FI:V011 Philosophy of Language and Its

V011 Philosophy of Language and Its Problems II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1999

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.

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

An introduction concerning the so-called "artificial intelligence".
Some new reflections on reductionism.
"To represent", or about signs.
"To speak", or a theory of verbs.
"To classify", or a system and method.
"To exchange", or various types of communication.
"To deconstruct", to make a "reconstruction"?
In between of an anthropomorphic interpretation of nature and a physiomorphic self-interpretation of man.
Interlude: Some paradigms "in the game".
A metaphor within the theory of knowledge, or the problem of the inforrmation value and the mechanism of picturesque speech.
First: the performative theory of truth.
The correspondence theory of truth.
The coherence theory of truth.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002.