PH0224 Philosophical Logic and Phisolophy of Logic

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. BcA. Jiří Raclavský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Timetable
Fri 11:40–13:15 B31
Prerequisites
Only for students of Logic (Mgr. study under Faculty of Natural Sciences); in the special cases an exception is possible.
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
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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 fetaures of Frege's, Russell's, Traski's and Gödel's work; orientate oneself in the seletced 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
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
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