PH0291 Facts and values

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Radim Bělohrad, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
PH1206 Ethics I || PHK1206 Ethics I || PROGRAM ( N - PH ) || PROGRAM ( N - HS ) || PROGRAM ( N - SS ) || PROGRAM ( N - MA )
reading comprehension in English
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course the successful student will be able to define the concepts of fact and value; formulate precisely the problem of deriving values from facts; reproduce and assess some historically significant attempts at bridging the gap between facts and values; describe the ambitions of contemporary empirical sciences to resolve the problem of facts and values and assess them critically.
Syllabus
  • facts and values - concept definitions
  • Hume´s thesis or the "is-ought" problem
  • Hume´s thesis and Moore´s "open question argument"
  • Searle´s solution
  • Black´s solution
  • Foot´s solution
  • contemporary science and Hume´s thesis
Literature
    required literature
  • seznam literatury dostupný v e-learningovém kurzu
Teaching methods
e-learning
Assessment methods
weekly e-learning tests giving 50 percent of the final mark - all tests must be taken; final written test minimum 60 percent.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Note related to how often the course is taught: e-learning.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: e-learning.
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