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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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- language in the English empiricist tradition, the work of F. Bacon and J. Locke - G. Frege and the logical analysis of language, critique of psychologism, the emergence of analytic philosophy, the work of L. Wittgenstein - Expression, concept, meaning and description, sense and defference - Logical analysis of language and B. Russell, - Oxford philosophy of language and P. Strawson, language and metaphysics, universals and the person - Meta-language and the performative act - S. Kripke and the analysis of proper names, H. Putnam, D. Davidson - J. Austin and Searle's theory of speech acts, Searle's descriptivism - Intentional Semantics and P. Grice - translation indeterminacy and reference, holism and N. Quine
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Participation in classes
- 28 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 60 hours per semester
- Preparation for course credit
- 32 hours per semester
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| learning outcomes |
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| - characterizes the positions of F. Bacon and J. Locke on the question of linguistic relativity |
| - characterizes the positions of F. Bacon and J. Locke on the question of linguistic relativity |
| - defines the object and purpose of the study of language in analytic philosophy |
| - defines the object and purpose of the study of language in analytic philosophy |
| - defines basic concepts such as meaning, sense, expression, proposition, sentence, description in the concepts of G. Frege, B. Russel, P. Strawson, etc. |
| - defines basic concepts such as meaning, sense, expression, proposition, sentence, description in the concepts of G. Frege, B. Russel, P. Strawson, etc. |
| - distinguishes traditional substantivist and subjectivist theories of meaning from logical and analytical theories |
| - distinguishes traditional substantivist and subjectivist theories of meaning from logical and analytical theories |
| - gives examples of the links between the theory of language and the theory of science |
| - gives examples of the links between the theory of language and the theory of science |
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| - evaluates to what extent modern conceptions of scientific knowledge are influenced by theories of language |
| - evaluates to what extent modern conceptions of scientific knowledge are influenced by theories of language |
| - identifies philosophical concepts or assumptions in the theoretical approaches of linguistic disciplines such as general linguistics, lexical semantics, translatology, sociolinguistics, pragmalinguistics, etc. |
| - identifies philosophical concepts or assumptions in the theoretical approaches of linguistic disciplines such as general linguistics, lexical semantics, translatology, sociolinguistics, pragmalinguistics, etc. |
| - is able to recognise and understand the principles of manipulative representations of reality in the media or political discourses based on hidden semantic or expressive competition between the same linguistic elements or on a meaning blurring or shift in alternative naming |
| - is able to recognise and understand the principles of manipulative representations of reality in the media or political discourses based on hidden semantic or expressive competition between the same linguistic elements or on a meaning blurring or shift in alternative naming |
| - discovers the fictitious denotations of conceptual constructs in political or commercial newspeak on the basis of their linguistic analysis |
| - discovers the fictitious denotations of conceptual constructs in political or commercial newspeak on the basis of their linguistic analysis |
| - realises that the same or similar reality can be given with very different connotations in different languages, but also within the same language, so always approaches information with initial vigilance |
| - realises that the same or similar reality can be given with very different connotations in different languages, but also within the same language, so always approaches information with initial vigilance |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Text analysis |
| Text analysis |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Lecturing |
| Lecturing |
| Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization) |
| Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization) |
| assessment methods |
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| Text analysis |
| Text analysis |
| Analysis of the student's performance |
| Analysis of the student's performance |
| Composite examination (Written part + oral part) |
| Composite examination (Written part + oral part) |
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Recommended literature
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Beaney, Michael. Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, 2018.
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Kripke, Saul. Naming and Necessity. Princton, 1980.
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Martinich, A. P. - Sosa, D. (eds.). A Companion to Analytic Philosophy. New York, 2011.
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Martinich, A. P. - Sosa, D. (eds.). Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology. New York, 2011.
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Peregrin, Jaroslav. Úvod do analytické filosofie. Praha, 1992.
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Russel, Bertrand. The Problems of Philosophy. Oxford, 2001.
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Smith, B. (ed.). John Searle. Cambridge, 2003.
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Strawson, Peter. Individuals. London, 2003.
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