FF:PH0224 Philosophical Logic - Course Information
PH0224 Philosophical Logic
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. BcA. Jiří Raclavský, Ph.D. (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
- each even Thursday 14:10–15:45 A11
- 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
- there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course a student should be able to: understand key topics in the philosophy of logic; to explain the most discussed features of Frege's, Russell's, Traski's and Gödel's work; orientate oneself in the selected issues of the contemporary philosophy of mathematics;
- Syllabus
- Frege's Begriffschrift and other writings
- Russell's Principles of Mathematics and Principia Mathematica
- Tarski's theory of truth, entailment and model theory
- Gödel's discovery and its reception
- issues in the foundations of set theory
- selected other problems discussed in the 20th century (Benaceraff etc.)
- nominalism vs. realism and other big controversies
- Literature
- required literature
- 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
- recommended literature
- 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
- The Blackwell guide to philosophical logic. Edited by Lou Goble. First published. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2001, x, 510. ISBN 0631206930. info
- Handbook of logic and language. Edited by J. F. A. K. van Benthem - Alice ter Meulen. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1997, xxiii, 124. ISBN 044481714X. info
- Handbook of logic and language. Edited by Johan van Benthem - Alice ter Meulen. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1997, xxiii, 124. ISBN 0-444-81714-X. 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
- Teaching methods
- lectures; readings of key writings; written homeworks (answers to questions on studied texts);
- Assessment methods
- oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2015, recent)
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