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History and Philosophy of Technology
FAST-CZ53Acad. year: 2017/2018
Antics and Ancient-Ages, philosophy and science, philosophical thinking, philosophical subjects, history of philosophy, personalities in philosophy, the system of philosophy, philosophical conceptions, importance of philosophical thinking about world, ethics and philosophy, contribution of philosophy, substance of philosophy, medieval thinking, the Renaissance revolution, rationalism and science, modern philosophy, capitalism and technology, the Industry 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. Beginning of philosophy. Socrates, Platon, Aristotle. Hellenistic philosophy. Survey of technical and structural achievements of the ancient world.
3. Philosophy before Christianity and in the early Christianity period. Medieval perspectives on the world and sciences. Conception 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 and Descartes as personalities of Rennaissance philosophy.
5. Rationalism and empiricism and their influence on the philosophic and scientific world. Locke, Hume and Berkeley. The Enlightenment and philosophy - Voltaire and Rousseau.
6. Immanuel Kant´s philosophy. The Critiques of Pure and Practical Reason.
7. The conceptions of science and technology in the modern age. The rice of capitalism and its influence on 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 contemporary period.
13. Modernism and postmodernism in philosophy and the world of science.
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Basic literature
SOLOMON, R. C.: A short history of philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
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, 2001. ISBN 80-7204-230-0.
SARTON, G.: A History of Science. Cambridge: Harward University Press, 1992.
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