FPF:FPFVA016 Physics, philosophy and the ar - Course Information

FPFVA016 Physics, philosophy and the arts

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Stuchlík, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Stuchlík, CSc. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Stuchlík, CSc.
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Cultural Inheritance in Regional Practice (programme FPF, B7106 HiSt)
• Spa Management and Tourism (programme FPF, B6503GAHOT)

Course objectives

The goal of the course is to confront some important parts of physics and philosophy and demonstrate connections to art.

Syllabus

• Materialism versus idealism. Relation of material and spiritual principles.
  Rationalism versus empirism in modern philosophy, Descartes, Hume, Kant, logical empirism, Popper.
  Mathematical axioms and physical fundaments (non-Euclidean geometry, application of non-Euclidean geometry in physics).
  Mathematics and art: golden section, projective geometry, application in renesance and modern art, hidden dimensions.
  Symmetry in physics and art (basic invariance of physical laws, crystalic structure of matter - symmetry and imagination of beauty, Escher).
  Newtonian physics and its influence on the art.
  Relativity and its reflection in the art.
  Determinism and chaos, deterministic chaos, reflection in modern painting.
  

Literature

recommended literature
• Kraus, I. Fyzika v kulturních dějinách Evropy 3.díl - Století elektřiny. ČVUT, Praha. ISBN 978-80-01-04052-2. info
• Langer, J. Prezentace dostupné na http://sites.google.com/site/ufma14/my-forms. info
• Štoll, I. Dějiny fyziky. Prometheus, Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7196-375-2. info
• Olsen S. Záhadný zlatý řez. Dokořán, Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7363-195-6. info
• Kraus, I. Fyzika od Thaléta k Newtonovi - Kapitoly z dějin fyziky. Academia, 2007. ISBN 978-80-200-1540-2. info
• Kraus, I. Fyzika v kulturních dějinách Evropy Od Leonarda ke Goethovi. ČVUT, Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-01-03716-4. info
• Kraus, I. Fyzika v kulturních dějinách Evropy Starověk a středověk. ČVUT, Praha, 2006. ISBN 80-01-03472-0. info

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

60% attendance at lectures

• Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2017, recent)
  
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