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Lecturer(s)
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Dvořák Petr, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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statement and its parts; logical form of a statement; logical relationships among statements; argument; syllogism: figure, mood, rules of validity; propositional logic: logical connectives, checking validity based on truth-tables, formal proof; predicate logic: monadic and polyadic predicates, the rules of instantiation and generalization, analyzing arguments in PL; modal logic and its use in philosophy; informal logic
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
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Learning outcomes
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The course introduces the elements of Aristotelian and predicate logic. It also introduces the basics of logical semantics, the theory of definition and argumentation and some fundamental problems of the theory of knowledge.
Students will gain a survey of basic logic and the theory of argumentation.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
The essentials of syllogistics, propositional and predicate logic, including practical applications.
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Recommended literature
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Pavel Cmorej. (2002). Úvod do logické syntaxe a sémantiky. Praha.
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