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Course: Science and Culture

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Course title Science and Culture
Course code KFI/VK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Demjančuk Nikolaj, Doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Topics discussed: analysis of the relationship: Ancient Science and the East. Pythagoras and the sources of ancient mathematics. Eleatics and the problem of infinity. Classical models of ancient cosmos. Platon and theoretical foundations of mathematics. Philosophy of Nature in Aristotle's work. Medieval view of nature and man. Fates of ancient science programs in the Middle Ages. Renaissance conception of man. Philosophical assumptions of Cartesian science. Scientific program of Newton and Leibniz. Kant grounds of modern science. The problem of nature of science in the philosophy of the 19th and 20 century.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills.
learning outcomes
Studens will be able to contextualize science evolution into the cultural context of contemporary period. They will have comprehensive overview of cultural and scientific developments in the period from antiquity to the 20th century.
teaching methods
Lecture
assessment methods
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • Aristoteles. Organon. Praha, 1958 - 1975, 1975.
  • Bruno, Giordano. Dialogy. 1. vyd. Praha : Státní nakladatelství politické literatury, 1956.
  • Demjančuk, Nikolaj. O povaze vědy : věda v kulturních kontextech. 1. vyd. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7043-921-0.
  • Descartes, René. Regulae ad directionem ingenii = Pravidla pro vedení rozumu. 1. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2000. ISBN 80-7298-000-9.
  • Feyerabend, Paul. Rozprava proti metodě. Vyd. 1. Praha : Aurora, 2001. ISBN 80-7299-047-0.
  • Galilei, Galileo. Dialóg o dvoch systémoch sveta. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Vydavateĺstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1962.
  • Husserl, Edmund. Krize evropských věd a transcendentální fenomenologie : úvod do fenomenologické filozofie. 2. vyd., reprint 1. vyd., Academia 1972. Praha : Academia, 1996. ISBN 80-200-0561-7.
  • Kant, Immanuel. Kritika čistého rozumu. 1. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2001. ISBN 80-7298-035-1.
  • Kuhn, Thomas S. Struktura vědeckých revolucí. Praha : Oikoymenh, 1997. ISBN 80-86005-54-2.
  • Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm. Nové úvahy o lidské soudnosti od auktora systému předzjednané harmonie. V Praze : Česká akademie věd a umění, 1932.
  • Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm. O reforme vied. Bratislava : Vydavateĺstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1956.
  • Pascal, B. O geometrickém duchu. O umění přesvědčovat. Praha, 1985.
  • Polanyi, Michael. Personal knowledge : towards a post-critical philosophy. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1974. ISBN 0-226-67288-3.
  • Popper, Karl Raimund. Otevřená společnost a její nepřátelé I. Uhranutí Platónem. Praha : ISE, 1994. ISBN 80-85241-53-6.
  • Popper, Karl Raimund. Otevřená společnost a její nepřátelé II. Vlna proroctví: Hegel, Marx a co následovalo.
  • Toulmin, Stephen. Return to reason. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-674-00495-7.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Humanities (19-4) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Humanities (19-5) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
University of West Bohemia, date of update: 26.07.2024 23:53. Data created for academic year 2024/2025