Colleges

List of topics
Course Overview
Conceptual Clarification: Theory of Science, Philosophy of Language
The difference between natural sciences and humanities
Features of Aristotelian logic
Kant's problem and Frege's solution
The New Logic (1)
The New Logic (2)
The Origins of Analytical Philosophy: Its Features and Pioneers
Logic and Language: The Problem of Meaning (1)
Logic and Language: The Problem of Meaning (2)
Early Wittgenstein: The Function of Philosophy
Logical Positivism and the Philosophy of Science: The Vienna Circle (1)
Logical Positivism and the Philosophy of Science: The Vienna Circle (2)
Carnap and the logical analysis of language
Logic and Language: Remarriage after Divorce
Later Wittgenstein: Language as a Game
Overview of the most important achievements of analytical philosophy
Required textbooks
1- The Philosophy of Science in the Twentieth Century, Yumnah Tarif El-Kholy, National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, Kuwait, 2000 AD.
2- Philosophy of Language, Mohamed Mehran Rashwan and Essam Zakaria Mahmoud, Dar Al Masirah for Publishing and Distribution, Cairo, 2012.
Primary reference materials (scientific journals, reports, etc.):
1. Carnap's Logical Theory, Rachid El Hadj Saleh, Publisher: General Syrian Book Organization, Damascus 2008.
2- Formal Logic from Aristotle to the Present Day, Ali Sami Al-Nashar, Dar Al-Maarefa Al-Jamia, 1966.
3 - The concept of logical entailment and its problems, Essam Zakaria Mahmoud Jamil, Master's Thesis, Cairo University, 2001.
4- The Philosophy of Science in the Twentieth Century, Yumna Tarif El-Kholy, National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, Kuwait, 2000.
5- The Philosophy of Language of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jamal Hammoud, Arab Scientific Publishers, 2008.
6 - Introduction to the Philosophy of Language, Nabiha Gara, Al-Waseeti Publishing, Tunisia, 2009.
7. Kant's Critical Philosophy, Gilles Deleuze (translated by Osama Al-Hajj), Kalima Translation Project, 2008.
8- Gottlob Frege's Logical Theory, Yassin Khalil.