and Reality, M. Platts (ed.), London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980, 83-110; also reprinted with Postscript in Truth and the Absence of Fact, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001, 3-29. 1.3 Austin’s semantic account of truth Austin, J. L (1950), ‘Truth’, Aristotelian Society, suppl. vol.24 (1950), 111-29; reprinted in Truth, G. Pitcher (ed.), Oxford: Clarendon, 1964, 18-31; also reprinted in Truth, S. Blackburn and K. Simmons (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, 149-61. Strawson, P. F. (1950), ‘Truth’, Aristotelian Society, suppl. vol. 24 (1950), 129-56; reprinted in G. Pitcher (ed.) Truth, Oxford: Clarendon, 1964; also reprinted in Truth, S. Blackburn and K. Simmons (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University The course is the third part of the series of tutorial-based courses on fundamental topics in the philosophy of language and logic. We shall examine a variety of account /theories of truth and related topics. College of Liberal Arts Shuiyuan Campus Chin Mu Yang 15 Thursday 7,8,9 Phl7710 (124EM2960) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Graduate Institute of Philosophy http://www.philo.ntu.edu.tw/en/ann/

The problem of universals is an issue that has been much discussed in metaphysics. Debates are still going on in contemporary times. Realists and nominalists have proposed various arguments, and have developed their own systemized philosophical theories to deal with the problem. This course aims to discuss these arguments and philosophical systems by reading the works of such metaphysicians as D.M. Armstrong. College of Liberal Arts Shuiyuan Campus Duen-Min Deng 3 Monday 5 Phl7864 (124EM5930) 1 (College of Liberal Arts) Graduate Institute of Philosophy
*Majors-only (including minor and double major students).
*Registration eligibility: graduate students. http://www.philo.ntu.edu.tw/en/ann/

**This course will be conducted entirely in English including lectures, class discussions, student presentations, and written assignments.**
Islam is one of human civilization’s great religions. There are more than one billion Muslims living all over the world today. Politics in the Middle East and the broader Islamic world play important roles in international relations. For these and many other reasons it is crucial to have an understanding of the history of Islamic societies.
This course covers the first half of Islamic history from 600 to 1300 C.E. At the beginning of this period, Arab Muslims established a new religion and empire at the intersections of religions: Christian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian faiths and the crossroads of empires: Roman and Sasanian states in the Middle East. Within in this context, we will study the construction of Muslim empires and the dynamics of life in Islamic societies during the classical and medieval periods.
The course concludes in the 1300s, a pivotal moment when Islamic societies had to find a response to Turkish, Latin Christian (Crusader), and Mongol invasions that contributed to the fragmentation of Islamic civilization. By studying early Islamic history, we can witness the construction of such a major civilization from its very origins.
The period we study has received an enormous amount of attention over the last few years. Today’s Islamists and their opponents all look to the Prophet Muhammad and the community he established as an ideal and true representation of Islam to be copied or even reestablished. Contrary to seeing the past from such ideological perspectives, we will approach the study of early Islam from a historical perspective. We will examine the historical circumstances that led to the establishment of a new faith, why peoples adopted these beliefs, and how Muslims shaped new societies.
Introduction to Islam, 600-1300
Discussion section (伊斯蘭文明研導)
Wednesday 10:20-11:10 in 普通╴Pǔtōng 301
In addition to the main course, students are encouraged to enroll in the discussion section. In this small-group class, students will have an opportunity to learn more about and discuss the readings. I will also work closely with students to develop important skills of analysis, interpretation, framing, and presentation. The discussion section is worth one credit and to take it, you must to enroll in it online. You cannot only take the discussion section, without taking the lecture course. Auditors are not allowed in the discussion section. Grading will be based on the quantity and the quality of participation in discussions.
This course will examine a variety of historical topics:
The life of the Prophet Muhammad
The division of the Muslim community into Sunni, Shii, and other sects (religious groups)
The lives of women and diverse ethnic and religious communities
Literary and material culture
The spread of the faith to Asia, Africa, and Europe
The interrelationship and friction between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
This course will study a variety of historical concepts:
The nature and functions of premodern empires
The nature and effects of diversity in human experience
The nature and effects of decentralization in human experience
Encounters between mobile and sedentary societies
Evolution and development of social structures
This course will help students develop a variety of skills:
The ability to read, write, and converse in English
Analyze and interpret original sources in English translation College of Liberal Arts Main Campus Class sessions: Students must attend all class sessions. Lectures and class discussions will provide information that is not covered in the readings and interpretations to help you understand the history. You should take careful notes. Please stop me if you have any questions about the history or language during lecture.
Readings: You will be reading around 50 pages of English text per week. Readings will consist of chapters from a textbook, scholarly articles, and original sources. All readings will be available as pdfs and may be downloaded from CEIBA. Please read texts assigned for the appropriate class session. By reading and absorbing information from these texts, you will learn the most in lectures and discussions. You should take careful notes on the readings.
Class discussions: Together we will discuss information presented in lectures and readings. Discussions are opportunities to practice thinking about ideas, concepts, and theories presented in readings. By sharing thoughts and asking questions, we can explore the fascinating history of Islamic societies more deeply and directly.
Exams: There will be three exams. The first one will ask you to locate physical and political geographic features on maps. The second exam will require you to identify historical terms such as names, places, events, and dates, and discuss their significance. The third exam presents select passages from class readings for you to identify and comment on their significance. This exam will demonstrate that you have digested readings and analyzed their importance. Keep in mind that in lectures and discussions I will help you understand the readings and how they fit into the broader history. Taking good notes in class lectures and discussions will therefore help you prepare for this exam.
Final essay: The course will end with a final essay four pages in length (1250 words). I will hand out the essay assignment towards the end of the semester. Please be aware that for the essay I will ask a question that will require you to analyze and provide examples from what you have learned from the entire course. This essay question will reflect the analytical-style questions that I will be constantly asking you in lectures and discussions during the semester. Yuen-Gen Liang 40 Tuesday 7,8,9 Hist2219 (103E52730) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Department of History
*Registration eligibility: undergraduates. http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~history/english.htm

