OV5_FFM Physics, Philosophy, Thinking

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jan Novotný, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Blažena Švandová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Blažena Švandová, Ph.D.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Marie Baráčková
Timetable
Thu 16:20–17:55 učebna 41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Belief (and faith) and knowledge. The basic problems of the philosophy of science.
Syllabus
  • In the actual context there are discussed following problems: Science and belief (faith). The problems of the language expressivity. Paradoxes. Contemporal debate on the nature of truth. The scientific realism. The problenm of existence and metaphysics. The human freedom and the determinism. Reductionism and holism. Cosmology, infinity, the anthropic principle. The nature of the time and the space. The character of the natural laws. Science, ethic, society. Problems of ecology.
Literature
  • Z knihovničky pořízené z grantu Fyzika, filosofie, myšlení.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Seminární práce: esej na související téma dle individuálního výběru.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002.
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