Course: Philosophical Logic

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Course title Philosophical Logic
Course code KFI/FLHB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dostálová Ludmila, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Logic as a theory of truth condition. Logic as a theory of deduction. Classical and non-classical logics (many-valued logics, intuitionism, modal logics, possible-world's-semantics). Logical analysis of natural language (extensional and intensional formal semantics). Philosophy of logic (theory of truth, theory of meaning, ontology of possible worlds, logical individuals).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 35 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 43 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to explain key notions of formal logic
to introduce major systems of non-classical logics and describes their mutual relations
to characterize the distinction between classical and non-classical logic
Skills
to determine truth conditions of a statement and check validity of an argument using aristotelian, propositional as well as predicate logic
to provide logical analysis of a given sentence of natural language in terms of first order logic and apply methods of formal logic on regular texts
to create an adequate definitions and construct elementary conceptual schema
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe the main directions of the development of philosophical logic and its main topics
to introduce the key problems of logical analysis of natural language and the main systems of formal semantics
to explain the distinction between classical and non-classical logic and describe the classification of non-classical logics
Skills
to provide logical analysis of a given sentence of natural language in terms of intensional logic
to check validity of a given argument based on non-classical logic
to give an account of crucial discussions and arguments in philosophical logic
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Self-study of literature
Skills
Practicum
Task-based study method
Individual study
Competences
Practicum
Task-based study method
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Competences
Continuous assessment
Combined exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Kolář, Petr. Argumenty filosofické logiky. Praha : Filosofia, 1999. ISBN 80-7007-121-4.
  • Kolář, Petr. Pravda a fakt. Praha : Filosofia, 2002. ISBN 80-7007-168-0.
  • Materna, Pavel; Štěpán, Jan. Filozofická logika: Nová cesta? : úvod do transparentní intenzionální logiky. 1. vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého, 2000. ISBN 80-244-0109-6.
  • Szymanek, Krzysztof. Umění argumentace : terminologický slovník. 1. české vyd. V Olomouci : Univerzita Palackého, 2003. ISBN 80-244-0699-3.
  • Szymanek, Krzysztof; Wieczorek, Krzysztof A.; Wójcik, Andrzej S. Umění argumentace : úlohy na zkoumání argumentů. 1. české vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého, 2004. ISBN 80-244-0834-1.
  • Štěpán, J. Logika možných světů I.. VUP Olomouc, 1995.
  • Tugendhat, Ernst; Wolf, Ursula. Logicko-sémantická propedeutika. [1. vyd.]. Praha : Petr Rezek, 1997. ISBN 80-86027-02-3.


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