FF:PHA0205 Logic in Philosophy - Course Information
PHA0205 Logic in Philosophy
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- 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 - Timetable
- each odd Thursday 12:00–13:40 A11
- Prerequisites
- PROGRAM ( N - HS ) || PROGRAM ( N - PH )
no special pre-requisites - 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
- Philosophy (programme FF, N-HS)
- Philosophy (programme FF, N-PH) (2)
- Course objectives
- The course is related to the introductory course(s) to logic and the course Philosophical Logic. The aim is to introduce some main problems of philosophy where logic is deployed.
- Learning outcomes
- The student will be capable to describe some main problems of philosophy where logic is deployed.
- Syllabus
- topics may include: theories of truth (correspondence, coherence, deflationism); Tarski's theory of truth; semantic paradoxes; language formal analysis of knowledge; Fitch's knowability paradox; paradox of omniscience; truthlikeness; applied modal and (hyper)intensional logic: 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; existence, abstract entities; ontological proof in possible-world framework; Frege, Russell
- Literature
- recommended literature
- Philosophy of logic : an anthology. Edited by Dale Jacquette. 1st ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. xi, 372. ISBN 0631218688. 2002. info
- The Blackwell guide to philosophical logic. Edited by Lou Goble. First published. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. x, 510. ISBN 0631206930. 2001. info
- HAACK, Susan. Philosophy of logics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xvi, 276 s. ISBN 0-521-21988-4. 1978. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures + e-learning:reading, a couple of homeworks
- Assessment methods
- oral exam with written part + homeworks done during the semester (e-learning)
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: + e-learning. - Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/~raclavsky/logika/
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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