V008 Philosophy of Science II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:50 B204
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Pro účely kolokvia není nutné absolvovat kurs V007 Philosophy of Science I, pro zkoušku je to žádoucí.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Reflection of life as a security, puzzle, or trauma?
  • Evolutionary theory in the history of human thinking. The geological prelude. Darwin a Wallace.
  • Exkurs do filosofie dějin. Sociální schéma na přelomu do 20. století.
  • Ještě jednou o místu člověka na Zemi.
  • Ke kritice induktivismu.
  • Lze vidět oproštěnou realitu, anebo jsme zajatci konvencí?
  • Století od objevu první částice a od východisek kvantové fyziky.
  • Individualismus, holismus a problémy objektivismu v sociálních vědách.
  • Je funkcionalismus moderním řešením statutu mysli jako média zpracovávajícího informace?
  • Nová paradigmata na obzoru? (Od Einsteina ke Kuhnovi?)
  • Otázka typu Proč? K logice otázek. Deskripce proti explanaci. Pragmatika explanace.
  • Některé obecné otázky teorie věd z počátku let osmdesátých. Také několik pohledů na redukcionismus.
  • Probabilistická kauzalita. Explanace pomocí zákonů?
  • Exkurs: Umělá inteligence.
  • Exkurs: Sociobiologie.
  • Teorie versus zákony? Význam dedukce. Není struktura světa přece jen kauzální?
  • Znovu Einsteinův stín na obzoru?
  • Vstoupilo klonování do našeho zítřejšího života?
  • "Teorie všeho"?
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001.

V008 Philosophy of Science II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.
Timetable
Wed 9:00–10:50 B204
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Pro účely kolokvia není nutné absolvovat kurs V007 Philosophy of Science I, pro zkoušku je to žádoucí.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Evolutionary theory in the history of human thinking. Darwin.
  • The way to the deductive-nomological and inductive-statistical modellings.
  • Individualism, holism and the problems of being objective in social sciences.
  • Inductivism as a problem. Conventionalism.
  • New paradigms on the horizon? (From Einstein to Kuhn?)
  • The "Why?"-question. The logic of questions. - Description as against explanation. - The pragmatics of explantion.
  • Some general questions of the theory of science from the beginning of the Eighties. Some views concerning reductionism.
  • Probabilistic causality. Explanation by means of laws?
  • Artificial intelligence.
  • Sociobiology.
  • Theory vs. laws? The importance of deduction. Is the structure of the world not causal, all the same? - The "theory of all"?
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2002.

V008 Philosophy of Science II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2000
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Pro účely kolokvia není nutné absolvovat kurs V007 Philosophy of Science I, pro zkoušku je to žádoucí.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Evolutionary theory in the history of human thinking. Darwin.
  • The way to the deductive-nomological and inductive-statistical modellings.
  • Individualism, holism and the problems of being objective in social sciences.
  • Inductivism as a problem. Conventionalism.
  • New paradigms on the horizon? (From Einstein to Kuhn?)
  • The "Why?"-question. The logic of questions. - Description as against explanation. - The pragmatics of explantion.
  • Some general questions of the theory of science from the beginning of the Eighties. Some views concerning reductionism.
  • Probabilistic causality. Explanation by means of laws?
  • Artificial intelligence.
  • Sociobiology.
  • Theory vs. laws? The importance of deduction. Is the structure of the world not causal, all the same? - The "theory of all"?
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Pro kolokvium se předpokládá současná účast dvou až tří uchazečů (kteří vytvoří kolokvijní uskupení iniciativně "zdola" sami), pro vypsaný nebo dohodnutý termín.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2001, Spring 2002.

V008 Philosophy of Science II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1999
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Pro účely kolokvia není nutné absolvovat kurs V007 Philosophy of Science I, pro zkoušku je to žádoucí.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Evolutionary theory in the history of human thinking. Darwin.
  • The way to the deductive-nomological and inductive-statistical modellings.
  • Individualism, holism and the problems of being objective in social sciences.
  • Inductivism as a problem. Conventionalism.
  • New paradigms on the horizon? (From Einstein to Kuhn?)
  • The "Why?"-question. The logic of questions. - Description as against explanation. - The pragmatics of explantion.
  • Some general questions of the theory of science from the beginning of the Eighties. Some views concerning reductionism.
  • Probabilistic causality. Explanation by means of laws?
  • Artificial intelligence.
  • Sociobiology.
  • Theory vs. laws? The importance of deduction. Is the structure of the world not causal, all the same? - The "theory of all"?
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1998, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002.

V008 Philosophy of Science II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1998
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
V007 Philosophy of Science I
Pro účely kolokvia není nutné absolvovat kurs V007 Philosophy of Science I, pro zkoušku je to žádoucí.
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
Syllabus
  • Evolutionary theory in the history of human thinking. Darwin.
  • The way to the deductive-nomological and inductive-statistical modellings.
  • Individualism, holism and the problems of being objective in social sciences.
  • Inductivism as a problem. Conventionalism.
  • New paradigms on the horizon? (From Einstein to Kuhn?)
  • The "Why?"-question. The logic of questions. - Description as against explanation. - The pragmatics of explantion.
  • Some general questions of the theory of science from the beginning of the Eighties. Some views concerning reductionism.
  • Probabilistic causality. Explanation by means of laws?
  • Artificial intelligence.
  • Sociobiology.
  • Theory vs. laws? The importance of deduction. Is the structure of the world not causal, all the same? - The "theory of all"?
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002.

V008 Philosophy of Science II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1997
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Pro účely kolokvia není nutné absolvovat kurs V007 Philosophy of Science I, pro zkoušku je to žádoucí.
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
Syllabus
  • Evolutionary theory in the history of human thinking. Darwin.
  • The way to the deductive-nomological and inductive-statistical modellings.
  • Individualism, holism and the problems of being objective in social sciences.
  • Inductivism as a problem. Conventionalism.
  • New paradigms on the horizon? (From Einstein to Kuhn?)
  • The "Why?"-question. The logic of questions. - Description as against explanation. - The pragmatics of explantion.
  • Some general questions of the theory of science from the beginning of the Eighties. Some views concerning reductionism.
  • Probabilistic causality. Explanation by means of laws?
  • Artificial intelligence.
  • Sociobiology.
  • Theory vs. laws? The importance of deduction. Is the structure of the world not causal, all the same? - The "theory of all"?
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1996, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002.

V008 Philosophy of Science II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1996
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Pro účely kolokvia není nutné absolvovat kurs V007 Philosophy of Science I, pro zkoušku je to žádoucí.
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
Syllabus
  • Evolutionary theory in the history of human thinking. Darwin.
  • The way to the deductive-nomological and inductive-statistical modellings.
  • Individualism, holism and the problems of being objective in social sciences.
  • Inductivism as a problem. Conventionalism.
  • New paradigms on the horizon? (From Einstein to Kuhn?)
  • The "Why?"-question. The logic of questions. - Description as against explanation. - The pragmatics of explantion.
  • Some general questions of the theory of science from the beginning of the Eighties. Some views concerning reductionism.
  • Probabilistic causality. Explanation by means of laws?
  • Artificial intelligence.
  • Sociobiology.
  • Theory vs. laws? The importance of deduction. Is the structure of the world not causal, all the same? - The "theory of all"?
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1997, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002.
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