Vladimír Svoboda

Department of Logic

PhDr. Vladimír Svoboda, CSc.

Contact
Adresa:

Institute of Philosophy,
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Jilská 1
Prague 1
111 00
Czech Republic

Phone:

(+420) 221 183 321

Email:

svoboda (at) site.cas.cz
About
RESEARCH INTERESTS

philosophical logic, deontic logic, metaethics, logical analysis of natural language

EDUCATION

MA - philosophy - Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague - 1985
PhD. (CSc.) – logic – Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences – 1990 (dissertation: The Logic of Imperatives and Deontic Logic)

PRESENT POSITION
Department of Logic – Institute of Philosophy

TEACHING

Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague – since 1992
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Western Bohemia, Pilsen – since 1999

ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES
The series of annual international conferences LOGICA

LOGICA 2014, LOGICA 2013, LOGICA 2012, LOGICA 2011, LOGICA 2010, LOGICA 2009, LOGICA 2008, LOGICA 2007, LOGICA 2006, LOGICA 2005, LOGICA 2004, LOGICA 2003, LOGICA 2002, LOGICA 2001, LOGICA 2000, LOGICA 1999, 1998 ...
Books

Books (in Czech)

	Svoboda, V.: Logika pro Pány, Otroky a Kibice (Logic for Masters, Slaves, and Kibices) Prague: Filosofia, 2013
	Svoboda, V. a kolektiv: Logika a přirozený jazyk (Logic and Natural Language) Prague: Filosofia, 2010
	Svoboda, V., Peregrin, J.: Od jazyka k logice (From Language to Logic) Prague: Academia, 2009
	Kolář, P., Svoboda, V.: Logika a etika (Logic and Ethics) Prague: Filosofia, 1997
	Eichler, B., Ryska, J., Svoboda, V.: Základy společenských věd (Introduction to Humanities) Prague: Fortuna, 1995

