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Lecturer(s)
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Aišman Jaroslav, doc. PhDr. CSc.
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Nejeschleba Josef, doc. PhDr. CSc.
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Course content
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This topics will be focused: The myth, philosophy, science. Renaissance and the origin of Modern Ages science. The relationship between philosophy, episthomology and methodology of science. Paradigm of classical science (Newton, Descartes). Disagreement of empirism and racionalism. Formalization of philosophy of science. Searching of methodological ideal (J. S. Mill, W. Whewell, W. S. Jevons). Convencionalism as an experiment of overcoming the alternative of empirism-racionalism (J. S. Mill, H. Poincare, P. Duhem). Science in the view of pragmatism (C. S. Pierce, W. James, J. Dewey). A. N. Whitehead about the characteristic of scientifical knowledge. Logical atomism (L. Wittgenstein, B. Russell). Logical positivism (R. Carnap, M. Schlick, O. Neurath, H. Feigl, Ph. Frank, H. Reichenbach, A. Tarski). Operationalism (P. W. Bridgeman, A. Rapoport, B. F. Skinner). Verifikationalism of A. J. Ayer.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Textual studies, Lecture
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 130 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to list the key figures and themes of the philosophy of science |
| to explain the basic terms associated with individual topics of the philosophy of science |
| to describe the basic problems that were solved in the field of philosophy of science |
| Skills |
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| to reproduce the argument contained in the assigned text from the field of philosophy of science |
| to use modern technologies, especially information databases |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe the development and selected topics of the philosophy of science |
| explain and evaluate the meaning and results of the philosophy of science |
| Skills |
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| to to reflect innovatively on the texts of the authors of the philosophy of science |
| to be able to create an original professional text from the given problem area |
| to formulate a thesis from the field of philosophy of science and argue in favor of it |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Textual studies |
| Seminar |
| Individual study |
| Seminar classes |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Textual studies |
| Seminar |
| Seminar classes |
| Competences |
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| Textual studies |
| Seminar |
| Seminar classes |
| Individual study |
| Self-study of literature |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Oral exam |
| Skills |
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| Oral exam |
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| Oral exam |
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Recommended literature
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Demjančuk, Nikolaj. Filosofie a vědecké myšlení : proměna obrazu vědy v analytické tradici. 1. vyd. Dobrá Voda : Aleš Čeněk, 2002. ISBN 80-86473-19-8.
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Fajkus, Břetislav. Současná filosofie a metodologie vědy. 1. vyd. Praha : Filosofia, 1997. ISBN 80-7007-095-1.
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Feyerabend, Paul K. Tři dialogy o vědění. 1. vyd. Praha : Vesmír, 1999. ISBN 80-85977-04-4.
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Fiala, J. Analytická filosofie. První čítanka. Plzeň, 2000.
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Gasper, Philip; Trout, J. D.; Boyd, Richard. The philosophy of science ; ed. by Richard Boyd, Philip Gasper, J.D. Trout. 6th ed. Cambridge : MIT Press, 1997. ISBN 0-262-52156-3.
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Král, Miloslav. Změna paradigmatu vědy. 1. vyd. Praha : Filosofia, 1994. ISBN 80-7007-064-1.
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Kuhn, Thomas S. Struktura vědeckých revolucí. Praha : Oikoymenh, 1997. ISBN 80-86005-54-2.
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Popper, Karl Raimund. Logika vědeckého zkoumání. 1. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 1997. ISBN 80-86005-45-3.
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Russell, Bertrand. Logika, věda, filozofie a společnost. 1. vyd. Praha : Svoboda-Libertas, 1993. ISBN 80-205-0219-X.
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Tondl, Ladislav. Věda, technika a společnost : Soudobé tendence a transformace vzájemných vazeb. 1. vyd. Praha : Filosofia, 1994. ISBN 80-7007-051-X.
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