PH0121 Truth and Paradoxes

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 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
Prerequisites
For more 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 issues of the philosophy of truth and semantic paradoxes; explain key fatures of Russell's, Tarski's and Kripke's theory of truth and the solution to semantic paradoxes; be orientated in the basic problems of contemporary discussion concerning truth and semantic paradoxes;
Syllabus
  • Russell's paradox and other set-theoretical paradoxes
  • Russell's (ramified) theory of types
  • Tarski's semantic theory of true, hierarchy of languages
  • Kripke's theory of truth and other three-valued approaches
  • Contextualism, revisionism, dialetheism
Literature
    required literature
  • RACLAVSKÝ, Jiří. Pravda a paradox: úvod do problematiky (Truth and Paradox: an introduction). Pro-Fil. Brno, 2009, vol. 10, No 2, p. 13-22. ISSN 1212-9097. info
  • SAINSBURY, R. M. Paradoxes. 10th print. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, x, 165. ISBN 0521483476. info
  • KIRKHAM, Richard L. Theories of truth : a critical introduction. 1st MIT Press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1995, xi, 401. ISBN 0262611082. info
    not specified
  • FIELD, Hartry H. Saving truth from paradox. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University, 2008, xv, 406. ISBN 9780199230747. info
  • Revenge of the liar : new essays on the paradox. Edited by J. C. Beall. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, x, 374. ISBN 9780199233915. info
  • Revenge of the liar : new essays on the paradox. Edited by J. C. Beall. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, x, 374. ISBN 9780199233915. info
  • PRIEST, Graham. Doubt truth to be a liar. 1st pub. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006, xii, 226. ISBN 0199263280. info
  • MAUDLIN, Tim. Truth and paradox : solving the riddles. 1st pub. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006, xi, 209. ISBN 0199203911. info
  • SORENSEN, Roy A. A brief history of the paradox : philosophy and the labyrinths of the mind. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, xv, 394. ISBN 0195179862. info
  • Liars and heaps : new essays on paradox. Edited by J. C. Beall. 1st pub. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003, xii, 369. ISBN 0199264813. info
  • RESCHER, Nicholas. Paradoxes : their roots, range, and resolution. 2nd print. Chicago: Open Court, 2001, xxiii, 293. ISBN 0812694376. info
  • SIMMONS, Keith. Universality and the liar : an essay on truth and the diagonal argument. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, xii, 229. ISBN 0521430690. info
  • MCGEE, Vann. Truth, vagueness, and paradox : an essay on the logic of truth. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1991, x, 236. ISBN 0872200876. info
  • BARWISE, Jon and John ETCHEMENDY. The Liar : an essay on truth and circularity. 1st iss. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987, xii, 194. ISBN 0195059441. info
  • The Paradox of the liar. Edited by Robert L. Martin. Reseda, CA: Ridgeview Publishing Company, 1978, xv, 154. ISBN 091793010X. 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 taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008.
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