Course: History of Logic

» List of faculties » PRF » KMI
Course title History of Logic
Course code KMI/PGSDL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bělohlávek Radim, prof. RNDr. Ph.D., DSc.
Course content
The course proovides an survey of the development of logic with emhasis on the history of many-valued logic. - Prehistory of logic - Aristotelian logic and logic in the antiquity - Medieval logic, scholasticism - Logic around renaissance - Logic in the 18th and the first half of 19th century - Modern logic - Development of many-valued and fuzzy logic

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The students shall get acquainted with the development of logic.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Bochenski, I. M. (2018). A History of Formal Logic. Forgotten Books (601 pp.).
  • Kneale W., Kneale M. (1984). The Development of Logic. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
  • R. Bělohlávek, J.W. Dauben, G.J. Klir. (2017). Fuzzy Logic and Mathematics: A Historical Perspective. Oxford University Press.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester