PHBO Ontology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The overview of the traditional and modern ontological categories (the being, the matter, the time, the space, the movement, the development, the system, the structure, the information) in the context with the reflexion of the natural sciences (physics, cosmology) as the elements of a new ontological concept.
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire ability to orientate in disciplines that are thematically connected to ontology through classical categories. They will be able to recognize and verbalize the boundary between competences of ontology and special science. Students will acquire basic knowledge about modern theories modifying the classical issues of ontology.
Syllabus
  • The problem of a definition of matter
  • An attempt to define time and space
  • Homogeneity and isotropy of time and space
  • Dynamic and structural change
  • Differentiation of causation and determinism
  • Differentiation of law and regularity
  • The essence of regularity
  • A definition of system and its basic types
  • A definition of information and its basic types
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠMAJS, Josef and Josef KROB. Evoluční ontologie (Evolutionary ontology). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 400 pp. ISBN 80-210-3038-0. info
    recommended literature
  • KROB, Josef. Z dějin ontologie (From History of Ontology). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 56 pp. Torzo. ISBN 80-210-2603-0. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars
Assessment methods
1. Weekly homeworks
2. presentations at the seminar
3. final written test
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: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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