| Course title | Philosophy of Language |
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| Course code | KFI/BPL |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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The course is an introduction to the 20th century philosophy of language from its origination in Peirce's semiotics and Frege's semantics to the most contemporary approaches in the pragmatically oriented theory of communication. The topics cover e.g. Russell's theory of descriptions, Wittgenstein's picture theory of language, verificationism of Vienna Circle, Oxfordian ordinary language philosophy, Quine's radical translation, Davidson's radical interpretation and Turing's analytical behaviourism. The lectures are going to be supplemented by the samples of key texts from this intellectually stimulating tradition. The course includes a brief explanation of the basics of formal logic, which is used as a symbolic apparatus for analysing natural language. The end of the semester is dedicated to a number of hypotheses about the neurocognitive basis of linguistic abilities and the evolutionary origin of language.
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| Prerequisites |
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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The final test is computer based, it takes place in room KB-1.17 at Křížkovského 12 and consists of 20 multiple-choice questions. The time limit is 20 minutes. The assessment is graded: 19-20 points A, 17-18 points B, 15-16 points C, 13-14 points D, 11-12 points E, 10 or less points F. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2022) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2022) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2016) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |