Lehrveranstaltungen

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:: Christoph Benzmüller, David Fuenmayor
Angaben:: Übung, 2,00 SWS
Termine:: 12:00 - 14:00, WE5/05.003
Einzeltermin am 17.10.2024, 12:00 - 14:00, WE5/01.006

Introduction to Formal Languages: Applications and Philosophical Questions

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:: Silvia Jonas, Andrea Vestrucci
Angaben:: Vorlesung
Termine:: Di, 14:00 - 16:00, U2/01.33
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:: Open to: Students of Philosophy, Computer Science (Bachelor and Master), Computing in the Humanities, and Linguistics (including Foreign Languages).
Prerequisites: None. The optional seminar Language and Beyond: Philosophy, Computer Science, Linguistics offers the students an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the lecture topics.
Credits (ECTS): Philosophy students: 2 ECTS (attendance) or 3 ECTS (attendance + exam). CS Students (including CitH): 6 ECTS. Linguistics students: 2 ECTS. Special requirements (e.g. graded/not graded) apply to special cases. Students taking the course as part of their Consolidation Module in English Linguistics please contact the lecturers about an oral exam.
Credit requirements: 6 ECTS (Computer Science): Final exam. Consultation hours (tutorials) will be scheduled for Computer Science students. 3 ECTS (Philosophy): Final exam. 2 ECTS (Linguistics): No requirement. Regular attendance is strongly recommended.
For inquiries and further information, please contact silvia.jonas@uni-bamberg.de or andrea.vestrucci@uni-bamberg.de

Information for students of English Linguistics
Registration via FlexNow from 23 September 2024, 10:00h, to 17 October 2024, 23:59h. Deregistration via FlexNow from 23 September 2024, 10:00, to 30 October 2024, 23:59h.
Inhalt:: This lecture offers an accessible, step-by-step introduction to formal languages, requiring no prior knowledge or prerequisites. It is designed to equip students with fundamental skills in formal languages as well as an understanding of their role in philosophy, computer science, and linguistics. Formal languages are crucial to the efficient and precise communication of information, offering agility and clarity that surpass natural language, and allowing for information automation in computer. This makes the mastery of formal languages not just an intellectual pursuit but an important practical skill for future working philosophers, computer scientists, and linguists. In addition, formal languages are at the center of some of the most puzzling philosophical questions, for example about the limits of cognition, semantic paradoxes, or the existence of abstract objects. Complementing the lecture is the seminar Language and Beyond: Philosophy, Computer Science, Linguistics; it provides reading materials, exercises, and examples on the topics of the course. The seminar is optional, but recommended.

Language and Beyond: Philosophy, Computer Science, Linguistics

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Silvia Jonas, Andrea Vestrucci

Angaben:

Proseminar/Hauptseminar

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, U2/02.04

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Open to: Students of Philosophy, Computer Science (Bachelor and Master), Computing in the Humanities, and Linguistics (including Foreign Languages).
Prerequisites: None. Having access to a laptop would be useful. The lecture Introduction to Formal Languages: Applications and Philosophical Questions complements the seminar material and is therefore recommended.
Credits (ECTS): Philosophy students: 4 ECTS for 1500-2500 words essay, or 6 ECTS for 2500-3500 words essay. Computer Science students (including CitH): 3 ECTS. Linguistics students:

Master s students in English and American Studies, Profile Module I/II/III in English Linguistics: 8 ECTS for regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of 4500-6000 words. Students taking the seminar as part of a different type of Profile Module in English Linguistics please contact the lecturers about credit requirements.
Master s students in English and American Studies, Consolidation Module I/II/III in English Linguistics: 5/6/8 ECTS for regular active participation in class + oral presentation + oral exam.

Credit requirements: Examination varies according to the students course of studies.
For any enquiry and information, please write an email: silvia.jonas@uni-bamberg.de, andrea.vestrucci@uni-bamberg.de

Information for students of English Linguistics
Registration via FlexNow from 23 September 2024, 10:00h, to 17 October 2024, 23:59h. Deregistration via FlexNow from 23 September 2024, 10:00, to 30 October 2024, 23:59h.

Inhalt:

Language has a central place in our lives: thanks to language we communicate thoughts, emotions, and information to others. Because of its everyday use, language seems unproblematic. This seminar invites students not to take language for granted: How can strings of symbols (called words and sentences ) have a meaning? Do machines like ChatGPT process language as we humans do? What are the boundaries of language, and is there something that language cannot express? This seminar introduces students to recent debates on the limits of language broadly construed (including e.g. the language of mathematics) and its relevance in our world understanding. Moreover, the seminar provides students with basic skills in automated language operations; this includes the exploration of language with Artificial Intelligence software. Students in philosophy, computer science, linguistics, and students with interdisciplinary interests are welcome. The seminar does not require any previous knowledge. It can be followed autonomously, or in conjunction with the lecture course Introduction to Formal Languages: Applications and Philosophical Questions.



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