Course: Philosofy of Science

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Course title Philosofy of Science
Course code KBI/P508
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ipser Jan, RNDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Introdustion to philosophy and metodology of science. 2. Methodological principles of science. 3. History of philosophy - short overview. 4. Matter and consciousness in philosophy and science. 5. Matter, space and time in philosophy and science. 6. Methods used in science. 7. Methodological aspects of marxism and (neo)positivism. 8. Methodological aspects of phenomenologie, existencialism and pragmatism. 9. Science - ethics - moral - morality. 10. Reductionism, vitalism, holism, probabilism, structuralism, functionalism, anthropomorphism, voluntarism, creationism, evolutionism, and teleology in science.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide information on the philosophical and methodological principles of science with respekt to the history of the science. Attention is given namely to philosophy of the19-th and 20-th century /(neo)marxism, (neo)positivism, fenomenologie, existencialism, pragmatism/ with respekt to important scientificic discoveries and theories.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Anzenbacher. Úvod do filosofie, SPN, Praha. 1991.
  • Blecha, I. Filosofie, Olomouc. 1998.
  • Fajkus B. Filosofie a metodologie vědy. Academia Praha. 2005.
  • Fajkus B. Současná filosofie a metodologie vědy. Academia Praha. 1997.
  • Fürst M. Filozofie. Praha. 1995.
  • Störig. Malé dějiny filosofie. Zvon, Praha. 1993.
  • Šmajs J., Krob J. Úvod do ontologie. Brno. 1994.


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