CJBB44 Logic for the Students of Czech, Pt. I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Dočekal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Dočekal, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Timetable
Mon 16:40–18:15 4
Prerequisites
I don't expect any previous logical skills.
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Introduction to technics and goals of formal logic; logic of truth functions and quantifiers; entailment, truth, deductive validity and formal deduction; application of logic and relation between logic and linguistics (main goal is to develop skills for verification of deductively valid arguments and for translation of natural language sentences into logical calculus). Side goals: some introductory themes from analytical philosophy and formal syntax.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to technics and goals of formal logic; logic of truth functions and quantifiers; entailment, truth, deductive validity and formal deduction; application of logic and relation between logic and linguistics (main goal is to develop skills for verification of deductively valid arguments and for translation of natural language sentences into logical calculus). Side goals: some introductory themes from analytical philosophy and formal syntax.
Literature
  • TARSKI, Alfred. Úvod do logiky a metodologie deduktivních věd. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 1969, 245 s. URL info
  • Gamut, L. T. F. Logic, language and meaning 1, 2. Introduction to logic (1), Intensional logic and logical grammar (2). Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
  • Hornstein, Norbert. Logical form : from GB to minimalism. Oxford : Blackwell, 1995.
  • Montague, R. The proper treatment of quantification in ordinary English. In Hintikka, J., Moravcsik, J. and Suppes, P. (eds) Approaches to natural language. Dordrecht : Reidel, 1973.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Podmínky absolvování: závěrečný test, aktivní účast na semináři.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003.
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