FF:PH0142 Natural Language, Log. I - Course Information

PH0142 Logical Analysis of Natural Language I

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Pavel Materna, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová

Timetable

Thu 15:00–16:35 A11 stara

Prerequisites

The student passed the examination Logika (1st year)

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) (3)
• Philosophy (programme FF, M-HS)
• Philosophy (programme FF, M-PH)
• Philosophy (programme FF, N-HS)
• Philosophy (programme FF, N-PH) (3)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-HS3)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-SS3)

Course objectives

Semantics of natural language. Frege: denotation and sense, Some contemporary approaches. Transparent intensional logic (TIL), confronted with contemporary schools. Criticism of 'Frege's Thesis'. Intensions, extensions. Loogical apparatus of TIL. A simple hierarchy of types. Epistemis base. The notion of construction. A ramified hierarchy of types, comparison with Russell's hierarchy. Solving some well-known problems ('puzzles'). De dicto, de re. Modalities.

Syllabus

• Semantics and syntax, applied to natural language. The beginning of the modern semantics (of natural language): Frege. Frege's problem, his proposal of of solving it. Denotation and sense. Frege's solution as interpreted by post-fregean philosophers. What is sense? The notion of possible world. Possible-world semantics. Transparent intensional logic (TIL). Intensions, extensions. Criticism of 'Frege's Thesis'. Apparatus of TIL. Epistemic base. A simple hierarchy of types over the epistemic base. A key notion: construction. A ramified hierarchy of types, its greater expressivity as compared with Russell's hierarchy. Solving some problems. Criticism of contextualism. De re and de dicto supposition. Empirical expressions denote intensions. Modal systems and TIL.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Přednáška, kolokvium

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

phil.muni.cz

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