Course: Basic of logic

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Course title Basic of logic
Course code KFHS/B166
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Novák Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
(1) Logic as a discipline (2) Introduction to the logic of Aristotle (3) Concept, definition (4) Propositions and their relations (5) Selected problems of semantics (6) Syllogism (7) Venn diagrams (8) Megarian-Stoic logic (9) Scholasticism and logic (10) Modern notation; logical operators (11) Propositional calculus (12) Forms of the truth-table method (13) Predicate (quantificational) calculus

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Student acquaints with basic notions of logic and logical semantics; and also with history of logic. He/she gets some skill in formal verification of arguments: In the field of propositional calculus we use the truth tables; in predicate calculus, namely syllogistics, the diagram method is employed.
Student acquaints with main topics of logic and with contemporary methodology of this discipline. He/she gets some skill in formal verification of arguments.
Prerequisites
Special preconditions are not required.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
During the semester the student follows the lectures and particiaptes actively in exercises. The final written test will examine both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
Recommended literature
  • Cmorej P. Úvod do logické syntaxe a sémantiky. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-7254-294-X.
  • Novák L., Dvořák P. Úvod do logiky aristotelské tradice. České Budějovice, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7040-959-6.
  • Sochor A. Logika pro všechny ochotné myslet. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-246-1959-0.
  • Sousedík P. Logika pro studenty humanitních oborů. Praha, 2001. ISBN 80-7021-509-7.


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