OVNM_UFJ Introduction to the Philosophy of Language

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
0/0/6. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Blažena Švandová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Blažena Švandová, Ph.D.
Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Marie Baráčková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
OVNM_UDF Intro to History of Phil.
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
Dual face of language: The language viewed as a system which is composed from the units with definite meanings and the language as an apriori given whole, which units - the elementary parts of meaning - are delimitated during the use. The concepts of the structure, the meaning and the value. The expression of the truth and the existence in the language.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Problém původu a podstaty jazyka. Skutečnost jazyka a skutečnost mimojazyková. Znak, označující a označované. Ikona, index, symbol. Semiotika jako věda o znacích. Paradigma obratu k jazyku ve 20. století. Jazyk jako forma pojmového myšlení, logická analýza jazyka,pojem,výrok, argument, teorie. Vrstva syntaxe, sémantiky a pragmatiky. Expresivita jazyka, jeho přesnost, srozumitelnost, úloha analogie, metafory a metonymie. Strukturalismus. Vyjádření pravdy a existence v jazyce. Nejčastější chyby,jichž se při argumentaci dopouštíme. Dvojí způsob, jímž se projevuje lidská svoboda v jazyce.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: konzultace
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001.
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