PH2111 Methodology of Science

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. Zdeňka Jastrzembská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 A11
Prerequisites
The knowledge of the history of philosophy.
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
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The goal of the course is to provide students with basic systematic overview of philosophical problems of science and of the recent history of philosophical perspectives on scientific inquiry.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to: - distinguish the science from the pseudoscientific views - list and analyze the key problems in philosophy of science - present the key arguments in the given problems.
Syllabus
  • Science and pseudoscience
  • Criteria for demarcation
  • Objectivity, rationality, values
  • Problem of induction
  • Verification, Confirmation, and Falsification
  • The nature of scientific laws and explanations
  • Philosophy of Science and History of Science
  • Scientific revolutions and incommensurability of theories
  • The forms of scientific realism and instrumentalism
  • Feminist Philosophy of Science
Literature
    required literature
  • Feyerabend, Paul K.: Rozprava proti metodě. Praha 2002. ss. 27-78
  • Fajkus, B.: Současná filozofie a metodologie vědy. Praha 1997
  • SCHLICK, Moritz. Logický pozitivizmus. Edited by František Mihina, Translated by Tatiana Sedová - Marián Zouhar. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Iris, 2006, 537 s. ISBN 8089238068. info
  • POPPER, Karl R. Logika vědeckého bádání. Translated by Jiří Fiala. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1997, 617 s. ISBN 80-86005. info
  • KUHN, Thomas S. Štruktúra vedeckých revolúcií. Translated by Ľubica Valentová. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Pravda, 1982, 285 s. info
    recommended literature
  • Contemporary debates in philosophy of science. Edited by Christopher Hitchcock. 1st ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004, xiii, 348. ISBN 1405101512. info
  • A companion to the philosophy of science. Edited by W. H. Newton-Smith. Malden: Blackwell Publishers, 2000, xvi, 576 s. ISBN 0-631-17024-3. info
  • LAMBERT, Karel and Gordon G. BRITTAN. An introduction to the philosophy of science. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1970, x, 113. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars.
Assessment methods
2 papers presented and discussed during seminars.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen jen pro studenty s imatrikulací do jaro 2019 včetně, popřípadě pro studenty, kteří absolvovali v bakalářském studiu předmět PH1108 Dějiny české filozofie.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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