FI:VB011 Philosophy of Language II - Course Information
VB011 Philosophy of Language and Its Problems II
Faculty of InformaticsSpring 2014
- 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.
Supplier department: Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics - Timetable
- Wed 12:00–13:50 G125
- 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
- there are 17 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- 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 into the questionable 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 commensurate essay. 3 credits after submitting another (a second) essay.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
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