| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B0M16FIL | Z,ZK | 5 | 2P+2S | Czech |
- Course guarantor:
- Peter Zamarovský
- Lecturer:
- Peter Zamarovský
- Tutor:
- Peter Zamarovský
- Supervisor:
- Department of Economics, Management and Humanities
- Synopsis:
- Requirements:
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interest in philosophy and the wider context of science and technology
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1 Approaches of scientists to philosophy, St. Hawking, E. Mach
2 Reductionism and its roots
3 Philosophy of mathematics
4 Epistemology and ontology of Heracleitus
5 The problem of negative meanings (vacuum, infinity, unconscious...)
6. Limits of atomism, determinism, Laplace's demon
7. The problem of free will,
8. The role of the subject in the process of knowledge
9. Paradoxes of self-referential statements
10. Mathematical Platonism and Aristotelianism
11. Paranklise, the question of free will
12. Old and new skepticism
13. Stoics, catalepsy
14. Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, modern cosmology
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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During the exercise, the material covered is expanded and students present their presentations on a chosen (but not necessary) topic. Discussion follows.
- Study Objective:
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To introduce students to the ideas of ancient philosophy and especially their relationship to today's science, technology, and social life.
- Study materials:
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Zamarovský P., From Philosophy to Science, nakl. ČVUT, Praha 2022
Zamarovský P., Why is it dark at Night?, AutorHouse, London 2013
Other materials will be specified during the class.
- Note:
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Lectures from Philosophy can be found at:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQL6z4JeTTQkShTmq15EJbE7vtoxpTWeO
in Czech
- Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri - Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri - The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- Medical electronics and bioinformatics (elective course)
- Electronics and Communications - Electronics (elective course)
- Electronics and Communications - Audiovisual Technology and Signal Processing (elective course)
- Electronics and Communications - Photonics (elective course)
- Electronics and Communications - Technology of the Internet of Things (elective course)
- Electronics and Communications - Communication Networks and Internet (elective course)
- Electronics and Communications - Mobile Communications (elective course)
- Electronics and Communications - Radio Communications and Systems (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Human-Computer Interaction (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Cyber Security (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Computer Graphics (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Computer Engineering (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Computer Vision and Image Processing (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Software Engineering (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Artificial Intelligence (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Bioinformatics (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Data Science (elective course)
- Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Electrical Drives (compulsory course in the program)
- Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Electrical Power Engineering (compulsory course in the program)
- Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Technological Systems (compulsory course in the program)
- Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Management of Power Eng. and Electr. (compulsory course in the program)
- Medical electronics and bioinformatics (elective course)
- Medical electronics and bioinformatics (elective course)
- Medical electronics and bioinformatics (elective course)
- Electronics and Communications (elective course)
- Cybernetics and Robotics (elective course)