FF:PHK1113 Epistemology II - Course Information
PHK1113 Epistemology II
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Mgr. Zdeňka Jastrzembská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. BcA. Jiří Raclavský, Ph.D. (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 20. 10. 9:10–10:45 A11, Fri 24. 11. 9:10–10:45 A11, Fri 15. 12. 9:10–10:45 A11
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- PHK1204 Epistemology I
- 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
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH)
- Course objectives
- The course is devoted to the selected epistemological problems, problems of philosophy of science, theory of science and methodology. * Historical forms of epistemological attitudes. * Question of truth and criterion of truth. * Problem of the possibility of knowledge, its ontological foundations. * Language and knowledge acquisition. * Construction and function of scientific theory. * Scientific methods. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to delineate and analyse some basic problems; to present the most influential conceptions and approaches to solving these; to develop students` skills of critical thinking.
- Syllabus
- 01. Epistemological attitudes
- 02. Ontology and epistemology
- 03. Subject and Object
- 04. Language and knowledge
- 05. Theories of truth
- 06. Empirism and rationalism
- 07. Methods
- 08. Scientific theory
- 09. Explanation and prediction
- Literature
- recommended literature
- FAJKUS, Břetislav. Filosofie a metodologie vědy : vývoj, současnost a perspektivy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2005, 339 s. ISBN 8020013040. info
- KOLÁŘ, Petr. Pravda a fakt. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 2002, 312 s. ISBN 8070071680. info
- KROB, Josef. Ontologické základy poznatelnosti (Ontological ground of the cognition). Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. Brno: FF MU, 2000, vol. 47, B47, p. 107-112. ISSN 0231-7664. info
- KROB, Josef. Ontologie a otázka poznatelnosti světa (Ontology and The Question of Cognition). Prométheus. Hradec Králové: ÚFSV PedF UHK, 2000, vol. 5, No 16, p. 12-15. ISSN 1211-8400. info
- TONDL, Ladislav. Mezi epistemologií a sémiotikou :deset studií o vztazích poznání a porozumění významu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1996, 223 s. ISBN 80-7007-076-5. info
- TICHÝ, Pavel. O čem mluvíme? :vybrané stati k logice a sémantice. Edited by Jaroslav Peregrin. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1996, 161 s. ISBN 80-7007-087-0. info
- Model a analogie ve vědě, umění a filozofii :(sborník příspěvků). Edited by Jiřina Stachová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia - nakladatelství Filosofického ústavu AV ČR, 1994, 317 s. ISBN 80-7007-059-5. info
- TONDL, Ladislav. Věda, technika a společnost : Soudobé tendence a transformace vzájemných vazeb. 1. vyd. Praha: Filosofia, 1994, 182 s. ISBN 80-7007-051-X. info
- KROB, Josef. Antropický princip. (The Anthropic Principle.). SPFFBU. Brno: Filosofická fakulta brněnské university, 1993, vol. 1992, B 39, p. 29-34. info
- KROB, Josef. Antropocentrismus v dějinách a současnosti kosmologie. (Anthropocentrism in the Past and Present of Cosmology.). Filosofický časopis [roč. 2 (1954)-40 (1992)]. Praha: Filosofický ústav AV ČR, 1993, vol. 41, No 5, p. 858-868. ISSN 0015-1831. info
- RUSSELL, Bertrand. Logika, věda, filozofie, společnost. Translated by Karel Berka. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda-Libertas, 1993, 272 s. ISBN 802050219X. info
- Filosofie vědy. Edited by Ivan Kuchár - Oldřich Procházka - Vladimír Zeman. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1968, 364 s. URL info
- Teorie modelů a modelování. Edited by Karel Berka - Ladislav Tondl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Svoboda, 1967, 302 s. URL info
- Teaching methods
- homework, class discussion, lectures
- Assessment methods
- Written examination.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Informace o rozvrhu kurzu najdete zde: http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkfi/home/studium/rozvrh-ks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkem 6 hod. konzultací.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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