Theory of Meaning

Posdcasts of most of the lectures from Professor of Philosophy John Campbell's Theory of Meaning course at Cal.

Philosophy 135 - Theory of Meaning

Unfortunately the site doesn't list what topics each podcast covers, so it's a bit of a gamble. Just open one and have a listen (some video available as well).

Language Philosophy & Legal Interpretation

Randy Barnett over at The Volokh Conspiracy references Lawrence Solum, a law professor at University of Illinois College of Law, who wrote a lengthy post on constitutional interpretation called "Semantic and Normative Originalism: Comments on Brian Leiter’s “Justifying Originalism.”

I first became interested in linguistics via language philosophy and speech act theory, so I always have a soft spot for debates that involve theories of meaning, as this legal one does (Solum actually references Grice, hehe). It’s a long and complicate post involving legal issues I have no special knowledge of, but I’m interested in teasing apart the Grice reference to see if it has legs, or if it’s yet another example of naïve linguistics gone wrong.