Logic and Metaphysics A 3501-WISIP-LMA
The aim of the course is to acquaint participants with basic concepts and ideas of modern analytic metaphysics (the concept of proposition, discussion over possibilia and possible worlds, the problem of transworld identity essentialism) and philosophical logic (the problem of logical form, basic intensional logic). The course will be divided in to parts: one devoted to logic and other to metaphysics.
Topics of the metaphysical part:
Topic 1: Propositions
Topic 2: Possibilia and Possible Worlds
Topic 3: Identity and Trans-World Identity
Topic 4: Essentialism
Topics of the logical part:
Topic 1: Classical logic: brief reminder
Topic 2: Basics of categorial grammar
Topic 3: Basic philosophical logic
Rodzaj przedmiotu
Tryb prowadzenia
Efekty kształcenia
Students:
KNOWLEDGE
- have a basic knowledge of the place and role of in philosophical logic and metaphysics in relation to other philosophical disciplines and branches of learning, and of the subject and methodological specificity of ontology
- know basic terminology in philosophical logic and metaphysics in English
- know and understand major concepts and trends in philosophical logic and metaphysics
- know fundamental research methods and argumentative strategies proper to metaphysics and philosophical logic
SKILLS
Students:
- analyze arguments, identify their crucial assumptions and premises
- uncover relations between different claims in philosophical logic and metaphysics
SOCIAL COMPETENCE
Students:
- know the scope of their knowledge and skills, acknowledge the need for constant education and professional development
Kryteria oceniania
Attendance, active participation, tests and final exam.
Permissible number of absences: 2
Literatura
Topic 1: Propositions
Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Proposition as the Connotaion of Sentence,
Robert Stalnaker, Propositions
Topic 2: Possibilia and Possible Worlds
Charles Chihara, The Worlds of Possibility, chapters 3 and 4
Robert Stalnaker, Possible Worlds
Topic 3: Identity and Trans-World Identity
Roderick Chisholm, Identity through Possible Worlds: Some Questions (enclosed)
Charles Chihara, The Worlds of Possibility, chapter 2
Topic 4: Essentialism
Willard Quine, Three Grades of Modal Involvement
Ruth Barcan Marcus, Essential Attribution
Robert Stalnaker, Anti-essentialism
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