Course Description: Other than its discursive normality, how can public speaking be an artistic act? If such act entails a creative process, are there strategies for any public speaker to convey ideas not only in a comprehensible manner but also in an interesting, animating fashion? What are other complications when language makes the challenge even more stupendous? This course aims at incorporating three important elements together in presenting a successful speech in English: drafting ideas, structuring a narrative, and delivering a speech. The course will go through certain rhetorical analysis with certain successful written speeches and impressive public speeches. Throughout the course, we will also practice many ceremonial speeches such as how to draft and deliver such speeches as welcome remarks, introductory statements, and closing remarks. Throughout the semester, we will as well develop students’ presentation skills and narrative structuring: what to say and what to avoid. Participation and attendance are obligatory as part of your performance will be assessed by other members. Course Objectives: 1. To introduce students to different modes of public speaking, particularly in ceremonial speeches and delivery 2. To investigate the rhetorical approaches and strategies for a prepared speech or for any impromptu speech 3. To prepare students for hosting conferences, delivering speeches for official occasions 4. To analyze different approaches to write a well-crafted composition 5. To prepare junior, senior, and international students for global negotiations and cultural exchanges College of Liberal Arts Main Campus Yu-Hsiang Fu 12 Thursday 5,6,7 FL3245 (102E36600) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
For DFLL junior and senior students and international students http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en

Course Description: This single-semester course intends to acquaint students with the theories and principles of public speaking, guide them in the analysis and evaluation of diversified presentations, and supply them with hands-on opportunities for presenting in English in a variety of academic and everyday situations. Additionally, it aims to familiarize students with the processes involved in preparing and delivering an effective public presentation, such as selecting an appropriate topic, analyzing the audience, performing research to locate relevant materials, crafting a feasible and manageable outline, choosing the appropriate wording, opening, and closing, cultivating the efficient coping strategies for ameliorating speaking anxiety, making judicious use of visual media, and so forth. Course Objectives: Upon completion of this semester-long course, students can expect to be able to 1. understand the principles of public speaking, 2. develop and deliver well-structured English presentations with confidence and authority, 3. design or locate effective visual media to enhance presentation efficiency, and 4. respond to the questions from the audience with poise and clarity. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus Requirements: Students are expected to complete all of the assigned readings and homework assignments prior to class and fully participate in class discussions and activities. Equally important, they need to actively offer feedback on their peers’ presentations to help one other identify and in turn address the areas for further improvement. Heng-Tsung Danny Huang 14 Monday 8,9,10 FL3241 (102E36520) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
*Registration eligibility: juniors and above. http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en

The course is a survey of British literature of the twentieth century. While we will begin at the turn of the century with the poetry of Hardy and Housman and the prose of Conrad, the course will focus primarily on the Modernist period, especially on Joyce, Woolf, and Eliot, as well as on the artistic ferment of the avant-garde in the teens and the poetry that resulted from the disaster of the Great War. We will then survey some important poetry from the 30s through the 60s. The aim of the course is the introduce students in the lectures to the cultural and historical context of Modernist literature in England (more or less). The idea is to focus on key texts (and passages within texts) with an eye to literary form, tradition, and close reading, but also to place these texts in the larger cultural climate that gives them meaning, that is, what is called Modernism. Students should get a good sense of what this might actually mean as far as British literature is concerned. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus Regular Attendance, in-class note taking, two major exams. Duncan Chesney 50 Friday 2,3,4 FL3004 (102E23190) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature,
Non-degree Program: European Studies Program
*Majors-only (including minor and double major students).
*Registration eligibility: juniorss and above. http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en

