Prof. PhDr. František Gahér, CSc.

Teaching

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Research

Extensional and intensional logics, logical semantics, natural language analysis, the history of logic and applications of logic in jurisprudence.

Publications

• 3 books
• 5 textbooks
• over 70 articles
• over 230 citations
• Full list of publications

Selected Publications in English

• Gahér, F. (2022): Counterfactuals and Backtracking Counterfactuals. Axiomathes 32 (2, supplement), s. 553 – 573.
• Gahér, F. (2022): Two meanings of if-then-else and normative conative facts. In: Materna, P. and Jespersen, B. (eds.): Logically Speaking: a Festschrift for Marie Duží. London: College Publications, s. 23 – 48.
• Gahér, F. (2003): Anaphora and notional attitudes. Logica et methodologica 7, Bratislava: Comenius University. ISBN 80-223-1871-X.
• Gahér, F. (2002): Did the stoics have predicative logic? The Logica Yearbook 2001, Praha: Filosofia, pp. 67–86.
• Gahér, F. (2001): Negation and presupposition. The Logica Yearbook 2000, Praha: Filosofia, pp. 133–150.

Research Projects

• 2023–2025: VEGA, Idealization and Abstraction in Normative and Empirical Disciplines, research team member
• 2022–2026: APVV, Semantics of Conditionals, principal investigator

Education

• 2015: full professor, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
• 2000: habilitation, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
• 1988: CSc. (PhD. equivalent), philosophy
• 1981: PhDr., philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
• 1981: master of philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
• 1980: master of physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University in Bratislava
• 1976–1981: philosophy and physics, Comenius University in Bratislava

Personal Information

• Born January 20 1957 in Trnava
• Married, 4 children (2 daughters and 2 sons)