Goran Švob facts for kids
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Goran Švob
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Švob while lecturing in 2008
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| Born | 29 May 1947 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
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| Died | 18 April 2013 (aged 65) |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy and contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
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Goran Švob (born May 29, 1947 – died April 18, 2013) was a Croatian philosopher and logician. A philosopher is someone who studies big questions about life and knowledge. A logician studies how we think and reason correctly.
He was a professor at the University of Zagreb in Croatia. He taught subjects like logic and the philosophy of language. This is a field that looks at how language works and how it connects to our thoughts and the world.
Švob wrote two books and many scientific papers. He was very interested in a way of thinking called analytic philosophy. This type of philosophy uses careful reasoning and logic to solve problems. He was especially inspired by famous philosophers like Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Life and Studies
Goran Švob was born in Zagreb, which was then part of Yugoslavia. He went to school there and later studied at the University of Zagreb. In 1971, he earned degrees in philosophy and English language. The same year, he started working at the university.
He spent six months studying at the University of Oxford in England. He also visited universities in other countries. These included Austria, Germany, Japan, and China. In 1988, he earned his highest degree, a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
The next year, he became an assistant professor. In 2001, he became an associate professor. He taught logic and philosophy of language from 1975 until he passed away. He also gave guest lectures at universities in Vienna, Munich, Beijing, and Tokyo.
Švob led a research project called Logic, Universal Language and the Philosophy of Language. This project was supported by the Croatian government.
His Books
Goran Švob published his scientific papers in important philosophy journals. His first book was called Frege: Pojmovno pismo. This means Frege: Conceptual Notation in English. It was published in 1992.
His second book, Od slike do igre, was published in 2009. Its English title is From Image to Game. This book brought together many of his articles. These articles focused on the ideas of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.
A main part of this book looked at how Wittgenstein's ideas about language changed over time. It explored the shift from his early thoughts to his later ones.
