PH0177 Philosophy of Language and Hermeneutics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Hroch, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Timetable
Mon 11:40–13:15 A11 stara
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 42 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/42, only registered: 0/42, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/42
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Language and philosophy, ontological and epistemological aspects of language. To Hermeneutical and analytical approach to language. Mental discourse (T. Hobbes). The relation of languages and ideas, the concept of language in British empiricism and continental rationalism (J. Locke, G. Berkeley, R. Descartes). N. Chomsky and Cartesian linguistics. The concept of language in German hermeneutics of the Romantic period (J. G. Herder). W. von Humboldt's philosophy of language. The conception of language in British analytical philosophy (G. E. Moore, A. J. Ayer). The problematique of observation sentences. Vienna Circle (R. Carnap, M. Schlick). Language games and speech acts (L. Wittgenstein, P. Winch, J. L. Austin,J. R. Searle). The problem of discourse and language event by P. Ricoeur. H.-G. Gadamer's philosophy of language.
Literature
  • POKORNÝ, Petr and Jakub ČAPEK. Hermeneutika jako teorie porozumění : od základních otázek jazyka k výkladu bible. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2006, 508 s. ISBN 8070217790. info
  • GADAMER, H.-G. Filosofie a hermeneutika. Přeložil J. Hroch. Filosofický časopis. Praha: Filosofický ústav AV ČR, 2000, vol. 2000, No 3, p. 439-444. ISSN 0015-1831. info
  • HROCH, Jaroslav. Hans-Georg Gadamer a hermeneutická filosofie (Hans-Georg Gadamer and Hermeneutical Philosophy). Filosofický časopis. Praha: Filosofický ústav akademie věd ČR, 2000, vol. 48, No 3, p. 445-463. ISSN 0015-1831. info
  • HUMBOLDT, Wilhelm von. On language : on the diversity of human language construction and its influence on the mental development of the human species. Edited by Michael Losonsky, Translated by Peter Heath. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, 296 s. ISBN 0521667720. info
  • Obrat k jazyku: druhé kolo :jazyk, myšlení a svět v názorech postanalytických filosofů. Edited by Jaroslav Peregrin. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1998, 193 s. ISBN 80-7007-102-8. info
  • HROCH, Jaroslav. Filosofická hermeneutika v dějinách a v současnosti (Philosophical Hermeneutics in Past and Present). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1997, 204 pp. ISBN 80-210-1709-0. info
  • HORYNA, Břetislav and Pavel KOUBA. Jean Grondin, Úvod do hermeneutiky. překlad Břetislav Horyna. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1997, 247 pp. ISBN 80-86005-43-7. info
  • CASSIRER, Ernst. Filosofie symbolických forem. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1996, 302 s. ISBN 80-86005-10-0. info
  • HROCH, Jaroslav. Problém rozumění a postanalytická filosofie (The Problem of Understanding and Post-Analytic Philosophy.). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1996, 88 pp. ISBN 80-210-1359-1. info
  • HROCH, Jaroslav. Filosofie jazyka a problém rozumění u Wilhelma von Humboldta (1767-1835) (Philosophy of Language and the Problem of Understanding by Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835)). Filosofický časopis. Praha: Filosofický ústav AV ČR, 1995, vol. 43, No 6, p. 1-12. ISSN 00015-1831. info
  • PEREGRIN, Jaroslav. Logika ve filosofii, filosofie v logice : historický úvod do analytické filosofie. Praha: Herrmann a synové, 1992, 124 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáška. Kolokvium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011.
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