PH0184 Singular Temrs

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. BcA. Jiří Raclavský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Timetable
Mon 15:00–16:35 A11 stara
Prerequisites
PH_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. || PHK_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. || PROGRAM ( N - PH ) || PROGRAM ( N - HS ) || PROGRAM ( N - SS )
Recommended for advanced students
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand key topics in the philosophy of singular terms; to explain basic features of Frege's, Russell's and Kripke's philosophies of singular terms; apply the knowledge in related areas of ontology and epistemology such as problems of existence, identity etc.; orientate oneself in the basic issues of contemporary semantics of (natural) language;
Syllabus
  • basic issues of the philosophy of singular terms
  • Frege's doctrine of sense and denotation
  • Russell's theory of descriptions
  • Strawsonian and other reactions to Russellian views
  • controversy on modal logic
  • Kripke's causal theory of names and its criticism
  • contemporary debate on problematic topics
  • Freganism vs. Russellianism and some ways out
Literature
    required literature
  • The frege reader. Edited by Gottlob Frege. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 1997, xv, 409. ISBN 9780631194453. info
  • KRIPKE, Saul A. Naming and necessity. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1980, 172 s. ISBN 0-631-12801-8. info
  • RUSSELL, Bertrand. Logika, jazyk a věda. Edited by Karel Berka - Ladislav Tondl. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1967, 279 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • RACLAVSKÝ, Jiří. Jména a deskripce: logicko-sémantická zkoumání (Names and Descriptions: Logico-Semantical Investigations). 1st ed. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2009, 396 pp. mimo edice. ISBN 978-80-7182-277-6. info
  • Podoby referencie. Edited by Marián Zouhar. Bratislava: Iris, 2004, 255 s. ISBN 8089018688. info
Teaching methods
lectures; readings of key writings; written homeworks (answers to questions on studied texts);
Assessment methods
brief written exam supplanted by question (orally answered);
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012.
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