UZPH0177 Philosophy of Language and Hermeneutics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
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 C33
Prerequisites (in Czech)
lk
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 55 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/55, only registered: 0/55
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Language and philosophy, ontological and epistemological aspects of language. To the relation of language, consciousness and mind - philosophy of mind. 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. At the end of the course the student will gain a certain knowledge of the history of the philosophy of language and the ability of the independent relection of the ontological and epistemological aspects of language
Syllabus
  • 1. Hermeneutical and analytical approach to language.
  • 2. The history of the philosophy of language.
  • 3.K pojetí jazyka v britské a americké analytické filosofii (J. L. Austin, W. V. O. Quine).
  • 4. Nová hermeneutická filosofie jazyka
Literature
  • 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
  • CASSIRER, Ernst. Filosofie symbolických forem. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1996, 302 s. ISBN 80-86005-10-0. 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
The lecture. Colloquium in the form written test.. The knowledge of selected literature mentioned above and the content of lectures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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