Selected publications
- J. Peregrin, V. Svoboda. Criteria for logical formalization. Synthese 190(14): 2897-2924, 2013.
- V. Svoboda. F.A. Hayek a (abstraktní) pravidla [F.A. Hayek and (abstract) rules.]. Teorie vědy 34(1): 77-93, 2012.
- V. Svoboda. Pravidla, normy a analytický filozofický diskurz [Rules, Norms, and Analytical Philosophical Discourse.]. Organon F 19(2): 143-179, 2012.
- V. Svoboda. The pursuit of prescriptive meaning. In: L. Gurova (ed.), Inference, Consequence and Meaning. Perspectives on Inferentialism. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 31-46, 2012.
- V. Svoboda. The Scandal of Semantic Platonism. In: J. Maclaurin (ed.), Rationis Defensor: Essays in Honour of Colin Cheyne. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science series. Springer, 191-200, 2012.
- V. Svoboda. Logic and Values. In: J. Peregrin (ed.), Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philosophica et Historica 2/2007 (Miscellanea Logica (viii)), Karolinum Press, 7-15, 2010.
- V. Svoboda. Co říká Harova teze? [What Does Hare's Thesis Say?] In: M. Zouhar (ed.), Kontext a význam, Organon F – Supplement. Bratislava: Aleph, 139-156, 2010.
- V. Svoboda. Logická analýza jako filosofická metoda [Logical Analysis as a Method of Philosophy.]. Filosofie dnes 1(1): 55-64, 2009.
- V. Svoboda. Nesnesitelná lehkost platonismu [The unbearable lightness of platonism.]. In: M. Zouhar (ed.), Jednotliviny, všeobecniny, významy, Organon F – Supplement. Bratislava: Filozofický ústav SAV, 198-208, 2008.
- V. Svoboda, J. Peregrin. Between Sentences and Propositions. What Is the Role of Ideal Entities in Philosophy of Language? In: T. Marvan, M. Zouhar (eds.), Svet jazyka a svet za jazykom. Festschrifft for Pavel Cmorej. Organon F – Supplement. Bratislava: Filozofický ústav SAV, 119-136, 2007.
- V. Svoboda. Logická analýza a jazyk jako kód [Logical analysis and language as a code.]. Filosofický časopis 54(3): 449-453, 2006.
- V. Svoboda. K principům logické analýzy [Towards the principles of logical analysis.]. In: M. Zouhar (ed.), Jazyk z pohľadu sémantiky, pragmatiky a filozofie vedy, Organon F – Supplement. Bratislava - Praha: Filozofický ústav SAV - Filosofický ústav AVČR, 50-67, 2006.
- V. Svoboda. Pravidla normativních her [The Rules of Normative Games.]. In: J. Nosek (ed.), Hra, věda a filosofie. Praha: Filosofia, 213-230, 2006.
- V. Svoboda. Normy [Norms.]. In: P. Sousedík (ed.), Jazyk-logika-věda. Praha: Filosofia, 163 – 179, 2005.
- V. Svoboda, B. Jespersen, C. Cheyne (eds.). Pavel Tichý's Collected Papers in Logic and Philosophy. Praha - Dunedin: Filosofia - University of Otago Press, 2004. 901 stran.
- V. Svoboda. Rossův paradox a (deontická) logika [Ross paradox and (deontic) logic.]. In: M. Zouhar (ed.), Používanie, interpretácia a význam jazykových výrazov, Organon F – Supplement. Bratislava: Veda, 56-66, 2004.
- T. Crane, V. Svoboda. Causation, Interpretation and Omniscience: A note on Davidson's Epistemology. Organon F 11(2): 117-127, 2004.
- T. Childers, V. Svoboda. On the Meaning of Prescriptions. In: J. Peregrin (ed.), Meaning: The Dynamic Turn. Elsevier, 185-200, 2003.
- V. Svoboda. Modeling prescriptive discourse. The Journal of Models and Modeling 1(1): 23-46, 2003.
- V. Svoboda. Forms of Norms and Validity. In: L. Haaparanta, I. Niiniluoto (eds.), Analytic Philosophy in Finland. Volume 80 of Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities series. Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, ,223-247, 2003.
- V. Svoboda. Individuals, Worlds, and Modalities. In: H. Rott and V. Horák (eds.), Possiblity and Reality - Metaphysics and Logic. Volume 4 of Logos: Studien zur Logik, Sprachphilosophie und Metaphysik. Frankfurt-London: Ontos-Verlag, 149-167, 2003.
- V. Svoboda. Individua na odpočinku [Individuals retired.]. Filosofický časopis 49(3): 415-424, 2001.
- V. Svoboda. Empirista v babylónské knihovně [Empiricist in the Babylonian Library.]. In: P. Cmorej (ed.), Denotácia, referencia a význam, Organon F – Supplement. Bratislava: Infopress, 122-132, 2000.
- V. Svoboda. Semantics of Prescriptive Language and the Problem of Permission. In: O. Majer (ed.), Topics in Conceptual Analysis and Modelling. Praha: Filosofia, 141-160, 2000.
- V. Svoboda. On the Meaning of Different Theories of Meaning. In: O. Majer (ed.), Topics in Conceptual Analysis and Modelling. Praha: Filosofia, 55-64, 2000.
- V. Svoboda. Where Do All the Individuals Go? In: T. Childers, J. Palomäki (eds.), Between Words and Worlds. Praha: Filosofia, 21-33, 2000.
- V. Svoboda. O existenci a povaze normativní logiky [On the Existence and Nature of Normative Logic.]. Právník 139(7): 703-710, 2000.
- V. Svoboda. Význam: věc, iluze, nebo obojí? [Meaning: Thing, Illusion, or Both?]. Filosofický časopis 47(6): 901-913, 1999.
- V. Svoboda. Negative Truth and Knowledge. In: J. Peregrin (ed.), Truth and Its Nature (If Any). Volume 284 of Synthese Library. Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 149-161, 1999.
- V. Svoboda, T. Childers. On the Kinematics of Permission. In: T. Childers (ed.), The Logica Yearbook 1998. Praha: Filosofia, 224-235, 1999.
- V. Svoboda. Od faktů k hodnotám a zpět? In: J. Nosek, J. Stachová (eds.), Realismus ve vědě a filosofii. Praha: Filosofia, 133-145, 1995.
- V. Svoboda. Imperativy v deontické logice. Filosofický časopis 43(3): 421-436, 1995.
- V. Svoboda. Some Puzzles Concerning the simple terms of Arithmetic. In: P. Kolář, V. Svoboda (eds.), Logica '93 - Proceedings of the 7th international symposium. Praha: Filosofia, 66-71, 1994.
- V. Svoboda. Davidson on Action Sentences. Prague Bulletin of Mathematical Linguistics, 3/1993.