FI:V011 Philosophy of Language and Its

V011 Philosophy of Language and Its Problems II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1999

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.

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

Syllabus

An introduction concerning the so-called "artificial intelligence".
Some new reflections on reductionism.
"To represent", or about signs.
"To speak", or a theory of verbs.
"To classify", or a system and method.
"To exchange", or various types of communication.
"To deconstruct", to make a "reconstruction"?
In between of an anthropomorphic interpretation of nature and a physiomorphic self-interpretation of man.
Interlude: Some paradigms "in the game".
A metaphor within the theory of knowledge, or the problem of the inforrmation value and the mechanism of picturesque speech.
First: the performative theory of truth.
The correspondence theory of truth.
The coherence theory of truth.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002.