PHV349 The philosophy of the future

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Martin Dominik (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Patrícia Dudíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. MUDr. Jan Greguš (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Nečasová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jakub Peloušek (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 8:00–9:40 A11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PHBD3 History of Philosophy III
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to explore the possibilities of the existence of philosophy in the modern technological world, where most traditional philosophical topics have been taken over by other disciplines. The content of the course is the reading of various texts that deal with the relationship of technology and human culture (Bostrom, Tegmark, Harari etc.). The course participants will try to find out whether philosophy can anything say about the problems presented - and whether there is a specific philosophical perspective at all. The seminar has a form of a guided discussion over texts read at home.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to present selected ideas about today's society; explain their nature; to explain their basic problems; to formulate their assumptions and consequences; to reconstruct and to evaluate their arguments; to show their dependency on context; to characterize their historical conditionality.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • 1. 22. 9. – Cassam, Konspirační teorie, Praha 2020 (výběr) (Špelda)
  • 2. 29. 9. – Greely, „CRISPR’d babies“ (Nečasová)
  • 3. 6. 10. – Serres, M., Palečka: Esej o digitální revoluci. Praha 2019 (Špelda)
  • 4. 13. 10. – Mau, Metrická společnost: O kvantifikaci sociálna. Praha 2022 (výběr) (Špelda)
  • 5. 20. 10. – Weeks, The Problem with Work – Chap. 2: „Marxism, Productivism, and the Refusal of Work“ (Dominik)
  • 6. 27. 10. Krznaric, The Good Ancestor, chap. 1: „How Can We Be Good Ancestors?“ (Greguš)
  • 7. 3. 11. Bostrom, „Why I Want to Become Posthuman When I Grow Up“, Medical Enhancement and Posthumanity, eds. Bert Gordijn and Ruth Chadwick (Springer, 2008), 107-137 (Dudíková)
  • 8. 10. 11. Romele et al. „Panopticism is not Enough: Social Media as Technologies of Voluntary Servitude“ (Peloušek)
  • 9. 24. 11. Bowles, Etika budoucnosti, kap. 4 „Záplava dat“, 80-118; Fryová, Hello World, kap. Data, s. 35-58.
  • 10. 1. 12. Rubeis – Steger, „Risks and benefits of human germine genome editing: An ethical analysis“ (Nečasová)
  • 11. 8. 12. Zuboffová, Věk kapitalismu dohledu. Boj o budoucnost lidstva u nové hranice moci. Praha 2022 (výběr) (Dudíková)
  • 12. 15. 12. Coeckelbergh: The Political Philosophy of AI: Chap. 5: „Power“ + Přednáška prof. Coeckelbergha v Praze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-IVlKzcaTk
  • 13. Rezerva
Literature
  • ZUBOFF, Shoshana. Věk kapitalismu dohledu : boj o budoucnost lidstva u nové hranice moci. Translated by Sylva Ficová. Vydání první. Praha: Argo, 2022, 725 stran. ISBN 9788025739365. info
  • TEGMARK, Max. Life 3.0 : being human in the age of artificial intelligence. UK: Penguin Books, 2018, xii, 364. ISBN 9780141981802. info
  • HARARI, Yuval N. Homo deus : stručné dějiny zítřka. Translated by Alexander Tomský - Anna Pilátová. Vydání první. Voznice: Leda, 2017, 431 stran. ISBN 9788073355029. info
  • BOSTROM, Nick. Superinteligence : až budou stroje chytřejší než lidé. Translated by Jan Petříček. V českém jazyce vydání p. Praha: Prostor, 2017, 509 stran. ISBN 9788072603534. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
hodnocení aktivity na seminářích; esej. Podrobný výklad bude k dispozici v interaktivní osnově
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021.
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