奥地利萨尔兹堡大学哲学系资深教授杰哈德·泽查先生来我司讲学
为提升我司哲学学科的国际交流,推进伦理学与科学哲学的教学研究与团队建设,我司特邀请奥地利萨尔兹堡大学哲学系资深教授杰哈德·泽查先生(Gerhard ZECHA,从事伦理学、科学哲学研究,国际知名哲学学者,在欧美多所著名大学担任教授),为我司师生讲学两个月(5月10日—7月6日),开设伦理学与科学哲学的专题研究课程,促进我司师生与国外学者直接的学术交流,提高我司师生的学术对话能力。
欢迎我司哲学专业的博士生、硕士生、本科生与教师积极参与专题研究课程的学习与交流(用英文讲授,有课程资料,讨论时提供中文翻译)。
课程安排 (5.10—7.6,每周一、周四上午8:00—11:30,三教207)
第一门课程:科学哲学:科学批评的进展(共四周)(5.10—6.8)
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE:PROGRESS IN SCIENCE THROUGH CRITICISM (4 weeks)
1st week:The classical method of scientific research in Europe (historical development)
• Greek origins: Plato and Aristotle
• Skeptical arguments (“Nothing can be known”)
• Modern revision: The Vienna Circle
2nd week:Critique of the classical method
• Sir Karl Popper (life and work)
• Critique of neo-positivism, of dialectics, of discourse theory
• Critical Rationalism and the Principle of Falsification
• The necessity of criticism in the sciences, in the humanities (e.g. theory of
education), in political philosophy, in ethics
3rd week:The development of the critical method
• The concept of problem; problem solving techniques
• The concept of criticism
• The method of criticism (an algorithm)
• The ethics of criticism
4th week:The application of the critical method
• “All life is problem solving”
• A new attitude towards errors and mistakes
• Consequences in ethics and beyond
• The objectivity of scientific research: a new perspective
第二门课程:伦理学、元伦理学与价值理论(共四周)(6.9—7.6)
ETHICS, META-ETHICS, and VALUE THEORY (4 weeks)
1st week:The development of moral reasoning in Europe
• Ethics in Ancient Times: The Greek beginnings (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, the Stoics, the Skeptics)
• Ethics in the Middle Ages: The Great Teachers (St. Augustine, Abaelard, and St. Thomas Aquinas)
• Ethics in the Age of Enlightenment: Liberté, egalité, fraternité
• Ethical pluralism and relativism; the 20th century
2nd week:The re-structuring of moral reasoning in Europe
• Modes and problems of justification
• Meta-ethics: Cognitivism vs. non-cognitivism
• The Is-Ought problem: logical considerations
• The consequences: “Objective”, value free sciences
3rd week:The justification of moral reasoning
• Value theories: monistic (Epicurus, Albert Schweitzer), pluralistic (Aristotle, Mario Bunge)
• Natural Right theories: anthropological foundations, principles
• Teleological theories (consequentialism): egotism, altruism, the varieties of utilitarianism
• Deontological theories: Golden Rule ethics, Agapism (the ethics of love), the Categorical Imperative (Immanuel Kant)
4th week:The application of moral reasoning
• Ethics and human life (from the beginning to the end)
• Ethics in the world of economics
• Ethics in modern media (especially internet)
期间开设学术讲座:为师生开设哲学专题研讨与学校名家讲座。
Place & Date of Birth: Innsbruck, Austria; July 2, 1942
Work Address: Institut für Philosophie, Universität Salzburg
Franziskanergasse 1, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria, Europe
Teachers' Training College Innsbruck, Austria 1958-62
University of Innsbruck: Education, Psychology 1964-66
University of Salzburg: Education, Philosophy; Dr. phil. 1966-68
International Research Center Salzburg, Research Fellow 1969-72
University of Konstanz, Germany: A.v.Humboldt Research Fellow 1975-76
University of Salzburg: Habilitation (Philosophy/Education) 1977
Elementary School Teacher, Dorf/Längenfeld, Tyrol, Austria 1962-64
Secondary School Teacher, Innsbruck, Austria 1964-65
Adj. Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Portland,
Oregon, USA: Salzburg Culture Program 1968 - present
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Salzburg 1972-80
Lecturer, Department of Education, University of Salzburg 1977 - present
Professor of Philosophy, Dept. of Phil., Univ. of Salzburg 1980 - present
Guest Lecturer, University of Fribourg, Switzerland 1980-81
Director, Research Unit of the Humanities of the
International Research Center Salzburg 1984 - present
Guest Professor, University of South Africa, Pretoria, RSA 1984
Head of Department (Philosophy), University of Salzburg 1985-87
Visiting Professor, University of California, Irvine, USA 1987-88
Guest Professor, Centre Universitaire, Luxembourg 1989, 1992, 1996
Head of Department (Philosophy), University of Salzburg 1989-1994
Visiting Professor, Univ. of the Orange Free State, South Africa 1993
Various lectures in Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany 1994/1995
Guest Lecturer, Potchefstroom University, South Africa 1996
Guest Professor, Centre Universitaire, Luxembourg 1999, 2000
Head of Department (Philosophy), University of Salzburg 1999 - 2001
Member, International Network CULTMEDIA, research on problems of global communication and culture today 2002 - present
Visiting professor, Stellenbosch University, South Africa 2004
Various lectures in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany and China 2005 - 2007
Official retirement from the University of Salzburg October 1, 2007
Current and ongoing areas of specialization: History of Austrian philosophy, philosophy of science, theory of values, ethics, philosophy of education, didactics of philosophy.