Course: Philosophical Problems of Natural Sciences

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Course title Philosophical Problems of Natural Sciences
Course code KEF/FPPV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Richterek Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
<ol> <li>The relation between philosophy and sciences</li> <li>Philosophy and main main philosophical streams</li> <li>Science as a set of informations and as an research activity</li> <li>Classification of sciences</li> <li>Subject of natiral sciences</li> <li>Methods of natural sciences</li> <li>Prerequisites of research</li> <li>Metodology</li> <li>Mathematics as a language of natural sciences</li> <li>Scientific methods</li> <li>Empirical methods (watching, experiment)</li> <li>Logical metods (induction, deduction, analysis, synthesis, comparation, abstraction, generalization, analogiy, modelling, thought experiment</li> <li>Logical instruments of sciences (classification, hypothesis, theory, law)</li> <li>Science in the context of society (ethics, politics, ideology and religion)</li> <li>Errors an mistakes in science, science and pseudoscience</li> </ol>

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The course deals with philosophical, historical and gnoseological aspects of natural sciences, namely to the survey of main philosophical systems, metodology of natural sciences, gnoseological problems of natural sciences and the role of science in society.
Knowledge Define the main ideas and conceptions of the subject, describe the main approaches of the studied topics, recall the theoretical knowledge for solution of model problems.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

<ul> <li>active participation in seminars</li> <li>report on chosen topics</li> <li>oral colloquy</li> </ul>
Recommended literature
  • Feynman, R. P. (2001). O povaze fyzikálních zákonů: sedmkrát o rytmech přírodních jevů. Aurora, Praha.
  • Feynman, R.P. (2003). Radost z poznání. Aurora, Praha.
  • Machovec, Milan. (2006). Filozofie tváří tvář zániku. Akropolis, Praha.
  • Oasha, S. (2002). Philosophy of science: a very short introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Richterek, L. (2008). Filozofické problémy přírodních věd. UP, Olomouc.
  • Sokol, Jan. (2001). Malá filosofie člověka a Slovník filosofických pojmů. Vyšehrad, Praha.
  • Stephen Law. (2007). Filozofická gymnastika. Praha.
  • Šesták, Z. (2000). Jak psát a přednášet o vědě.. Praha, Academia.
  • Vlachová, B. (1994). Filozofické otázky přírodních věd. MU Brno.
  • Warburton, N. (2013). Philosophy: The Basics. London and New York: Routledge.


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