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Lecturer(s)
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Faltýnek Dan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Rodríguez Higuera Claudio, Ph.D., M.A.
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Course content
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(1)-(3) Introduction to biology and theory of life (4) Evolution theory (5) Cell theory (6)-(7) Creation and evolution of life (8) Prokaryotes - systematics and symbioses (9) Symbiogenesis and symbiosis in evolution (10) Eukaryotes ? emergence of structure and division (11) Evo devo (12) Evolution of man (13) Evolution of language
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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)
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Learning outcomes
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The course led by doc. Anton Markoš and other members of the Department of Philosophy and History of Science of the Charles University Faculty of Science provides an introduction to the issue of theoretical biology, with relation to language theory - it is closely tied to the related course Life, Information and Language: An Introduction to Biology - both courses sharing content but being realized separately, with students focusing on aspects of one of them. The courses represent a basic introduction to the contemporary science of living things and prepare students for understanding of the issues of biosemiotics, grammatical description of DNA and proteosynthesis, etc. These basics serves as precursors to contact with contemporary discussion of cell semiosis, of which doc. Markoš being a leading proponent. Students will get acquainted with the topics of theoretical biology, in accessible form and in such extent as is necessary for elaboration on the analogy between language and DNA, etc. Students will gain orientation in interpretations of origin of life and its development and will compare this to the questions of emergence and development of language. Individual theories based on biological foundations and interpreting in their specific ways design of living organisms, their evolutionary changes, social behaviour, etc., will be compared to knowledge of principles of language development, language typology and universals of the language system. The course with its interdisciplinary overlaps focuses on discussion and its methodological framework in the broadest sense is formed by semiotics which describes the sign character of language as well as living things.
Basic knowledge of contemporary biology with respect to semiotic descriptions
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Student performance
(1) Regular preparation / required reading (2) Successful completion of tests and an oral examination
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Recommended literature
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Alberts, B., Bray, D., Johnson, A., Lewis, J., Raff, M., Roberts, K., Walter, P., Bouzek, B., Hozák, P., & Kotyk, A. (2001). Základy buněčné biologie: úvod do molekulární biologie buňky. Ústí nad Labem: Espero.
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Barbieri, M. (2006). Organické kódy: úvod do sémantické biologie. Praha: Academia.
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Markoš. A. - Grygar, F. ? Hajnal, L. ? Kleisner, K. ? Kratochvíl, Z. ? Neubauer, Z. (2009). Life as its own designer: Darwin?s Origin and Western thought. Heidelberg - London - New York.
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Markoš. A. ? Grygar, F. ? Hajnal, L. ? Kleisner, K. ? Kratochvíl, Z. ? Neubauer, Z. (2009). Life as its own designer: Darwin?s Origin and Western thought. Heidelberg - London - New York.
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Markoš, A., & Koubová, A. (2010). Jazyková metafora živého. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart.
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Markoš, A., & Monod, J. L. (2008). Náhoda a nutnost: Jacques Monod v zrcadle naší doby : sborník statí. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart.
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Markoš, A. (1997). Povstávání živého tvaru. Praha: Vesmír.
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Markoš, A. (2003). Tajemství hladiny: hermeneutika živého. Praha: Dokořán.
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