Subject description - B0B16FI1

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B0B16FI1 Philosophy 1
Roles:V, PV, P Extent of teaching:2P+2S
Department:13116 Language of teaching:CS
Guarantors:Zamarovský P. Completion:KZ
Lecturers:Zamarovský P. Credits:4
Tutors:Zamarovský P. Semester:Z

Web page:

https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/courses/B0B16FI1

Anotation:

We deal with the most important persons, schools and ideas of ancient philosophy. We are concerned especially on transdisciplinary nature of philosophy and connection of old philosophical thoughts with recent problems of science, technology, economics and politics.

Course outlines:

1. Philosophy and thinking. Mythical, philosophical and scientific accounts. The first philosophers.
2. Thales and the Milesian school. Seeking for the basic principle, reductionism, hylozoism, the conception of soul.
3. Pythagoras and his school, present-day residues of Pythagoreism (numerology, reincarnation .)
4. Heraclitus, dynamical approach. Comparison to the Eastern philosophy.
5. The school of Eleya, problems with methodology of cognition (the conception of free space).
6. Anaxagoras, Empedocles. The concept of matter.
7. Atomism, its origin and consequences. The absolute determinism and freedom, problems of materialism.
8. The crisis of knowledge, the Sophists. Is man the measure of everything? Relation to postmodernism.
9. The life and death of Socrates. Socrates and the Sophists, method of dialogues, Socrates' moral paradox.
10. The imperfect Socratic schools, Megarians, the paradox of the liar.
11. Plato, his life and philosophy. The realm of forms (ideas). The allegory of the cave; ideal state or totality?
12. Aristotle and the peak of classical philosophy, logic, physics. Aristotelism and Scholastics.
13. Hellenistic philosophy, Epicureism and Stoicism. Pyrrhonism (scepticism). Philosophy in Alexandria (Eucleides and mathematics).
14. Christianity and philosophy. Aurelius Augustinu, Boethius.

Exercises outline:

1. The concept of philosophy. Examples of myths.
2. Seeking for the basic principle, reductionism, hylozoism, the conception of soul.
3. Present-day residues of Pythagoreism (numerology, reincarnation .)
4. Heraclitus, examples of interpretation.
5. The school of Eleya, problems with methodology of cognition (the conception of free space).
6. The concept of matter in ancient times and today.
7. The importance of atomism in natural science. Problem of determinism.
8. The crisis of knowledge, the Sophists. Is man the measure of everything? Examples.
9. The importance of method of dialogues.
10. The paradox of the liar, and its modern versions, Grelich paradox, Russell paradox.
11. The realm of forms (ideas) and present-day science today. The meaning of the allegory of the cave.
12. Aristotle logic and physics.
13. Interesting moments of Epicureism and Stoicism. Euclides Stocheia today.
14. Pyrrhonism (scepticism), modern scepticism.

Literature:

1. Zamarovský, P. The Historical Roots of Philosophy, ČVUT, Praha 2007
2. Stumpf, E. S., Socrates to Sartre, McGraw-Hill, New York 1993

Requirements:

Posluchači absolvují během semestru tři testy a vypracují prezentaci na dohodnuté téma.

Subject is included into these academic programs:

Program Branch Role Recommended semester
BPEK_2016 Common courses P 6
BPSIT Common courses V
BPKYR_2021 Common courses P 6
BPEEM2_2018 Electrical Engineering and Management PV 1
BPEEM1_2018 Applied Electrical Engineering PV 1
BPEEM_BO_2018 Common courses PV 1
BPEEM1_2016 Applied Electrical Engineering P 1
BPEEM_BO_2016 Common courses P 1
BPEEM2_2016 Electrical Engineering and Management P 1
BPEK_2018 Common courses P 6
BPBIO_2018 Common courses V 6
BPOES Common courses V
BPKYR_2016 Common courses V 6
BPOES_2020 Common courses V
BPOI1_2016 Computer and Information Science P 6
BPOI_BO_2016 Common courses P 6
BPOI2_2016 Internet of Things P 6
BPOI3_2016 Software P 6
BPOI4_2016 Computer Games and Graphics P 6
BPOI_BO_2018 Common courses V 6
BPOI4_2018 Computer Games and Graphics V 6
BPOI3_2018 Software V 6
BPOI2_2018 Internet of Things V 6
BPOI1_2018 Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science V 6


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