26 hod., optionally

1. The concept of "philosophy". Introduction to the philosophical system and terminology. Ancient philosophy, science and technical knowledge. 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.