PHK1105 Ontology II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 12. 10. 9:10–10:45 J22, Fri 9. 11. 9:10–10:45 J22, Fri 7. 12. 9:10–10:45 J22
Prerequisites
For philosophy students the precondition is to finish courses PHK 1203 Ontology I and PHK_PoZ Qualifying Exam
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
Course objectives
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.
Syllabus
  • The problem of a definition of matter
  • An attempt to define time and space
  • Homogeneity and isotropy of time and space
  • Dynamic and structural change
  • Differentiation of causation and determinism
  • Differentiation of law and regularity
  • The essence of regularity
  • A definition of system and its basic types
  • A definition of information and its basic types
  • Topics:
  • 1. The question of Being
  • Being as a linguistic and logical problem
  • Substance and relational ontology
  • 2. The concepts of matter and nature
  • Matter as a concept (general concept, substance, definition of matter)
  • Nature, space, world
  • 3. Space
  • Linguistic insight and practical understanding of space
  • Space and environment
  • Finiteness and infinity of (the space of)the real world
  • 4. Time
  • Linguistic insight and practical understanding of time
  • Philosophical implications of modern physical theories
  • Non-physical concepts of time
  • 5. Motion
  • Causes and forms of motion
  • Motion, change, transformation, kinds of change
  • Motion and evolution
  • 6. Causation and determinism
  • Definition and differentiation of causation and determinism and their types
  • Problems of causation and its replacement
  • Determinism, indeterminism
  • 7. Law and regularity, necessity and contingency (only natural law)
  • The essence of regularity, kinds of regularity, law as a formulation.
  • Necessity and contingency and the question of their objectivity
  • Chaos, a new concept of order and chaos
  • 8. New categories in ontology - system, structure, function, information.
  • Place and role of new categories
  • Definition, typology and their roles in the system of evolution ontology.
  • Evolution ontology: contradictio in adjecto?
Literature
  • ŠMAJS, Josef and Josef KROB. Evoluční ontologie (Evolutionary ontology). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 400 pp. ISBN 80-210-3038-0. info
  • KROB, Josef. Filosofie, evoluční ontologie a věda (Philosophy, Evolutionary Ontology and Science). In Filozofia: miunlé podoby - súčasné perspektívy. Bratislava: FF UK, 2003, p. 93-95. ISBN 80-969083-4-0. info
  • KROB, Josef. Souvislosti evoluční ontologie (Context of evolutionary ontology). In Slovenská a česká filozofia na prelome tisíciročia. 1st ed. Prešov: FF PU, 1999, p. 266-275. 1. ISBN 80-88885-66-3. info
  • KROB, Josef. Ilya Prigogine: Čas k stávání (k historii času) (Ilya Prigogine: Time for Standing (On the History of Time).). Praha: KLP, 1997, 44 pp. ISBN 80-85917-18-1. info
  • ŠMAJS, Josef and Josef KROB. Úvod do ontologie : [bytí, prostor, čas, pohyb, evoluce, struktura, systém, řád, informace, vesmír, kultura, člověk]. 2. opr. a rozš. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, 214 s. ISBN 8021008792. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar discussions
Assessment methods
This course ends with a written exam consisting of three questions evaluated with up to 5 points each, total 15 points. A 15, B 14, C 13-12, D 10-11, E 9, F 0-8 or 0 points in any single question (i.e. 0 points in the whole test).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkem 6 hod. konzultací.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/ontologie/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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