VIKBA23 Ethical and Philosophical Foundations of Information Science

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Michal Lorenz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Dr.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Dušová
Timetable
Fri 8:20–9:55 J31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VIK_PoZ Qualifying Examination
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Concise acquiant of students with philosophy of information, it's definition as sciential field, main promlems and the newest conceptiones of it's development. Onward will be students acquainted with development of fundamental ethical principles, definition of information ethics and it's development in Czech Republic and in the word. Attention will be paid to problems of ethics principles in a level of production, dissemination and usage of information. The newest codes in various professional scopes will be expound. At the end of this course, students should be able to judge . exhaustiveness of information analysis . value of ethical arguments . quality of ethical codex . academic dishonesty
Syllabus
  • 1. Philosophy of information as new philosophical branch, basic questions
  • 2. Information as philosophical category, cultural and natural information
  • 3. Controversy in ontological status of information world
  • 4. Information and change of scientific paradigm
  • 5. Etymological roots of concept of information, information hermeneutics
  • 6. Capurro's trilemma, Unified theory of information, vertical information science
  • 7. Ethics generaly
  • 8. Information ethics generaly
  • 9. Right and responsibilities in production, diffusion and use of information
  • 10. Consequences of ethics-breaking
  • 11. Code ethics in relation with current development of information technology
  • 12. Selected ceses and macroethics problems
Literature
  • VIRILIO, Paul. Informatická bomba. Translated by Michal Pacvoň. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2004, 167 s. ISBN 8086818047. info
  • The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of computing and information. Edited by Luciano Floridi. First published. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2004, xiv, 371. ISBN 0631229183. info
  • ŠMAJS, Josef and Josef KROB. Evoluční ontologie (Evolutionary ontology). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 400 pp. ISBN 80-210-3038-0. info
  • ŠMAJS, Josef. Filosofie psaná kurzívou. Rozhlasové ekologické eseje (Philosophy written in italic. Broadcast ecological essays). první. Brno: Jan Šabata, Doplněk, 2003, 117 pp. ISBN 80-7239-152-6. URL info
  • NEUBAUER, Zdeněk. Biomoc. Brno: Malvern, 2002, 272 pp. ISBN 80-902628-6-4. info
  • ČINČERA, Jan. Informační etika : sylabus k bakalářskému studiu informační vědy. Edited by Pavla Kánská. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 81 s. ISBN 8021029811. info
  • NEUBAUER, Zdeněk. Smysl a svět :hermeneutický pohled na svět. Edited by Jiří Fiala. Praha [sic]: Moraviapress, 2001, 231 s. ISBN 80-86181-45-6. info
  • ŠMAJS, Josef and Ilya PRIGOGINE. Drama evoluce :fragment evoluční ontologie. Praha: Hynek, 2000, 188 s. ISBN 80-86202-77-1. info
  • The quest for a unified theory of information : proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Foundations of Information Science. Edited by Klaus Haefner - Wolfgang Hofkirchner. Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach Publishers, 1999, xxxiii, 59. ISBN 905700531X. info
  • ŠMAJS, Josef. Ohrožená kultura (Culture Under Threat). Praha: Hynek, 1997, 207 pp. ISBN 80-85906-53-8. info
  • POPPER, Karl Raimund. Věčné hledání :intelektuální autobiografie. Translated by Jana Odehnalová. 1. vyd. Praha: Prostor, 1995, 231 s. ISBN 80-85190-37-0. info
  • RŮŽIČKA, Michal. Informace a dobro. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ježek, 1993, 82 s. ISBN 80-901625-2-5. info
  • JÁNOŠ, Karel. Informační etika. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1993, 134 pp. info
  • ECCLES, John C. and Karl R. POPPER. The self and its brain. Berlin: Springer International, 1977, xvi, 597. ISBN 0387083073. info
Teaching methods
Educational methods:
- Lectures
- Activity in lectures
- Reading
Assessment methods
Requests to undergo:
- Collective dramatic script and performance according recommended theme
- Oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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