V007 Philosophy of Science I

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.
Prerequisites
Kurs bude zakončen kolokviem. Doporučuje se navázat kursem V008 Philosophy of Science II.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 55 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/55, only registered: 0/55, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/55
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • The birth of modern science, its problems, methods, criteria.
  • Skepsis and Descartes' demon. What our reality is and what it is like.
  • Hume's skepsis over causality. Laws and probability.
  • Physiocratism - modelling in economy.
  • Positivism I, II. The inaugurating variants of physicalism.
  • The big problem of humanities at the end of 19-th century. (Can the criteria of science be applied in humanities?)
  • Positivism III. The beginnings of modern logic of language.
  • Some strategies fighting off the skepsis.
  • Some hints stimulating the skepsis over the concept of probability.
  • The beginnings of the philosophy of science.
  • Cognitive instrumentalism.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1995, Autumn 1996, Autumn 1997, Autumn 1998, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001.
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