PH0133 Theories of Proper Names

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. BcA. Jiří Raclavský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 C32
Prerequisites
PH_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. || PHK_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil.
- discerning course, not recommended for students of first year of study
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Theory of proper names' sense (Frege and others), Russell's theory of descriptions and cluster theory, the causal theory of proper names and (its critique of causal theory, nominal description theory (and its critique), theory of direct reference (and its critique), proper names as free variables, proper names with historic or fictive reference, empty proper names, puzzles about belief
Syllabus
  • Theory of proper names' sense (Frege and others) Russell's theory of descriptions and cluster theory The causal theory of proper names Critique of causal theory Nominal description theory and its critique Naming vs. dubbing Theory of direct reference (and its critique) Proper names as free variables Proper names with historic reference and empty proper names Proper names with fictive reference Proper names as items in encyclopedical vocabulary Two-dimensional semantics of proper names
Assessment methods (in Czech)
- přednášky - 1 samostatný referát podle zadání vyučujícího - na konci krátký bilanční test
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007.
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