PHV120en Ludwig Wittgenstein: An introduction to his philosophy

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2020
Rozsah
1/1/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
prof. Dr. phil. Jakub Mácha, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
prof. Dr. phil. Jakub Mácha, Ph.D.
Katedra filozofie – Filozofická fakulta
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra filozofie – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Pá 14:00–15:40 D22
Předpoklady
basic familiarity with English language
the course is suitable for exchange students
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 28 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
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.
Výstupy z učení
At the end of the course students should be able to understand basic tenets of Ludwig Wittgenstein's thinking.
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
Výukové metody
lectures, class discussion, guest lectures
Metody hodnocení
oral exam, class attendance (max two missed classes)
combined students can give a presentation (and prepare a handout) instead of class attendance
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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