| Course title | Philosophical Problems of Natural Sciences |
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| Course code | KEF/FPPV |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminar |
| Level of course | unspecified |
| Year of study | 1 |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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<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>
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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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 |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Student performance
<ul> <li>active participation in seminars</li> <li>report on chosen topics</li> <li>oral colloquy</li> </ul> |
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| Study plans that include the course |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Mathematics for Education (2023) | Category: Mathematics courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Biology for Education (2019) | Category: Biology courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |