Philosophy of Language and Metaphysics

Pre-requisites: None

Course objectives: Students are introduced to various forms of philosophical arguments through detailed consideration of given problems. They should acquire a better insight into the complex and rich conceptual framework of various and often quite distant contemporary philosophical viewpoints.

Course description: The connection between the philosophy of language and metaphysics will be discussed through the old philosophical question of whether verb "to be" expresses the property.

Learning Outcomes: Students are expected to overcome the existing curriculum and to demonstrate the ability to independently analyze given problems.

Literature/Reading:

• Cambell,R., »Real Predicates and ’Exist’«, Mind 329, 1974.
• Frege, G., Osnove aritmetike (odabrali i preveli F. Grgić i M. Hudoletnjak Grgić), Kruzak, Zagreb, 1995.
• Kant, I., Kritika čistog uma (preveo dr Nikola Popović), Dereta, Beograd, 2003, str. 311-315 (B628)
• Langford,C. H., »Singular Propositions«, Mind 145, 1928.
• Malcolm, N., “Anselm’s Ontological Argument”, The Philosophical Review, No. 1, 19
• Rasel, B., Filozofija logičkog atomizma (preveo Vladislav Nikolić), Izdavačka knjižarnica Zorana Stojanovića, Sremski Karlovci, 2007.
• Williams, C. J. F., What is Existence?, Claredon Press, Oxford, 1981.