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Last update: Štefl Martin Mgr. Ph.D. (07.12.2021)
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Last update: Štefl Martin Mgr. Ph.D. (07.12.2021)
Upon successful completion of the course, students will become familiar with key philosophies and theoretical standpoints that pertain to the field of technology, technological change, economy, and commerce and be able to apply these across academic and professional contexts. |
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Last update: Scholleová Hana doc. RNDr. Ing. Ph.D. (16.12.2021)
Course handouts and course reader. R: Heath, Eugene and Kaldis, Byron. Wealth, Commerce and Philosophy (University of Chicago Press, 2017). R: Frey, C. B. The Technology Trap (Princeton University Press, 2019). A: Mumford, Lewis. Technics and Civilizations (Routledge, 1963) A: Kaplan, D. M. (Ed.) Readings in the Philosophy of Technology Second Edition (Rowman and Littlefield, 2009). A: Hausman, D. M. (Ed.). The Philosophy of Economics An Anthology Third Edition (CUP, 2007). |
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Last update: Štefl Martin Mgr. Ph.D. (07.12.2021)
The course work is based on debating and discussing key primary texts and other sources in their historical context and active participation in course activities (including teamwork tasks). |
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Last update: Scholleová Hana doc. RNDr. Ing. Ph.D. (14.02.2022)
To receive credit for the course, students will be required to meet attendance requirements, submit a final essay and “defend it” in an oral discussion with the teacher. Students are obliged to attend the seminars either in person or, in case of university lockdown, online via MS Teams; active participation in course activities (including teamwork tasks) and submitting homework assignments is required. |
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Last update: Štefl Martin Mgr. Ph.D. (10.12.2021)
1. Introduction, key concepts and methods 2. Defining technology: a historical perspective 3. Defining technology: an anthropological perspective 4. Instrumental and non-instrumental interpretations of technology 5. Technological advancement and its impact on human life 6. Technology, production, and commerce 7. Techno-philosophies of the industrial age 8. Homo technologicus and/or homo oeconomicus 9. Economists/anthropologists: Smith, Mandeville, and the like 10. Marx and the rest: the anthropology of (industrial) progress 11. Technology today: the philosophies of employability 12. Postmodern narratives of (technological/economic) progress 13. Student presentations 14. Student presentations |
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Last update: Štefl Martin Mgr. Ph.D. (07.12.2021)
To receive credit for the course, students will be required to meet attendance requirements, submit a final essay and “defend it” in an oral discussion with the teacher. Students are obliged to attend the seminars either in person or, in case of university lockdown, online via MS Teams; active participation in course activities (including teamwork tasks) and submitting homework assignments is required. |