Course detail
History and Philosophy of Technology
CVP-FIT Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester
The subject "History and Philosophy of Technology" represents an introduction into the particular stages of development of the technology with respect to the surrounding cultural climate and the philosophical streams on the background of which these particular chapters of the history take place. The subject deals also with the risk factors the civilization brings about, and suggestions are given how to overcome them.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
2
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
It is a course of the non-structured ending study program
Aims
The target of the subject is to instigate in the listener the awareness of glorious and many thousand years long history of the technology, and to give him/her the knowledge of relationships with the entity of human culture and the resulting ethical responsibility of any individual to whom technology should become a vocation.
The information transferred should provide the students with the knowledge of the amazing drama hidden behind an apparently cold and non-personal phenomenon of technology. The purpose is to establish links to the specific engineering subjects and to other branches of the culture.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme MKC-EVM: Electrical Manufacturing and Management, Master's, elective
Programme MKC-EEN: Electrical Power Engineering, Master's, elective
Programme B-OBN-P: Common Offer, Bachelor's, elective
Programme MPC-JAE: Nuclear Power Engineering, Master's, elective
Programme MPC-EKT: Electronics and Communication Technologies, Master's, elective
Programme MPC-EEN: Electrical Power Engineering, Master's, elective
Programme MPC-SVE: Power Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Master's, elective
Programme N-OBN-P: Common Offer, Master's, elective
Programme MPC-KAM: Cybernetics, Control and Measurements, Master's, elective
Programme MPC-BIO: Bioengineering, Master's, elective
Programme MPC-NCP: Chip Design and Modern Semiconductor Technologies, Master's, elective
Programme MPAD-BIO: Bioengineering (Double Degree), Master's, elective
Programme MPC-TIT: Communications and Informatics, Master's, elective
Programme MPC-EVM: Electrical Manufacturing and Management, Master's, elective
Programme MPC-EAK: Power Systems and Communication Technology, Master's, elective
Programme MPC-BTB: Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics, Master's, elective
Programme MKC-TIT: Communications and Informatics, Master's, elective
Programme MPC-IBE: Information Security, Master's, elective
Programme MPC-AUD: Audio Engineering, Master's
specialization AUDM-TECH: Acoustics and Audiovisual Technology, elective
Programme MPC-AUD: Audio Engineering, Master's
specialization AUDM-ZVUK: Audio Production and Recording, elective
Programme BIT: Information Technology, Bachelor's
specialization BITP: Information Technology, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NADE: Application Development, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NBIO: Bioinformatics and Biocomputing, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NCPS: Cyberphysical Systems, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NEMB: Embedded Systems, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NGRI: Computer Graphics and Interaction, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NHPC: High Performance Computing, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NIDE: Intelligent Devices, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NISD: Information Systems and Databases, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NISY: Intelligent Systems, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NMAL: Machine Learning, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NMAT: Mathematical Methods, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NNET: Computer Networks, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NSEC: Cybersecurity, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NSEN: Software Engineering, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NSPE: Sound, Speech and Natural Language Processing, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NVER: Software Verification and Testing, elective
Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NVIZ: Computer Vision, elective
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus