Course: Sciences in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

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Course title Sciences in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Course code KFI/V1HN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hanke Miroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kočandrle Radim, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Jiráková Karolína, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Dostálová Ludmila, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Historical interpretations of the relationship between myth, philosophy, science. Sources of ancient theoretical thinking and science. The idea of the cosmos in pre-Socratics. Development of cosmological concepts in antiquity. Sources of ancient mathematics and geometry. Hippocratic medicine. Plato's and Aristotle's conception of sciences. Philosophy of nature in Aristotle's work. Medieval conceptions of nature and man (Platonism, Eriugena, Thomas Aquinas, Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides). The fate of ancient scientific programs in the Middle Ages. Mathematization of science in the Middle Ages (Oxford "calculatores" and Nicholas Oresme).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Students' portfolio, Seminar classes, Lecture
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 54 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to list the key figures of science of the period
to describe problems that were solved in science in the given period
to explain the basic terms of science of a given historical period
Skills
to use with understanding the basic terminology of science of the period
to reproduce the argumentation contained in the given contemporary scientific text
to use modern technologies, especially information databases
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to systematically define and describe the topics and history of scientific disciplines in a given period of time
to comprehensively explain the origin of discoveries and knowledge and clarify their relationship to the contemporary intellectual, social and cultural context
to to reflect and discuss the philosophical foundations of scientific disciplines in a given historical period
Skills
to innovatively reflect the texts of selected authors related to scientific topics
to recognize and formulate the assumptions and consequences of scientific ideas of the period
Competences
N/A
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N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Seminar classes
Self-study of literature
Skills
Seminar
Students' portfolio
Individual study
Competences
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Armstrong, A. H. Filosofie pozdní antiky: od staré Akademie po Jana Eriugenu. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-7298-053-X.
  • De Libera, Alain. Středověká filosofie : byzantská, islámská, židovská a latinská filosofie. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2001. ISBN 80-7298-026-2.
  • Graeser, Andreas. Řecká filosofie klasického období : sofisté, Sókratés a sokratikové, Platón a Aristotelés. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2000. ISBN 80-7298-019-X.
  • Guthrie, W. K. C. A History of Greek Philosophy I-VI. Cambridge.
  • Hussey, Edward. Presokratici. [1. vyd.]. [Praha] : Rezek, 1997. ISBN 80-86027-07-4.
  • Kahn, Charles H. Anaximander and the origins of Greek cosmology. Indianapolis : Hackett, 1994. ISBN 0-87220-255-0.
  • Karfíková, Lenka. Studie z patristiky a scholastiky. 1. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 1997. ISBN 80-86005-32-1.
  • Kirk, G. S.; Raven, J. E.; Schofield, Malcolm. Předsókratovští filosofové : kritické dějiny s vybranými texty. Vyd. 1. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2004. ISBN 80-7298-110-2.
  • Lloyd, G. E. R. Methods and problems in Greek science. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN 978-0-521-39762-9.
  • Long, Anthony A. Hellénistická filosofie : stoikové, epikurejci, skeptikové. Vyd. 1. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2003. ISBN 80-7298-077-7.


Study plans that include the course
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