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Lecturer(s)
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Procházková Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Matoušek František, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1) Introduction: What does it mean to speak a language? 2) Classical theories of meaning: from Frege to Quine 3) Semantic externalism 4) Current approaches to meaning: inferentialism 5) Current approaches to meaning: teleosemantics 6) Pragmatics: speech act theory, implicatures, deictic and indexical expressions 7) Pragmatics: sentence meaning vs. utterance meaning, contextualism 8) Modality: necessity, possibility and possible worlds 9) Modality: "ought" and the language of morals 10) Language, mind and thought 11) Artificial languages: perfect languages, international auxiliary languages and programming languages 12) Language in human-computer interaction 13) Language, technology and power
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminar classes, Lecture
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 45 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 49 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| describe the main schools of thought in modern, especially 20th-century philosophy |
| explain different traditional approaches to meaning |
| characterize selected authors in analytical philosophy and their main theses |
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| reconstruct arguments in philosophical and scientific texts |
| use common academic digital tools, e.g. research databases |
| formulate and defend one's position in discussion |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| explain selected contemporary approaches to semantic meaning, pragmatics and modality |
| describe different approaches to the relation between language and mind |
| characterize the place of language in contemporary technologies and human-computer interaction |
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| use fundamental distinctions in philosophy of language (e.g. semantics vs. pragmatics, modal vs. non-modal, sentence meaning vs. utterance meaning) with understanding |
| apply philosophical theories of language and meaning to evaluate the role of language in new technologies |
| discuss and defend one's arguments about a selected thesis as part of a poster presentation |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
| Seminar |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Discussion |
| Competences |
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| Textual studies |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Students' portfolio |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Portfolio |
| Peer evaluation of students |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Portfolio |
| Peer evaluation of students |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Peer evaluation of students |
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Recommended literature
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Austin, J. L. Jak udělat něco slovy. Praha : Filosofia, 2000. ISBN 80-7007-133-8.
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Lycan, W. G. Philosophy of Language. A Contemporary Introduction. London: Routledge, 2008.
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Peregrin, Jaroslav. Kapitoly z analytické filosofie. Vyd. 1. Praha : Filosofia, 2005. ISBN 80-7007-207-5.
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Peregrin, Jaroslav. Význam a struktura. 1. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 1999. ISBN 80-86005-93-3.
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Pinker, Steven. Jazykový instinkt : jak mysl vytváří jazyk. Vyd. 1. Praha : Dybbuk, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7438-006-8.
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Soames, Scott. Philosophy of Language. Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2010.
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