FF:PH1105 Ontology II - Course Information

PH1105 Ontology II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2003

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Wed 13:20–14:55 21, Wed 15:00–16:35 20

Prerequisites (in Czech)

PH_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Syllabus

The overview of the traditional and modern ontological categories (the being, the matter, the time, the space, the movement, the development, the system, the structure, the information) in the context with the reflexion of the natural sciences (physics, cosmology) as the elements of a new ontological concept. The evolutional and dynamic understanding of being. Evolution and orderliness, evolution and information, constitutive role of information, conflict of the natural and cultural evolution, implication of the evolutional ontology.

Literature

KROB, Josef and Josef ŠMAJS. Úvod do ontologie (Evoluční ontologie). 2. dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1994, 67 pp. ISBN 80-210-0879-2. info
ŠMAJS, Josef. Ohrožená kultura :od evoluční ontologie k ekologické politice. Illustrated by Zdeněk Hajný. 2., rozš. vyd. Praha: Hynek, 1997, 205 s. ISBN 80-85906-53-8. info
BARROW, John D. Teorie všeho : hledání nejhlubšího vysvětlení. Translated by Jan Novotný. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1996, 269 s. ISBN 8020406026. info
FERGUSONOVÁ, Kitty. Stephen Hawking :hledání teorie všeho. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aurora, 1996, 148 s. ISBN 80-85974-05-3. info
HAWKING, Stephen W. Stručná historie času. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1991. info
PRIGOGINE, Ilya. Čas k stávání :k historii času : přednáška pronesená 24. září 1993 v Muzeu civilizace v Québecu na zahájení 4. mezinárodního festivalu vědeckého filmu. Translated by Josef Krob. Vyd. 1. Praha: KLP-Koniasch Latin Press, 1997, 44 s. ISBN 80-85917-18-1. info
WEIZSÄCKER, Carl Friedrich von. Dějiny přírody. Translated by Jan Sokol. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1972, 146 s. URL info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/ontologie/