Course detail

History and Philosophy of Technology

FAST-CZ53Acad. year: 2009/2010

Antics and Ancient-Ages, philosophy and science, philosophical system of thinking, philosophical subjects, history of philosophy, personalities in philosophy, survey of philosophy, philosophical directions, importance of philosophical thinking about world, ethics and philosophy, contribution of philosophy, substance of philosophy, Middle-Ages thinking, Renaissance change, racionalism and science, New-Ages, capitalism and technics, industry revolution, technical inventions, science-technical revolution, modern social and technical world, perspectives for future.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Circumstances of historical, philosophical and technical development of human civilization. Orientation in basic philosophical epochas in history and at present-time.

Prerequisites

Basic knoeldges of world history (in secondary school level, summary of important historical events and is suitable), very general survey about history of philosophy (important paradigmates and personalities), knowledge of basic cultural periods in history (with continuity to civil engineering and architecture), orientation in industry and science-technical revolution, basic periodization of history.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Concept of "philosophy". Introduction into philosophical system and terminology. Antic´s philosophy, science and technical knowledge.
2. Antiquity philosophy. Philosophy in Greece. Beginning of philosophy. Socrates, Platon, Aristoteles. Helenistic philosophy. The survey of antic technical and bulding works.
3. Philosophy before Christianity and in the beginning of Christianity period. The Middle-Ages thoughts about the world and sciences. Conceptions of Middle-Ages philosophy. St. Thomas Aquinus - column of the Middle-Age philosophy.
4. The Renaissance change to a human being - a view to new progress? Philosophy of Rennaissance and Reformacy. Humanism. Comenius, Descartes as personalities of Rennaisance.
5. Racinalism and empirism and their influence to philosophical and science world. Locke, Hume, Berkeley. Philosophy in France - Voltaire and Rousseau.
6. Immanuel Cant´s philosophy. The Critics of Poor and Practical Reason.
7. Science and technical conception in New-Ages. Entrance of capitalism and its influence to technical development.
8. Industry revolution. The development of science, technics and civil engineering in the 19th century. Pozitivism in philosophy.
9. The development of philosophy, society and science in the 20th century. Phenomenology and hermeneutics. Philosophy of existence.
10. Modern philosophy in 20th century. Systems and personalities. Wienna´s group. L. Wittgenstein.
11. Increase of technical inventions after World War Second. The role of civil engineering and architecture in technical progress.
12. Science-technical revolution, importance for contemporary period.
13. Modernism and postmodernism in philosophy and science world.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Deepening and increasing in orientation in history of mankind, society, science and technics. Concretization of imagines about social development in continuity to philosophy and increase of nature and technical sciences. Systematics knowledge of important times, paradigmates and personalities who are outstanding for update science and technics. Analysis of historical and philosophical development with view to contemporary and perspectives.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

EFMERTOVÁ, Marcela C. a MARÉS, Antoine: Historie vědy a techniky. Praha: Cefres, 2002. ISBN 80-86311-04-X.
SOLOMON, R. C.: A short history of philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
STÖRIG, Hans J.: Malé dějiny filozofie. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1999. ISBN 80-7113-236-5.

Recommended reading

DEMJANČUK, Nikolaj: Filozofie a vědecké myšlení. Plzeň: ZU, 2002. ISBN 80-86473-19-8.
JANOUŠEK, I.: Věda, technika a kultura. Praha: NTM, 2002.
ODEHNAL, Ivo: Úvod do filozofie člověka. Brno: Cerm, 2001. ISBN 80-7204-230-0.
SARTON, G.: A History of Science. Cambridge: Harward University Press, 1992.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch K , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch K , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme N-P-E-CE Master's

    branch K , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer