Philosophy 1
| Code | Completion | Credits (ECTS) | Range | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B0B16FI1 | KZ | 4 | 2P+2S | Czech |
- Relations:
- It is not possible to register for the course B0B16FI1 if the student is concurrently registered for or has already completed the course B0B16FIL (mutually exclusive courses).
- It is not possible to register for the course B0B16FI1 if the student is concurrently registered for or has previously completed the course B0B16FIL (mutually exclusive courses).
- Course guarantor:
- Peter Zamarovský
- Lecturer:
- Peter Zamarovský
- Tutor:
- Peter Zamarovský
- Supervisor:
- Department of Economics, Management and Humanities
- Synopsis:
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The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the principal figures, schools, and concepts of ancient philosophy. Particular attention is paid to the interdisciplinary character of philosophy and to the enduring significance of ancient philosophical ideas for contemporary debates in science, technology, economics, and politics.
- Requirements:
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. Philosophy and thinking. Mythical, philosophical and scientific accounts. The first philosophers.
2. Thales and the Milesian school. Seeking the basic principle, reductionism, hylozoism, and the conception of the soul.
3. Pythagoras and his school, present-day residues of Pythagoreism (numerology, reincarnation)
4. Heraclitus, dynamical approach, the question of identity.
5. The school of Eleya, Xenophanes, Parmenides, problems with negative concepts.
6. Anaxagoras, Empedocles and pre-atomism.
7. Atomism, the absolute determinism and freedom, problems of materialism.
8. The crisis of knowledge, the Sophists. Protagoras (Is man the measure of everything?)
9. The life and death of Socrates. Method of dialogues, Socrates' moral paradox.
10. The imperfect Socratic schools, Megarians, the paradox of the liar.
11. Plato, his life and philosophy. The realm of forms-ideas. The allegory of the cave: ideal state or totality?
12. Aristotle and the peak of classical philosophy, logic, physics and cosmology. Aristotelianism and Scholastics.
13. Epicurus, moral philosophy, antient concept of the swerve and quantum mechanics. Stoicism and logic, Pyrrhonism (scepticism)
14. Philosophy in Alexandria, Euclid and mathematics.
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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1. The concept of philosophy. Examples of myths.
2. Seeking the basic principle, reductionism, hylozoism, and the conception of the soul.
3. Present-day residues of Pythagoreism (numerology, reincarnation)
4. Heraclitus, examples of interpretation.
5. The school of Eleya, problems with the methodology of cognition (the conception of free space).
6. The concept of matter in ancient times and today.
7. The importance of atomism in natural science. Problem of determinism.
8. The crisis of knowledge, the Sophists. Is man the measure of everything? Examples.
9. The importance of the method of dialogue.
10. The paradox of the liar, and its modern versions
11. The realm of forms-ideas and present-day science. The meaning of the allegory of the cave.
12. Aristotle's logic and physics.
13. Interesting moments of Epicureanism and Stoicism. Euclides Stocheia today.
14. Pyrrhonism (scepticism), modern scepticism.
- Study Objective:
- Study materials:
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Zamarovský, P.: FROM PHILOSOPHY TO SCIENCE, ČVUT, Praha 2022
- Note:
- Further information:
- https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/courses/B0B16FI1
- Time-table for winter semester 2025/2026:
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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 2025/2026:
- Time-table is not available yet
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- Open Electronic Systems (elective course)
- Software Engineering and Technology (elective course)
- Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Applied Electrical Engineering 2016 (compulsory course in the program)
- Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Electrical Engineering and Management (compulsory course in the program)
- Cybernetics and Robotics 2016 (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Computer Science 2016 (compulsory course in the program)
- Open Informatics - Internet of Things 2016 (compulsory course in the program)
- Open Informatics - Software 2016 (compulsory course in the program)
- Open Informatics - Computer Games and Graphics 2016 (compulsory course in the program)
- Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management (compulsory course in the program)
- Open Informatics (compulsory course in the program)
- Medical electronics and bioinformatics 2018 (elective course)
- Open Informatics (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science 2018 (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Internet of Things 2018 (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Software 2018 (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Computer Games and Graphics 2018 (elective course)
- Electronics and Communications 2018 (compulsory course in the program)
- Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management (compulsory elective course)
- Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Applied Electrical Engineering 2018 (compulsory elective course)
- Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Electrical Engineering and Management (compulsory elective course)
- Open Electronic Systems (elective course)
- Cybernetics and Robotics 2021 (elective course)
- Open Informatics (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science 2025 (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Internet of Things 2025 (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Software 2025 (elective course)
- Open Informatics - Computer Games and Graphics 2025 (elective course)
- Electronics and Communications 2026 (compulsory course in the program)
- Medical electronics and bioinformatics 2026 (elective course)