FF:PH2117 Ontology III - Course Information
PH2117 Ontology III
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. BcA. Jiří Raclavský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- Completing the course Ontology I, Ontology II
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Philosophy (programme FF, N-HS)
- Philosophy (programme FF, N-PH) (2)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain the basis of contemporary analytical metaphysics with heklp of (especially) modal logic and possible world framework; grasps the key notions of current debate;
- Syllabus
- modal notions and modal logic
- possible worlds
- propositions, properties, relations and individuals in possible-world framework
- names vs descriptions, modal argument
- propositions vs. facts, propositional attitudes, hyperintensionality
- temporal notions and temporal logic
- norms and action notions - deontic action logic
- existence, abstract entities
- ontological proof in possible-world framework
- Literature
- required literature
- LOUX, Michael J. Metaphysics : a contemporary introduction. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge. xi, 309. ISBN 0415401348. 2006. info
- LOUX, Michael J. Metaphysics : a contemporary introduction. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge. xi, 309. ISBN 0415401348. 2006. info
- The Oxford handbook of metaphysics. Edited by Michael J. Loux - Dean W. Zimmerman. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xi, 724. ISBN 9780199284221. 2003. info
- LOUX, Michael J. Metaphysics : a contemporary introduction. 2nd ed. London: Routledge. xiii, 303. ISBN 0415261074. 2002. info
- LOUX, Michael J. Metaphysics : a contemporary introduction. 2nd ed. London: Routledge. xiii, 303. ISBN 0415261074. 2002. info
- Metaphysics : contemporary readings. Edited by Michael J. Loux. 1st ed. London: Routledge. xii, 555. ISBN 0415261090. 2001. info
- recommended literature
- WILLIAMSON, Timothy. Modal logic as metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xvi, 464. ISBN 9780199552078. 2013. info
- Contemporary debates in metaphysics. Edited by Theodore Sider - John Hawthorne - Dean W. Zimmerman. First published. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ix, 404. ISBN 9781405112291. 2008. info
- Contemporary debates in metaphysics. Edited by Theodore Sider - John Hawthorne - Dean W. Zimmerman. First published. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ix, 404. ISBN 9781405112291. 2008. info
- JUBIEN, Michael. Contemporary metaphysics : an introduction. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. xi, 212. ISBN 9781557868596. 2007. info
- Handbook of modal logic. Edited by Patrick Blackburn - J. F. A. K. van Benthem - Frank Wolter. 1st ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier. xxiii, 123. 2007. info
- PLANTINGA, Alvin. The nature of necessity. Repr. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ix, 255. ISBN 0198244142. 2006. info
- PLANTINGA, Alvin. Essays in the metaphysics of modality. Edited by Matthew Davidson. Oxford: Oxford University Press. vi, 239. ISBN 9780195103779. 2003. info
- LOWE, E. J. A survey of metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xiii, 402. ISBN 9780198752530. 2002. info
- VAN INWAGEN, Peter. Metaphysics. 2nd ed. Oxford: Westview Press. xiv, 235. ISBN 0813390559. 2002. info
- VAN INWAGEN, Peter. Metaphysics. 2nd ed. Oxford: Westview Press. xiv, 235. ISBN 0813390559. 2002. info
- Realism & antirealism. Edited by William P. Alston. 1st pub. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. viii, 303. ISBN 0801487900. 2002. info
- BLACKBURN, Patrick, Maarten de RIJKE and Yde VENEMA. Modal logic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xxii, 554. ISBN 0521802008. 2001. info
- VAN INWAGEN, Peter. Ontology, identity, and modality : essays in metaphysics. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ix, 261. ISBN 0521795486. 2001. info
- CHELLAS, Brian F. Modal logic : and introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xii, 295. ISBN 0521295157. 1999. info
- Necessity and possibility : the metaphysics of modality. Edited by Michael Tooley. [1st ed.]. New York: Garland Publishing. xxiv, 394. ISBN 081533382X. 1999. info
- FITTING, Melvin and Richard L. MENDELSOHN. First-order modal logic. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. xii, 287. ISBN 079235334X. 1998. info
- LOWE, E. J. The possibility of metaphysics : substance, identity, and time. 1st ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press. viii, 275. ISBN 0198236832. 1998. info
- ARMSTRONG, D. M. A world of states of affairs. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xiii, 285. ISBN 0521589487. 1997. info
- HUGHES, G. E. and M. J. CRESSWELL. New introduction to modal logic. London: Routledge. x, 421. ISBN 0415125995. 1996. info
- HUGHES, G. E. and M. J. CRESSWELL. New introduction to modal logic. London: Routledge. x, 421 s. ISBN 0-415-12600-2. 1996. info
- A companion to metaphysics. Edited by Jaegwon Kim - Ernest Sosa. 1st pub. in paperback. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. xiv, 540. ISBN 0631199993. 1995. info
- A companion to metaphysics. Edited by Jaegwon Kim - Ernest Sosa. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. xiv, 540 s. ISBN 0-631-17272-6. 1995. info
- POPKORN, Sally. First steps in modal logic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xiii, 314. ISBN 0521057930. 1994. info
- POPKORN, Sally. First steps in modal logic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xiii, 314. ISBN 0-521-46482-X. 1994. info
- STRAWSON, P. F. Analysis and metaphysics : an introduction to philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. viii, 144. ISBN 0198751184. 1992. info
- VAN INWAGEN, Peter. Material beings. 1st pub. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. viii, 299. ISBN 9780801483066. 1990. info
- ARMSTRONG, D. M. Universals : an opinionated introduction. Boulder: Westview Press. xii, 148. ISBN 0813307724. 1989. info
- LEWIS, David Kellog. On the plurality of worlds. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ix, 276. ISBN 0631224963. 1986. info
- DOWTY, David R., Robert E. WALL and Stanley PETERS. Introduction to Montague Semantics. 1st pub. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company. 313 s. ISBN 9027711429. 1981. info
- DOWTY, David R., Robert E. WALL and Stanley PETERS. Introduction to Montague Semantics. 1st pub. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company. 313 s. ISBN 90-277-1142-9. 1981. info
- The possible and the actual : readings in the metaphysics of modality. Edited by Michael J. Loux. 1st print. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 334 s. ISBN 0801491789. 1979. info
- The possible and the actual : readings in the metaphysics of modality. Edited by Michael J. Loux. 1st print. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 334 s. ISBN 0801491789. 1979. info
- MONTAGUE, Richard. Formal philosophy : selected papers of Richard Montague. Edited by Richmond H. Thomason. New Haven: Yale University Press. 369 s. ISBN 0300015275. 1974. URL info
- CARNAP, Rudolf. Meaning and necessity : a study in semantics and modal logic. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. viii, 258. ISBN 0226093468. 1947. info
- CARNAP, Rudolf. Meaning and necessity : a study in semantics and modal logic. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. viii, 210. 1947. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures; homework (every week) based on reading, answering assigned questions and active participation in lecture, which extends the contents of the studied texts.
- Assessment methods
- The final exam is partly written, partly oral, in-class activity is required, written preparation from lesson to lesson is required as well.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen jen pro studenty s imatrikulací do jaro 2019, včetně. - Information about innovation of course.
- This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.
- Teacher's information
- http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=2578
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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