(in Polish) Kultura logiczna w działaniu 3322-KLD-OG

The aim of the course is to increase students' communication skills. Special emphasis will be placed on the semantic aspect of communication. The class has a conversational character. During the meetings, we will analyze examples of actual utterances, both from public and private spaces. The central theme of the course is the concept of logical culture.

The classes cover the following topics:

1. Logical culture
2. Fundamental semantic relations: entailment, contradiction, neutrality
3. Presuppositions
4. Argument from analogy, analysis of examples
5. Exercises in paraphrasing
6. Exercises in conceptual analysis
7. Errors in reasoning
8. Oxford debate on a chosen topic

Type of course

general courses

Course coordinators

Daniel Ziembicki

Learning outcomes

Development of communication skills, namely:
- Sensitizing linguistic detail,
- Organizing speaking process,
- Acquire the ability of precise paraphrasing.

Assessment criteria

During the exam, the student formulates a previously prepared thesis, presents three arguments in favor of it, and then tries to defend this thesis during the discussion.

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 3322-KLD-OG in USOSweb