FF:PH0208 Natural Language, Log. II - Course Information

PH0208 Logical Analysis of Natural Language II

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 J22

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

• Philosophy (programme FF, B-HS)
• Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH) (4)
• Philosophy (programme FF, N-HS)
• Philosophy (programme FF, N-PH)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-MA)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-SS) (2)

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

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