PH1204 Gnoseology I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Josef Šmajs, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • 1. The common characteristics of epistemology, the history of epistemological problems
  • 2. Biological presuppositions of knowledge, fylogenesis and ontogenesis of a man
  • 3. The question of the ability to know the world, sceptic historical terms
  • 4. Terminological reflection of world, critique of anthropocentrism
  • 5. Subject - object in knowledge
  • 6. Sensual and rational, empirical and rational methods of knowledge
  • 7. The theory of Truth
  • 8. Criterions of Truth real and formal, rightness, compatibility, verification of theories
  • 9. Levels and types of knowledge: common and scientifical knowledge; arts, religion, philosophy
  • 10. Construction and function of scientifical theory, the critique of reduction
  • 11. Language and knowledge
  • 12. Social character and social functions of knowledge
Literature
  • Tond, L.: Mezi epistemologií a sémantikou. Praha 1996
  • Blecha, I.: Úvod do filosofie. Olomouc 1998
  • Barrow, J. D.: Teorie všeho. Praha 1996
  • Tichý, P.: O čem mluvíme? Praha 1996
  • KRÁL, Miloslav. Kam směřuje civilizace? : věda a proměna lidské skutečnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1998, 134 s. ISBN 80-7007-101-X. info
  • FAJKUS, Břetislav. Současná filosofie a metodologie vědy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1997, 135 s. ISBN 80-7007-095-1. 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
  • KUHN, Thomas S. Štruktúra vedeckých revolúcií. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Pravda, 1982, 285 s. info
  • ČERNÍK, Václav, Etela FARKAŠOVÁ and Jozef VICENÍK. Teória poznania : (úvod do dialektiky ako logiky poznania). 1. vyd. Bratislava: Pravda, 1980, 408 s. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007.
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