Philosophy

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It is not possible to register for the course B0B16FIL if the student is concurrently registered for or has already completed the course B0B16FI1 (mutually exclusive courses).

It is not possible to register for the course B0B16FIL if the student is concurrently registered for or has previously completed the course B0B16FI1 (mutually exclusive courses).

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Department of Economics, Management and Humanities

Synopsis:

We deal with the most important persons, schools and ideas of ancient philosophy. We are concerned especially on transdisciplinary nature of philosophy and connection of old philosophical thoughts with recent problems of science, technology, economics and politics.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Mythical, philosophical and scientific accounts, branches of philosophy

2.The oldest philosophers - Milesian school and reductionism

3.Pythagoreans, cosmos, mathematics, music

4.Heraclitus and his world view

5.Eleatic school, problem with vacuum, Zeno paradoxes

6.Empedocles and Anaxagoras, Atomists, ancient and modern concept of atom

7.Order of necessity, and paradoxes of determinism and their solution

8.Sophists, impact of their teaching, Socrates, his live and teaching

9.Small Socratic schools

10.Plato and Platonism

11.Aristotle and his work

12.Epicurus and Epicureans

13.Stoics, morality, physics, Pyrrhonism (ancient and modern scepticism)

14.Neo-Platonism and Christian philosophy (Augustine, Boethius)

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Study materials:

Zamarovský P., The Historical Roots of Philosophy, nakl. ČVUT Praha 2007

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Further information:

https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/courses/B0B16FIL

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

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• 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 (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 2016 (elective course)