ITB 037E - Knowledge, Language & Logic

Course Objectives

1. To introduce topics related to knowledge, language and logic.
2. Developing the ability to think theoretically and conceptually.
3. Developing the ability to communicate and discuss issues effectively.
4. Developing the ability to read and understand texts, make research and write.
5. Developing the capacity to locate and evaluate engineering problems in their social contexts.

Course Description

The course discusses the fundamental problems of theory of knowledge, philosophy of language and logic. Topics covered are: the relation between language and mind; language and reality; language and society; traditional understanding of language as well as its critique in the twenty first century. Issues related to the nature of human knowledge, how do we know, the nature of scientific knowledge, the relation between knowledge, belief and truth: issues related to the relation between syntactics, semantics and pragmatics.