PH02106 The development of philosophy of science in the 20th century

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Vladimír Havlík, CSc. (lecturer), Ing. Mgr. Zdeňka Jastrzembská, Ph.D. (deputy)
Ing. Mgr. Zdeňka Jastrzembská, 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
each odd Tuesday 10:50–12:25 A11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PH_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. || PHK_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. || PROGRAM(N-HS) || PROGRAM(N-PH) || PROGRAM(N-SS) || PROGRAM(N-MA)
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
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to identify and elucidate the trajectory of development of philosophy of science in 20th century; summarize major theories and concepts discussed in the course; understand and explain the main trends in the development of philosophical reflection of science; critically evaluate different concepts and ideas in published literature. They will have had experience in communicating these ideas effectively in oral and written formats.
Syllabus
  • 1. Problem of demarcation, philosophy, science and philosophy of science 2. Inductivism, empiricism and logicism tradition, B. Russell and Cambridge school, Bayesianism. 3. Logical positivism and logical empiricism 4. Falsification and hypothetico-deductive method (K. Popper) 5. Conventionalism (H. Poincaré and P. Duhem). Constructionist philosophy of science (H. Margenau). Operationalism (P. Bridgman). 6. Methodology of scientific research programes (I. Lakatos). 7. Scientific revolution and paradigms (T. S. Kuhn). 8. Methodological anarchism in science (P. K. Feyerabend) 9. Research tradition and reticulational model (L. Laudan) 10. Social constructivism (P. L. Berger a T. Luckmann, B. Latour, S. Woolgar) 11. Evolutionary naturalistic epistemology (Darwin, Spencer, James, K. Lorenz, D. Campbell, K. Popper, S. Toulmin, W. V. O. Quine) 12. Realism – antirealism (R. Boyd, Stanford School - I. Hacking, J. Dupre, N. Cartwright, P. Galison, Bas van Fraassen, A. Fine, R. Giere)
Literature
  • Three dialogues on knowledge (Orig.) : Tři dialogy o vědění. info
  • POPPER, Karl R. The logic of scientific discovery. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2002, xxvii, 513. ISBN 0415278449. info
  • LAUDAN, Larry. Science and values : the aims of science and their role in scientific debate. Berkeley: University of California, 1984, xiv, 149. ISBN 0520052676. info
  • VAN FRAASSEN, Bastiaan C. The scientific image. 1st pub. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980, xi, 235. ISBN 0198244274. info
  • FEYERABEND, Paul K. Against method : outline of an anarchistic theory of knowledge. Atlantic Highlands: Humanities Press, 1975, 339 s. ISBN 0902308912. info
  • KUHN, Thomas S. The structure of scientific revolutions. 2nd ed., enl. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970, xii, 210. ISBN 0226458040. info
  • POINCARÉ, Henri. Science and hypothesis. New York: Dover Publications, 1952, xxvii, 243. info
Teaching methods
lectures, discussion
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1x za 14 dní.
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