Subject description - BD0M16FI2
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| BD0M16FI2 |
Philosophy 2 |
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Extent of teaching: | 14KP+6KS |
| Department: | 13116 |
Language of teaching: | CS |
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Completion: | Z,ZK |
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Credits: | 4 |
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Semester: | L |
Web page:
https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/divize/13116/Katedra_ekonomiky__manazerstvi_a_humanitnich_ved
Anotation:
The course is oriented on the transdisciplinar aspects of philosophy, informatics, physics, mathematics and biology.
Course outlines:
| 1. | | Introduction - explanation of basic concepts and problems.Common roots of science and philosophy. |
| 2. | | Common roots of science and philosophy, Role of language on the way of thinking. (myths, fairytales, religion, philosophical and scientific thinking). |
| 3. | | 4.E. Mach, analitic philosophy, philosophy of mind. |
| 5. | | Soul and body, various philosophy |
| 6. | | Evolution, in biology and cosmology |
| 7. | | Questions about determinism . |
| 8. | | Holism and eastern thinking |
| 9. | | Biology and Physics. |
| 10. | | Philosophical aspects of physics |
| 11. | | Vacuum paradox, . |
| 12. | | Philosophical aspects of mathematics, infinity. |
| 13. | | Philosophical aspects of informatics. |
| 14. | | Questions concerning ,alternative cognition", scepticism |
Exercises outline:
| 1. | | Role of language on the way of thinking. |
| 2. | | Myths, fairytales, religion, philosophical and scientific thinking. |
| 3. | | Discussion on the relation between technology and art. What is metaphysics? |
| 4. | | Information, entropy and physics. |
| 5. | | Can machines think and feel? |
| 6. | | Transdisciplinar aspects of biology and live science. |
| 7. | | Non-locality, teleportation, the problem of identity. |
| 8. | | Time and space in physics and philosophy. |
| 9. | | Problem of reductionism in science and in general thinking. |
| 10. | | Comparison between "Eastern" and "Western" thinking. |
| 11. | | Some topic psychotherapeutic methods. |
| 12. | | Healing, parapsychology and critical reasoning |
| 13. | | ,Alternative cognition", discussions of criteria of scientific knowledge. |
| 14. | | Present-day philosophers and new ways of philosophy. |
Literature:
| 1. | | Barrow, J.D. Theory of Everything, Cambridge, 1993 |
| 2. | | Capra, F. The Tao of Physics, New York: Bantam Books.1984 |
| 3. | | Zamarovský P., The Grand Design, Organon F XX, 1, Bratislava, Praha 2013 |
| 4. | | Zamarovský P., Cosmos, time and creation, Acta Polytechnica, 50, 6, CTU, Praha 2010 |
| 5. | | Prigogine I., Stangers I., Order out of Chaos, Bantam New Age Books 1984 |
| 6. | | Hawking S., Mlodinow L., The Grand Design, Bantan book, London 2011 |
Requirements:
Completion of Philosophy I or equivalent course on ancient philosophy
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