Philosophical Research Methods and Topics - PDSK077

• Title: Philosophical Research Methods and Topics
• Guaranteed by: Kinantropologie (51-400100)
• Faculty: Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
• Actual: from 2018
• Semester: summer
• Points: 1
• E-Credits: 0
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course is intended for doctoral students only; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; can be fulfilled in the future
• Guarantor: prof. Silvan James Parry

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Linda Mejsnarová, Ph.D. (26.04.2018)

The course discusses philosophical research methods and topics, focussing mainly on the nature of philosophical enquiry in different philosophical traditions, theories of ontology, the person, ethics and politics. General philosophical issues include: the nature of scientific enquiry, research motivation, philosophy of science and of the social sciences, the necessity of conceptual rigour, logic and the construction of arguments. Specific philosophical issues will be considered as case studies, with choice of issues depending on student need.

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Linda Mejsnarová, Ph.D. (26.04.2018)

Ladyman, J. Understanding Philosophy of Science. London: Routledge, 2002.

Lakatos, I. History of Science and its rational reconstructions. In I. Hacking (Ed.), Scientific Revolutions. Oxford: University Press, 1981, pp. 107-127.

McNamee M (Ed.). Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise, Health and Sport: Critical perspectives on research methods. London and New York: Routledge, 2005.

Popper, K. The Open Society and Its Enemies. London: Routledge, 1945.

Popper, K. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. London: Hutchinson, 1968.

Cooper, S-M. and Nevill, A. Do statistical methods replace reasoning in exercise science research? In McNamee M (Ed.), Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise, Health and Sport: Critical perspectives on research methods. London and New York: Routledge, 2005, pp. 117-132.

McNamee, M. Positivism, Popper and paradigms: an introductory essay in the philosophy of science. In McNamee M (Ed.), Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise, Health and Sport: Critical perspectives on research methods. London and New York: Routledge, 2005, pp. 1-20.

Parry, J. Must scientists think philosophically about science? In McNamee M (Ed.), Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise, Health and Sport: Critical perspectives on research methods. London and New York: Routledge, 2005, pp. 21-33.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Mgr. Martin Komarc, Ph.D. (30.05.2019)

Consultations and written assignment on the basis of recommended literature.