OVSZ_SFF1 Philosophy, Physics, Thinking Seminar 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jan Novotný, CSc. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Blažena Švandová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Blažena Švandová, Ph.D.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Marie Baráčková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( OVSZ_FF Physics, Philosophy, Thinking )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Belief (and faith) and knowledge. The basic problems of the philosophy of science. Discussion of lectured problems.
Syllabus
  • In the actual context there are discussed following problems: Science and belief (faith). The problems of the language expressivity. Paradoxes. Contemporal debate on the nature of truth. The scientific realism. The problenm of existence and metaphysics. The human freedom and the determinism. Reductionism and holism. Cosmology, infinity, the anthropic principle. The nature of the time and the space. The character of the natural laws. Science, ethic, society. Problems of ecology.
Literature
  • Z knihovničky pořízené z grantu Fyzika, filosofie, myšlení.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Seminární práce: nejlépe esej na vybrané téma.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000.
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