FF:PH0177 Intro. to Phil. of Language - Course Information

PH0177 Introduction to Philosophy of Language

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

Timetable

Mon 11:40–13:15 20

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

• Philosophy (programme FF, B-HS)
• Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH) (3)
• Philosophy (programme FF, M-HS)
• Philosophy (programme FF, M-PH)
• Philosophy (programme FF, N-HS)
• Philosophy (programme FF, N-PH) (3)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-HS3)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-SS3)

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.

Literature

• Obrat k jazyku: druhé kolo :jazyk, myšlení a svět v názorech postanalytických filosofů. Edited by Jaroslav Peregrin. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1998, 193 s. ISBN 80-7007-102-8. info
• CASSIRER, Ernst. Filosofie symbolických forem. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1996, 302 s. ISBN 80-86005-10-0. info
• PEREGRIN, Jaroslav. Logika ve filosofii, filosofie v logice : historický úvod do analytické filosofie. Praha: Herrmann a synové, 1992, 124 s. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Přednáška. Kolokvium.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

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