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Papers by Ladislav Kvasz
The mathematisation of nature and Newtonian physics
Philosophia naturalis, Jan 1, 2003
Résumé/Abstract Historians often interpret Cartesian physics either as misguided science or as co... more Résumé/Abstract Historians often interpret Cartesian physics either as misguided science or as coherent metaphysics. Its importance for the rise of modern science is thereby marginalized. The aim of the paper is to challenge this evaluation by showing that ...
A Problem for Popper's Fallibilism
Rethinking Popper, Jan 1, 2009
One of the pillars of Sir Karl Popper's philosophy is fallibilism, according to which th... more One of the pillars of Sir Karl Popper's philosophy is fallibilism, according to which there is no certain empirical knowledge. When this position is criticized, it is usually claimed that the scope of fallibilism is restricted, and that there are some areas where infallible knowledge ...
O revolúciách vo vede a ruptúrach v jazyku vedy
How Can a Falsified Theory Remain Corroborated?
Induction and Deduction in the Sciences, Jan 1, 2004
Coming from a mathematical background, I was always puzzled by Popper's view, according ... more Coming from a mathematical background, I was always puzzled by Popper's view, according to which, after the falsification of a scientific theory its degree of corroboration becomes zero. Most of the scientific theories taught in the physics departments have already been ...
Leibniz's criticism of the Cartesian physics
Nihil sine ratione. VII. Internationaler Leibniz-Kongreß. …, Jan 1, 2001
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Jan 1, 2004
Similarities and differences between the development of geometry and of algebra
Mathematical reasoning and heuristics, Jan 1, 2005
Why Don't They Understand Us?
Science & Education, Jan 1, 1997
The aim of the article is to provide teachers some ideas about thedevelopment of physical knowled... more The aim of the article is to provide teachers some ideas about thedevelopment of physical knowledge and to make them more receptive to thedifferences between their and the students thinking. I want to show, thatthese differences lie not only in the richness of experience, but also in thestructure of this experience. I try to point to some of these differenceslying in the content, form and meaningfulness. The article is based on anadapted version of Piaget's model of the growth of physical knowledge. Themodel represents the changes of semantic understanding, formal language andlogical structure of a theory during its historical development. I illustratethe model on the development of classical mechanics, but similar changes canbe found also in the history of electrodynamics or quantum mechanics. Thecentral idea of the paper is to use this model of the historical developmentof physical knowledge in analysis of the cognitive processes in physicseducation.
Appraising Lakatos. Kluwer Academic Publishers, …, Jan 1, 2002
Journal for general philosophy of science, Jan 1, 1999
Appraising Lakatos: mathematics, methodology, and the man
... UK Robert S. Cohen. Boston University, USA Wilhelm K. Essler, University of Frankfurt/M. Germ... more ... UK Robert S. Cohen. Boston University, USA Wilhelm K. Essler, University of Frankfurt/M. Germanv Kurt Rudolf Fischer, University of Vienna. Austria Michael Friedman. ... UK Georg Winckler, University of Vienna, Austria Ruth Wodak. University of Vienna. Austria Jan Wolenski. ...
Patterns of change: linguistic innovations in the development of classical mathematics
This book offers a reconstruction of linguistic innovations in the history of mathematics; innova... more This book offers a reconstruction of linguistic innovations in the history of mathematics; innovations which changed the ways in which mathematics was done, understood and philosophically interpreted. It argues that there are at least three ways in which the ...
Geometrické aspekty zobrazovania priestoru v maliarstve
lms.ff.uhk.cz, Jan 1, 2004
Abstract Cieľom predkladaného príspevku je na niekoľkých vybraných príkladoch ilustrovať spôsob, ... more Abstract Cieľom predkladaného príspevku je na niekoľkých vybraných príkladoch ilustrovať spôsob, akým maliari porušujú geometrické pravidlá zobrazovania priestoru a tým dosahujú zvláštnu pôsobivosť svojich obrazov. Takto vedľa objavovania perspektívy v ranej ...
Revista de Estudos da Religião, Jan 1, 2007
Forms of Transcendence in Science and in Religion
Theology and Science, Jan 1, 2008
Abstract The paper compares Barbour's four ways of relating science and religion with Ku... more Abstract The paper compares Barbour's four ways of relating science and religion with Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions and Lindbeck's classification of views on the nature of religious doctrine. It turns out that these three theories can be brought into correlation. On ...
