S3011 Fyzika, filozofie a myšlení

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jan Novotný, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Blažena Švandová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jan Novotný, CSc.
Prerequisites
Interest in philosophical problems of sciences. Interest in philosophical background of social problems. Knowledge of basic results and methods of sciences (students in the first two years of their study or students without mathematical and physical background could have difficulties in understanding some more technical parts of lectures). General survey of history of philosophy, philosophical concepts and problems.
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
Course objectives
This lecture is devoted namely to the philosophical problems of sciences, but it also takes account of social problems of the day and its philosophical background.The lecture has no permanent and fixed structure, its content is changed in accordance with the interest of teachers and students. In the course of semester, it has usually one or two main themes (e.g. the problems of causality and determinism and the relation between language and reality in the autumn 2001). Sometimes a book can serve as a source (e.g. "The Logik of scientific discovery" of Popper in the spring 2000). Besides the main teachers also guests interessed in philosophical problems of their field of research are asked for lectures. Also the seminar works of the students are presented here. The lectures are usually followed by discussions. A small, but permanently increased library is at disposal to the participants of the lecture.
Syllabus
  • 1. Language and reality. 2. Are there other facts as the physical? 3. The postmodernism and physics. 4. Causality and determinism. 5. Ridicule to the causality. 6. The cosmological opinions of Ernst Mach and Kurt Godel. 7. The moral dilemmas of creators of atomic bomb. 8. Intellectuals and war. 9. Philosophy of nature of old Indians. 10. The origin and evolution of the life.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000.
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