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Lecturer(s)
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Zámečník Hadwiger Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1) The philosophy of science Selected topics of the philosophy of natural sciences (2) Merits and flaws of syntactic philosophy of science (3) Law of science (4) Philosophy of science the semantic and the pragmatic one (5) Indeterminism of a theory based on empirical evidence, theory-ladeness Selected topics of the philosophy of social sciences/philosophy of humanities (5) Emancipation of humanities (7) Archeology of knowledge (8) Functional explanation and humanities (9) Popular psychology and the rational choice theory (10) Linguistic approaches The philosophy of natural sciences and the philosophy of humanities - the confrontation (11) Naturalism and normativity (12) Can humanities make use of explanatory reduction? (13) Holism and its pitfalls (14) The independence of humanities
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work
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Learning outcomes
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The course is designed to compare and contrast the philosophy of natural sciences with the philosophy of humanities. It will attempt to review the process through which various humanities tried to establish themselves as separate fields. Parallel to that, it will be working toward a systematic summary of humanities. Students will learn to critically assess approaches introduced in the course as well as propose their own way to approach humanities. The course schedule lists topics from the philosophy of natural sciences (scientific law, the structure of a theory, semantic and pragmatic aspects of the philosophy of natural sciences) and the philosophy of social sciences/philosophy of humanities (archeology of knowledge, functional explanation, linguistic theories etc.), later on confronting the two branches (naturalism and normativity, explanatory reduction etc.).
Conceptual analysis Scholarly text analysis Scholarly text analysis - other than CZ Writing assignments
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Prerequisites
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No prerequisite courses The course is open for students of any year (the contents can be tailored to the needs/abilities of enrolled students) Students are expected to have reading English (part of the required reading is English only)
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student
(1) regular class attendance (80%) (2) regular homework / reading assignments (3) writing assignment (4) discussion of a selected text (students are expected to be knowledgeable in selected topics and know the extended/recommended literature)
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Recommended literature
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Johnson, N. (2012). Simply Complexity: A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory. Oxford.
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Ochrana, F. (2009). Metodologie vědy. Praha.
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Papineau, D. (2012). Philosophical Devices. Oxford:.
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Rosenberg, A. Philosophy of Science. .
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Rosenberg, A. (2008). Philosophy of Social Science. New York and London.
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Steinhart, E. (2009). More Precisely: The Math You Need to Do Philosophy. Peterborough:.
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