FF:PHV142 Philos. Logic: An Introduction - Course Information
PHV142 Philosophical Logic: An Introduction
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. BcA. Jiří Raclavský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. BcA. Jiří Raclavský, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- each even Thursday 10:00–11:40 A11
- Prerequisites
- passing an introductory untergraduate logic course
- 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
- there are 23 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to investigate some main topics of contemporary philosophical logic, see the syllabi.
- Learning outcomes
- Understanding and capability to explain main topics of philosophical logic: e.g. syntactic/semantic logical consequence; (logical) theories of truth; logical/semantical paradoxes; explication; conceptions of inference; theory of descriptions.
- Syllabus
- logical/semantic paradoxes (Quine)
- explication, definition, axiomatization (Carnap, Hilbert)
- (logical) theories of truth (Tarski, Kripke)
- Fitch knowability paradox
- conceptions of logical inference (Gentzen, Tichý)
- logic of descriptions (Russell, Strawson)
- Literature
- recommended literature
- MACFARLANE, John. Philosophical logic : a contemporary introduction. First published. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021, xviii, 238. ISBN 9781138737648. info
- The Bloomsbury companion to philosophical logic. Edited by Leon Horsten - Richard Pettigrew. First published in paperback. London: Bloomsbury, 2014, viii, 637. ISBN 9781472523020. info
- The Blackwell guide to philosophical logic. Edited by Lou Goble. First published. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2001, x, 510. ISBN 0631206930. info
- not specified
- The Oxford handbook of philosophy of mathematics and logic. Edited by Stewart Shapiro. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, xv, 833. ISBN 9780195325928. info
- Philosophy of logic : an anthology. Edited by Dale Jacquette. 1st ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2002, xi, 372. ISBN 0631218688. info
- SAINSBURY, R. M. Logical forms : an introduction to philosophical logic. 2nd ed. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2001, vii, 424. ISBN 0631216790. info
- GRAYLING, A. C. An introduction to philosophical logic. Third edition. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 1997, vii, 343. ISBN 9780631199823. info
- READ, Stephen. Thinking about logic : an introduction to the philosophy of logic. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, viii, 262. ISBN 019289238X. info
- HAACK, Susan. Philosophy of logics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978, xvi, 276 s. ISBN 0-521-21988-4. info
- HEIJENOOT, Jean van. From Frege to Gödel : a source book in mathematical logic, 1879-1931. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1967, viii, 664. ISBN 0674324498. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures with PDF presentations
- active discussions
- readings of selected key writings
- homeworks (answering questions on studied texts) via e-learning (ROPOT)
- Assessment methods
- (i) homeworks via e-learning
- (ii) activities (attendance among them)
- both from which one needs a certain minimal number of points
- as a colloquial 'repetition', there will be (iii) an e-test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught once in three years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr. - Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/~raclavsky/logika/
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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