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History and Philosophy of Technology
FAST-CZ53Acad. year: 2009/2010
Antics and Ancient-Ages, philosophy and science, philosophical system of thinking, philosophical subjects, history of philosophy, personalities in philosophy, survey of philosophy, philosophical directions, importance of philosophical thinking about world, ethics and philosophy, contribution of philosophy, substance of philosophy, Middle-Ages thinking, Renaissance change, racionalism and science, New-Ages, capitalism and technics, industry revolution, technical inventions, science-technical revolution, modern social and technical world, perspectives for future.
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2. Antiquity philosophy. Philosophy in Greece. Beginning of philosophy. Socrates, Platon, Aristoteles. Helenistic philosophy. The survey of antic technical and bulding works.
3. Philosophy before Christianity and in the beginning of Christianity period. The Middle-Ages thoughts about the world and sciences. Conceptions of Middle-Ages philosophy. St. Thomas Aquinus - column of the Middle-Age philosophy.
4. The Renaissance change to a human being - a view to new progress? Philosophy of Rennaissance and Reformacy. Humanism. Comenius, Descartes as personalities of Rennaisance.
5. Racinalism and empirism and their influence to philosophical and science world. Locke, Hume, Berkeley. Philosophy in France - Voltaire and Rousseau.
6. Immanuel Cant´s philosophy. The Critics of Poor and Practical Reason.
7. Science and technical conception in New-Ages. Entrance of capitalism and its influence to technical development.
8. Industry revolution. The development of science, technics and civil engineering in the 19th century. Pozitivism in philosophy.
9. The development of philosophy, society and science in the 20th century. Phenomenology and hermeneutics. Philosophy of existence.
10. Modern philosophy in 20th century. Systems and personalities. Wienna´s group. L. Wittgenstein.
11. Increase of technical inventions after World War Second. The role of civil engineering and architecture in technical progress.
12. Science-technical revolution, importance for contemporary period.
13. Modernism and postmodernism in philosophy and science world.
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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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