PH0177 Introduction to Philosophy of Language

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Hroch, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 55 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/55, only registered: 0/55, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/55
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Language and philosophy, ontological and epistemological aspects of language. To the relation of language, consciousness and mind - philosophy of mind. Hermeneutical and analytical approach to language. Mental discourse (T. Hobbes). The relation of languages and ideas, the concept of language in British empiricism and continental rationalism (J. Locke, G. Berkeley, R. Descartes). N. Chomsky and Cartesian linguistics. The concept of language in German hermeneutics of the Romantic period (J. G. Herder). W. von Humboldt's philosophy of language. The conception of language in British analytical philosophy (G. E. Moore, A. J. Ayer). The problematique of observation sentences. Vienna Circle (R. Carnap, M. Schlick). Language games and speech acts (L. Wittgenstein, P. Winch, J. L. Austin,J. R. Searle). The problem of discourse and language event by P. Ricoeur. H.-G. Gadamer's philosophy of language.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáška. Kolokvium.
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 Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011.
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