Subject
Analytical Philosophy (PHA0101)

Teacher
Mgr. Jiří Raclavský, PhD.

Date
See IS.

Tuition
According to settlement
(raclavsk@phil.muni.cz).

Charakteristics

Motto
"Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts." (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus logico-philosophicus, 4.112)

Structure
I. Leibniz' programme, Bolzano's views, Meinong's theory
II. Frege's proposals, Moore's believes
III. Russell's logical atomism
IV. Wittgenstein's world
V. Carnap's approach and novopositivism
VI. Polish school, Church's neofregeanism
VII. Quine's philosophical aims
VIII. Philosophy of natural language, late Wittgenstein
IX. Sellars, Davidson, Rorty
X. Kripke's puzzles
XI. Recent development
XII. Contemporary tendencies

Selected links
Links to logical and philosophical journals: here
Links to logical and philosophical researchers: here

Basic literature
KOLÁŘ, Pavel (1999): Argumenty filosofické logiky. Praha: Academia.
PEREGRIN, Jaroslav (1992): Úvod do analytické filosofie. Praha: Hermann a synové.
VALENTA, Lubomír (2003): Problémy analytické filozofie. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc.