I044 Logical Analysis of Natural Language II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1998
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Pavel Materna, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Pavel Materna, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
I029 Logical Analysis of Natural Language
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
Syllabus
  • Transparent intensional logic, a general characteristics. A simple theory of types. Extensions, intensions. An extensionalist theory of intensions. The notion of construction. A comparison with constructivism. A modification of a ramified theory of types.
  • A theory of concepts. Meaning - concept - object. Church: the sense of an expression = a concept of the boject (denoted). Quasi-identical closed construction. Concept. Conceptual systems.
  • Solutions of some well-known semantic problems: Existence, intentional contexts. Quantification into intentional contexts. The paradoxes of analysis and of omniscience. Claims of identity. An analysis of interrogative sentences.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002.
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