Philosophia mathematica, Jan 1, 2000
Astronomical & Astrophysical Transactions, Jan 1, 1995
Geophysical & Astrophysical …, Jan 1, 1992
Philosophia Mathematica, Jan 1, 2006
The mathematisation of nature and Newtonian physics
Philosophia naturalis, Jan 1, 2003
Résumé/Abstract Historians often interpret Cartesian physics either as misguided science or as co... more Résumé/Abstract Historians often interpret Cartesian physics either as misguided science or as coherent metaphysics. Its importance for the rise of modern science is thereby marginalized. The aim of the paper is to challenge this evaluation by showing that ...
A Problem for Popper's Fallibilism
Rethinking Popper, Jan 1, 2009
One of the pillars of Sir Karl Popper's philosophy is fallibilism, according to which th... more One of the pillars of Sir Karl Popper's philosophy is fallibilism, according to which there is no certain empirical knowledge. When this position is criticized, it is usually claimed that the scope of fallibilism is restricted, and that there are some areas where infallible knowledge ...
O revolúciách vo vede a ruptúrach v jazyku vedy
How Can a Falsified Theory Remain Corroborated?
Induction and Deduction in the Sciences, Jan 1, 2004
Coming from a mathematical background, I was always puzzled by Popper's view, according ... more Coming from a mathematical background, I was always puzzled by Popper's view, according to which, after the falsification of a scientific theory its degree of corroboration becomes zero. Most of the scientific theories taught in the physics departments have already been ...
Leibniz's criticism of the Cartesian physics
Nihil sine ratione. VII. Internationaler Leibniz-Kongreß. …, Jan 1, 2001
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Jan 1, 2004
Similarities and differences between the development of geometry and of algebra
Mathematical reasoning and heuristics, Jan 1, 2005
Why Don't They Understand Us?
Science & Education, Jan 1, 1997
The aim of the article is to provide teachers some ideas about thedevelopment of physical knowled... more The aim of the article is to provide teachers some ideas about thedevelopment of physical knowledge and to make them more receptive to thedifferences between their and the students thinking. I want to show, thatthese differences lie not only in the richness of experience, but also in thestructure of this experience. I try to point to some of these differenceslying in the content, form and meaningfulness. The article is based on anadapted version of Piaget's model of the growth of physical knowledge. Themodel represents the changes of semantic understanding, formal language andlogical structure of a theory during its historical development. I illustratethe model on the development of classical mechanics, but similar changes canbe found also in the history of electrodynamics or quantum mechanics. Thecentral idea of the paper is to use this model of the historical developmentof physical knowledge in analysis of the cognitive processes in physicseducation.
Appraising Lakatos. Kluwer Academic Publishers, …, Jan 1, 2002
Journal for general philosophy of science, Jan 1, 1999
Appraising Lakatos: mathematics, methodology, and the man
... UK Robert S. Cohen. Boston University, USA Wilhelm K. Essler, University of Frankfurt/M. Germ... more ... UK Robert S. Cohen. Boston University, USA Wilhelm K. Essler, University of Frankfurt/M. Germanv Kurt Rudolf Fischer, University of Vienna. Austria Michael Friedman. ... UK Georg Winckler, University of Vienna, Austria Ruth Wodak. University of Vienna. Austria Jan Wolenski. ...
Patterns of change: linguistic innovations in the development of classical mathematics
This book offers a reconstruction of linguistic innovations in the history of mathematics; innova... more This book offers a reconstruction of linguistic innovations in the history of mathematics; innovations which changed the ways in which mathematics was done, understood and philosophically interpreted. It argues that there are at least three ways in which the ...
Geometrické aspekty zobrazovania priestoru v maliarstve
lms.ff.uhk.cz, Jan 1, 2004
Abstract Cieľom predkladaného príspevku je na niekoľkých vybraných príkladoch ilustrovať spôsob, ... more Abstract Cieľom predkladaného príspevku je na niekoľkých vybraných príkladoch ilustrovať spôsob, akým maliari porušujú geometrické pravidlá zobrazovania priestoru a tým dosahujú zvláštnu pôsobivosť svojich obrazov. Takto vedľa objavovania perspektívy v ranej ...
Revista de Estudos da Religião, Jan 1, 2007
Forms of Transcendence in Science and in Religion
Theology and Science, Jan 1, 2008
Abstract The paper compares Barbour's four ways of relating science and religion with Ku... more Abstract The paper compares Barbour's four ways of relating science and religion with Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions and Lindbeck's classification of views on the nature of religious doctrine. It turns out that these three theories can be brought into correlation. On ...
Philosophia mathematica, Jan 1, 2000
Astronomical & Astrophysical Transactions, Jan 1, 1995
Geophysical & Astrophysical …, Jan 1, 1992
Philosophia Mathematica, Jan 1, 2006