PH0208 Logical Analysis of Natural Language II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Pavel Materna, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 15:50–17:25 J21
Prerequisites
Passing part I of the course
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Having absolved the course the student will be able to explicate from the contemporary viewpoint the notion of concept and demonstrate that the set-theoretical conception is too coarse and in some cases impossible. Further (s)he will be able to create a conceptual analysis of sundry expressions of natural language and make a proposal of a conceptual system suitable for solving tasks of a given kind.
Syllabus
  • Theories of concepts in the history of logic: Greeks Traditional logic Bolzano Frege Kauppi Bealer Explication of concept based on TIL Concept as an abstract identifying procedure. Concepts and closed constructions. Content and extension of a concept. Conceptual systems, primitive concepts. Definition
Literature
  • MATERNA, Pavel. Svět pojmů a logika. 1. vyd. Praha: Filosofia, 1995, 136 s. ISBN 80-7007-078-1. info
  • PEREGRIN, Jaroslav. Úvod do teoretické sémantiky. Edited by Pavel Materna. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, vii, 104. ISBN 8021009977. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Final oral exam (colloquium)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015.
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