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Terminated in academic year 2018/2019

Philosophy of Science

Type of study BachelorFollow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 711-0105/01
Abbreviation FILVĚD
Course title Philosophy of Science
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Social Sciences
Course coordinator prof. PhDr. Jaromír Feber, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Definitions of culture
2. Science as a social institution for andinterpretation of reality
3. Relationship between science,philosophy, religion and ideology
4. Plurality of the forms of rationality and a concept of scientific rationality
5. Concept of scientific paradigm, historical types of scientific paradigms
6. Cognition in the system of human activities
7. Connition and consciousness
8. Structure of consciousness - sensuality and rationality, experience and speculation
9. Sensuality and rationality in the history of philosophy
10. Empirie
11. Theoretical cognition
12. Concepts of scientific truth
13. Ethics of science
14. Science, technique, society

Literature

Popper, K.: The logic of scientific discovery. London: Routledge 2002.

Advised literature

Kuhn, T.: The structure of scientific revolutions. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 2012.