Course: Logic

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Course title Logic
Course code KFI/LOGHB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
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.
  • Matějková Tereza, Mgr.
Course content
Aristotelian logic. Propositional logic. Predicate logic. Truth-conditions. Formalization. Formal equivalence. Validity. Proofs and inference. Definitions. Formal theories. Classical and non-classical logics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Individual study, Students' self-study, Lecture, Practicum
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 15 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 37 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to explain of logical concepts (assertion, judgment, proof, derivation, definition)
to explain basic terminology of formal logic
Skills
to differentiate thesis and argument
to reproduce the rationale
to work with formal and symbolic notations
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to explain the basic concepts of formal logic
to introduce basic systems of classical logic and describe their mutual relations
to characterize the difference between classical and non-classical logic
Skills
to determine the truth conditions of the statement and verify the validity of judgments by the methods of aristotelian, propositional and predicate logic
to perform logical analysis of natural language sentences within first-order predicate logic and apply formal logic methods to common text
to create an adequate definition and construct an elementary conceptual system
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Self-study of literature
Skills
Practicum
Individual study
Competences
Practicum
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Continuous assessment
Test
Competences
Combined exam
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Berka Karel. Stručné dějiny logiky. Praha, Univ. Karlova, 1994.
  • Hromek, Petr. Logika v příkladech. 1. vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého, 2002. ISBN 80-244-0578-4.
  • Church, Alonzo. Introduction to mathematical logic. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-691-02906-7.
  • Mleziva, Miroslav. Neklasické logiky. Vyd. 1. Praha : Svoboda, 1970.
  • Sainsbury, R. M. Logical Forms. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1991.
  • Sousedík, Prokop. Logika pro studenty humanitních oborů. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2001. ISBN 80-7021-509-7.
  • Svatek, Jan; Dostálová, Ludmila. Logika pro humanistiku. Dobrá Voda : Aleš Čeněk, 2003. ISBN 80-86473-54-6.
  • Štěpán, Jan; Hrubeš, Jaromír. Logika : terminologický a výkladový slovník. 1. vyd. Ostrava : Ateliér Milata, 1994.
  • Štěpán, Jan. Klasická logika. 1. vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého, 2001. ISBN 80-244-0254-8.
  • Tarski, Alfred. Úvod do logiky a metodologie deduktivních věd. 2. vyd. Praha : Academia, 1969.
  • Weinberger, Ota. Základy právní logiky. 1. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 1993. ISBN 80-210-0827-X.


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