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Lecturer(s)
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Tkadlec Emil, prof. MVDr. CSc.
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Course content
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History and development of philosophy of science in the 20th century (neopositivists, Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos, Laudan, Feyerabend). Collecting scientific information and its resources at Faculty of Science PU, style and structure of scientific writing, citation styles, oral presentation and scientific project. Furthermore, they will learn the basic skills in scientific writing, presentation of scientific results and working out projects for scientific research.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
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Learning outcomes
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Students acquire an overview of philosophical opinions on strategies used by scientists when describing and explaining the external world.They learn the basic rules for writing the scientific text. At the end of the course they propose and defend the project of bachelors thesis.
Application Apply the principles and rules of scientific writings in bachelor's thesis
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Seminar Work
Student has to work out and successfully defend his/her own scientific project to demonstrate that they mastered scientific approaches.
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Recommended literature
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Council of Science Editors, Style Manual Committee. (2006). Scientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publisher.. 7th ed. Reston (VA): The Council.
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Day RA. (1998). How to write & publish a scientific paper. 5th ed.. Cambridge University Press.
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Fajkus B. (2005). Filosofie a metodologie vědy: vývoj, současnost a perspektivy.. Praha: Academia.
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Fajkus. (1997). Současná filosofie a metodologie vědy..
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Godfrey-Smith P. (2003). Theory and reality: an introduction to the philosophy of science. Chicago: Univ Chicago Press.
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Meško, D., Katuščák, D., Findra, J. a kol. (2006). Akademická příručka. Osveta Martin.
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Šesták, Z. (2000). Jak psát a přednášet o vědě.
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Tkadlec, E. (2011). Strategie a metody vědecké práce v přírodních vědách: filozofické názory a komunikační dovednosti.. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 195 s.
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