An introduction to the English literary tradition of the sixteenth century, covering poetry and prose works; the course will be especially interested in investigating English knowledge about the rest of the world during this period.
Grading: Paper assignment 30% Midterm exam 30% (1 hour) Final exam 40% (2 hours)
Syllabus: Week 1 – Introduction Week 2 – Precursors in Chaucer and Skelton Week 3 – Wyatt and Surrey Week 4 – Wyatt and Surrey Week 5 – Sidney Week 6 – Sidney Week 7 – Spenser Week 8 – Spenser Week 9 – 。ハMid-term exam。ヒ Week 10 – England and the Wider World Week 11 – England and the Wider World Week 12 – Selected prose works Week 13 – Selected prose works Week 14 – Shakespeare’s narrative poems Week 15 – Shakespeare’s narrative poems Week 16 – Shakespeare’s sonnets Week 17 – Shakespeare’s sonnets Week 18 – 。ハFinal Exam。ヒ To give students a solid grounding in English literature and culture of the sixteenth century. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus Michael Keevak 60 Tuesday 8,9 Friday 6 FL2003 (102E23150) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature,
Non-degree Program: European Studies Program

*Majors-only (including minor and double major students).
*Registration eligibility: sophomores and above. http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en

(Sample description from one of the several instructors)
This course is the completion of the 3rd/4th year composition sequence and aims to prepare DFLL students for graduate-level work in DFLL or similar humanities departments. The goal is to get students writing strong, sustained critical arguments, supplementing these arguments with properly cited secondary material. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus English Composition (Ⅲ) (1). Duncan Chesney,
Chun-Yen Chen 13 Thursday 2,3,4 FL3010 (102E49132) 2 *Majors-only (including minor and double major students).

(College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en

(Sample description from one of the several instructors)
Whereas the first semester largely required students to review grammar and sentence structure, culminating in two essays, the second semester will consist of entirely essay-length writing assignments. These will include various rhetorical modes (process, causation, definition, illustration, argumentation, etc.) and one ‘mini’ research paper (five to eight pages in length using three to five citations) to prepare students for Junior Composition and future academic writing. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus English Composition (Ⅱ) (1). Kirill Ole Thompson,
Davies Witton,
Chen, Yi-Hsuan,
Chung-Jen Chen,
Judy Wai-Kei Kwong 14 Monday 2,3,4 FL2010 (102E49122) 2 *Majors-only (including minor and double major students).

(College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en

(Sample description from one of the several instructors)
In the spring semester, we will continue focusing on understanding the topic of academic compositions. We will be discussing the following topics (among others) What makes topic sentences weak or strong? What makes paragraph organization weak or strong? What contributes to poor idea development? What plagiarism is and why it is a problem? Examples from student writing samples will be used to illustrate strengths and weaknesses in writing compositions at this level. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus English Composition (Ⅰ)(1). Ann-Marie Hadzima,
Ruey-Szu Wang,
Judy Wai-Kei Kwong,
Ann-Marie Hadzima 15 Tuesday 8,9,10 FL1020 (102E49112) 2 *Majors-only (including minor and double major students).

(College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en

This course is intended for students with a working knowledge of Ancient Greek. Its aim is to provide them with opportunities to practice and sharpen their linguistic skills and expand their knowledge of Ancient Greek Literature by studying selected passages from a variety of authors in the original language. The selection of authors and passages to be studied will be based on the interests and needs of the students taking the course. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus Ancient Greek (Ⅱ) (1) Vasileios Vagios 20 Monday 8,9 Thursday 8,9 FL3022 (102E32822) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature,
Non-degree Program: European Studies Program http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en

Course Description: This course is an introduction to rapid reading of Latin prose authors. Extended passages will be read from the works of Caesar, Cicero, Seneca, and Tacitus. The course focuses especially on linguistic analysis of sentence patterns and on developing the techniques needed to read accurately and quickly. Course Objectives: At the end of the course students should be able to read about five hundred words per day. They should also be able to identify stylistic elements, including sentence patterns and diction, characteristic of each of the authors read during the course of the semester. College of Liberal Arts Main Campus Prerequisite:
Latin (Ⅱ)(1).

Course Requirements: Students must have completed a thorough study of the Latin grammar (usually two semesters), but they need not have had much reading practice beyond exercises. Wells S. Hansen 20 Monday 10,A,B,C FL3020 (102E32622) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Department of Foreign Languages and Literature,
http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en