FF:PHV416 Phil. and Sci-fi: Sel. Chap. - Course Information
PHV416 Philosophy and Science Fiction: Selected Chapters
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Radim Bělohrad, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- (! PH0255 Philosophy in Science Fiction ) && (! CORE089 Philosophy in sci-fi )
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-HS)
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH) (5)
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH_) (6)
- Philosophy (programme FF, N-HS)
- Philosophy (programme FF, N-PH) (2)
- Philosophy (programme FF, N-PH_) (3)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-MA)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-SS) (4)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-ZA_) (4)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students will have been introduced to the possibilities and particular cases of the use of thought experiments in literature as well as so selected philosophical problems portrayed in fiction. The goal of the course is to enhance the creative part of critical thinking while respecting the requirements of logical consistency and formal correctness.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will have an overview - About selected philosophical issues and fields philosophy of science, philosophy of society, ethics - on their connection with the issue of natural and social sciences cosmology, physics, history, psychology and generally modern technology and their consequences
- Syllabus
- The introduction of selected philosophical questions by an interactive way and their reflection using sci-fi literature.
- This will be rather a workshop than a lecture! 1. The creation of universes, the emergence of the world
- 2. The sign, name and reality
- 3. Evolution, meaning of life
- 4. Social determinism
- 5. Space, time
- 6. Mind, body, solipsism and realism
- 7. Artificial intelligence
- 8. The historical role of a mistake
- 9. The Judgment Day
- Literature
- Isaac Asimov: Nadace.
- LEM, Stanisław. Golem XIV (Přít.) : Dokonalá prázdnota ; Golem XIV.
- Isaac Asimov: …že jsi naň pamětliv. Roboti a androidi, Praha, Svoboda 1988, s. 404–426.
- Arthur Clark: Zpráva o třetí planetě. Devět miliard božích jmen. Praha, Práce 1982
- LEM, Stanislaw. Summa technologiae. Praha: Magnet-Press, 1995. 328 s. ISBN 80-85847-47-7.
- Teaching methods
- Lecture based on assigned reading, discussion and text analysis.
- Assessment methods
- Test
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- CORE089 Philosophy in sci-fi
typ_studia(BM) && forma(P) && !(program(B-PH_) || obor(FBPHpV)) && !NOWANY(PHV416) && !PHV416
- CORE089 Philosophy in sci-fi
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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