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History and Philosophy of Technology
FAST-TY51Acad. year: 2018/2019
Ancient and Ancient Ages, philosophy and science, philosophical system of thinking, philosophical subjects, history of philosophy, personalities in philosophy, the system of philosophy, philosophical directions, importance of philosophical thinking about world, ethics and philosophy, contribution of philosophy, substance of philosophy, Middle-Ages thinking, the Renaissance revolution, rationalism and science, modern philosophy, capitalism and technology, the Industrial Revolution, technical inventions, the Scientific-technical Revolution, modern social and technical world, perspectives for the future.
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2. Ancient philosophy. Philosophy in Greece. Beginnings of philosophy. Socrates, Platon, Aristotle. Hellenistic philosophy. Survey of technical and structural achievements of the ancient world.
3. Philosophy before Christianity and the early Christian period. Medieval perspectives on the world and sciences. Conceptions of philosophy in the Middle Ages. Thomas Aquinas - pillar of medieval philosophy.
4. The Renaissance revolution - a new way forward? Philosophy of the Rennaissance and Reformation. Humanism. Comenius as personality of Rennaissance philosophy.
5. Rationalism and empiricism and their influence on the philosophic and scientific world. Cartesius, Locke, Hume and Berkeley. The Enlightenment - Voltaire and Rousseau. History of the science in the 17th century.
6. Immanuel Kant's philosophy. The Critiques of Pure and Practical Reason. Philosophy in Germany. History of the science in the 18th century.
7. The conceptions of science and technology in the modern age. The rise of capitalism and its influence to technological development.
8. The Industrial Revolution. The development of science, technology and civil engineering in the 19th century. Positivism in philosophy.
9. The development of philosophy, society and science in the 20th century. Phenomenology and hermeneutics. Existentialism.
10. Modern philosophy in the 20th century. Directions and personalities. The Vienna Circle. L. Wittgenstein.
11. The increase in technical innovation after World War Two. The role of civil engineering and architecture in technical progress.
12. The Scientific-technical Revolution and its importance for the contemporary period.
13. Modernism and postmodernism in philosophy and the world of science.
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Basic literature
NEČAS, Ctibor a Otto ZWETTLER. Dějiny věd a techniky. Praha: SPN, 1992. ISBN 80-210-0401-0. (CS)
STÖRIG, Hans J.: Malé dějiny filozofie. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1999. ISBN 80-7113-236-5.
Recommended reading
JANOUŠEK, I.: Věda, technika a kultura. Praha: NTM, 2002.
ODEHNAL, Ivo: Úvod do filozofie člověka. Brno: Cerm, 2002. ISBN 80-7204-230-0.
SOLOMON, R. C.: A Short History of Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
WESSELY, E., ŠEMINSKÝ, J., ROVŇÁK, M.: Dějiny a vývoj techniky. Košice: TU, 2007.
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2. Ancient philosophy. Philosophy in Greece. Beginnings of philosophy. Socrates, Platon, Aristotle. Hellenistic philosophy. Survey of technical and structural achievements of the ancient world.
3. Philosophy before Christianity and the early Christian period. Medieval perspectives on the world and sciences. Conceptions of philosophy in the Middle Ages. Thomas Aquinas - pillar of medieval philosophy.
4. The Renaissance revolution - a new way forward? Philosophy of the Rennaissance and Reformation. Humanism. Comenius as personality of Rennaissance philosophy.
5. Rationalism and empiricism and their influence on the philosophic and scientific world. Cartesius, Locke, Hume and Berkeley. The Enlightenment - Voltaire and Rousseau. History of the science in the 17th century.
6. Immanuel Kant's philosophy. The Critiques of Pure and Practical Reason. Philosophy in Germany. History of the science in the 18th century.
7. The conceptions of science and technology in the modern age. The rise of capitalism and its influence to technological development.
8. The Industrial Revolution. The development of science, technology and civil engineering in the 19th century. Positivism in philosophy.
9. The development of philosophy, society and science in the 20th century. Phenomenology and hermeneutics. Existentialism.
10. Modern philosophy in the 20th century. Directions and personalities. The Vienna Circle. L. Wittgenstein.
11. The increase in technical innovation after World War Two. The role of civil engineering and architecture in technical progress.
12. The Scientific-technical Revolution and its importance for the contemporary period.
13. Modernism and postmodernism in philosophy and the world of science.
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2. Important historical events of Antiquity, its influence to mankind knowledge, beginning of natural philosophy.
3. History of Antiquity, summary of main events.
4. The moving of nations, philosophy in the Middle-Ages, general history in the Middle-Ages.
5. General and Czech history in the Middle-Ages, summary of events, personalities and philosophical courses.
6. General and Czech history in the modern ages, important events in Europian history.
7. The Industrial Revolution. Summary of chosen technical inventions and unicates.
8. The Industrial Revolution. Historical development of chosen technical invention. Students' prezentations.
9. The Industrial Revolution. Historical development of chosen technical invention. Students' prezentations.
10. The Industrial Revolution. Historical development of chosen technical invention. Students' prezentations.
11. The Technical-scientific Revolution. Historical development of chosen technical problem. Students' prezentations.
12. The Technical-scientific Revolution. Historical development of chosen technical problem. Students' prezentations.
13. The Scientific-technical Revolution. Historical development of chosen technical problem. Students' prezentaitons.