PHA0105 Ludwig Wittgenstein: An introduction to his philosophy

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2017
Rozsah
1/1/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
prof. Dr. phil. Jakub Mácha, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Katedra filozofie – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Hana Holmanová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra filozofie – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
St 12:30–14:05 B2.52
Předpoklady
basic familiarity with English language
the course is suitable for exchange students
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Cíle předmětu
At the end of the course students should be able to understand basic tenets of Ludwig Wittgenstein's thinking. The aim of this course is to provide a very basic introduction into Wittgenstein's major works: the Tractatus Logico-philosophicus and the Philosophical Investigations. Moreover, some other topics as epistemic certainty and philosophy of art will be briefly discussed.
Osnova
  • Life and work
  • Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
  •    Ontology
  •    The picture theory
  •    Logic
  • Philosophical Investigations
  •    Style and method
  •    Critique of the Augustinian conception of language
  •    Rule-following
  •    Private language
  •    Inner and outer
  •    Aspect seeing
  • Certainty
  • Aesthetics and Art
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig. Philosophical investigations. Translated by G. E. M. Anscombe. Oxford: Blackwell, 1953, viii, 229e. ISBN 0-631-11900-0. info
    doporučená literatura
  • David Stern, Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2004
  • Marie McGinn, Elucidating the Tractatus: Wittgenstein's Early Philosophy of Logic and Language, Oxford University Press, 2006
  • James Klagge, Simply Wittgenstein. Simply Charly, 2016.
  • Michael Morris, Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus, Routledge, 2008
  • MULHALL, Stephen. Wittgenstein's private language : grammar, nonsense, and imagination in Philosophical investigations, §§243-315. 1st pub. in pbk. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2008, 148 s. ISBN 9780199208548. info
  • From Frege to Wittgenstein : perspectives on early analytic philosophy. Edited by Erich H. Reck. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, xv, 470. ISBN 0195133269. info
  • Routledge philosophy guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical investigations. Edited by Marie McGinn. New York: Routledge, 1997, x, 216 p. ISBN 0415111919. info
Výukové metody
lectures, class discussion, guest lectures
Metody hodnocení
oral exam, class attendance (max two missed classes)
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, http://people.umass.edu/phil335-klement-2/tlp/tlp.pdf
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, The German text, with an English translation by G. E. M. Anscombe, P. M. S. Hacker and Joachim Schulte, revised 4th edition by P. M. S. Hacker and Joachim Schulte, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. [Use this translation/edition.]
  • James Conant, “The Method of the Tractatus”. In Reck, E. G. ed., From Frege to Wittgenstein, Perspectives on Early Analytic Philosophy. Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Marie McGinn, Elucidating the Tractatus: Wittgenstein's Early Philosophy of Logic and Language, Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • Michael Morris, Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus, Routledge, 2008.
  • Marie McGinn, Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations, Routledge, 1997. [Good as the first introduction for students]
  • David Stern, Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2004. [More demanding than McGinn’s introduction]
  • Stephen Mulhall, Wittgenstein’s Private Language: Grammar, Nonsense, and Imagination in Philosophical Investigations §§243–315, Oxford University Press, 2006. [An innovative, but somehow controversial reading of the private language argument]
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