Study-unit PHILOSOPHY OF LOGIC AND GAME THEORIES

Course name Philosophy and ethics of relationships
Study-unit Code A003048
Curriculum Filosofia e psicologia
Lecturer Francesco Federico Calemi
Lecturers
  • Francesco Federico Calemi
Hours
  • 36 ore - Francesco Federico Calemi
CFU 6
Course Regulation Coorte 2022
Supplied 2022/23
Supplied other course regulation
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Istituzioni di filosofia
Sector M-FIL/02
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction Italian
Contents From logical relations to the logic of relations: rational choices, moral dilemmas and paradoxes
Reference texts ) Haack S., «Filosofia della logica», Franco Angeli

2) Palladino D., «Logiche non classiche», Carocci

3) Berto F., Bottai L., «Che cosa è una contraddizione», Carocci

4) Gibbons R., «Teoria dei giochi», Il Mulino

5) Smullyan R., "Qual è il titolo di questo libro?", Zanichelli

Students who have not already taken an introductory course in logic may find the following textbook useful:

6) Calemi, F., «Argomentare, dimostrare, confutare. Un'introduzione alla logica», Carocci
Educational objectives The aim of the course is to introduce the main topics of the philosophy of logic, metalogy and game theory also considered in their practical-ethical application.
Prerequisites It is highly recommended (but not compulsory) to have attended an introductory course in Logic.
Teaching methods lectures; exercises
Learning verification modality Written examination consisting of multiple-choice and open-ended questions on course topics.
Extended program 1) Argumentative models and standards: deduction, induction, abduction.
2) Logic and the problem of rational choice: notions of game theory
3) Metalogy and philosophy of logic
4) Model Theory and Metalogical Theorems of Completeness and Correctness of Classical Logic
5) Extensions of classical logic and non-classical logic:
(a) Second-order logic: logic and ontology of relations
b) Modal alethic and deontic logics: the problem of moral dilemmas
c) Intuitionism and Paraconsistent logics: truth and falsehood