VB011 Philosophy of Language and Its Problems II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:50 B003
Prerequisites
VB010 Philosophy of Language I
It is not necessary to pass course VB010 to participate in this one.
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
As an introduction serves a comparison of real processes with their model forming and interpretation. Follows an exposition of two mutually incongruous conceptions, on one side Chomsky's innate dispositions, on the other side inspirations by Foucault and Derrida. As a conclusion a broader (and modernized) introduction in the truth theory has been presented.
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.
Literature
  • Literature is being assigned during the lectures.
Teaching methods
Successive explanation based on the curriculum (slides, texts to be accessed electronically); the lesson is usually introduced by some updating (news illustrating interesting language applications from the world of politics, etc., and anniversaries of important classics in the field).
Assessment methods
2 credits on the basis of regular presence and submitting 1 essay. 3 credits after submitting another (a second) essay and following a discussion of the themes based on the elaborated essays (and, at least, two students participating in the process).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
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