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Scientific Worldview

ОК.06

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

First

2025/2026

3 Semester

3

PLO 2. Uphold moral, cultural and scientific values; contribute to society’s achievements in the socio-economic sphere; promote a healthy lifestyle and the development of economic science. PLO 3. Know and use economic terminology; explain the basic concepts of micro- and macroeconomics. PLO 9. Understand the main features of the modern global and national economy, institutional structure, and the directions of social, economic and foreign economic policy. PLO 22. Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in new situations, when working with new objects, and in uncertain conditions.

Full-time form

To study this course, students need basic knowledge of physics (understanding of such concepts as speed, force, acceleration, mass, matter and light), astronomy (star, planet, galaxy), biology and chemistry (molecule, cell, organism). To understand physical formulas, students should know the fundamentals of secondary school mathematics. In addition, general knowledge of the history of human development (including the history of economics and economic thought) is desirable for understanding the evolution of scientific thought in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and later periods.

“Scientific Image of the World” is an integral course of the Natural Sciences cycle. Studying it is essential for shaping a professional scientific worldview in future specialists, alongside the humanities. Scientific methods are widely used in other courses taught in later semesters of the Bachelor’s programme and in the Master’s programme. The course consists of two content modules: “The Origins of the Scientific Representation of the World”: covers general issues in the development of scientific thought from Antiquity to the 21st century and the evolution of humanity’s ideas about the Universe. “Basic Concepts of Matter, the Surrounding World, and the Origin and Evolution of Life”: examines modern ideas about the structure of matter and the origin and structure of the Universe, as well as the origin and evolution of life and the most pressing problems and challenges facing modern science, such as the creation of artificial intelligence.

Kaku M. Physics of the Future. Lviv: Litopys, 2013. Kaku M. The Future of the Mind. Lviv: Litopys, 2020. Kaku M. Hyperspace. Lviv: Litopys, 2020. Davies P. Superforce. Moscow: Mir, 1989. Harari Y. N. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. Kyiv: BookChef, 2020. Harari Y. N. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. Kyiv: BookChef, 2021. Dawkins R. The Selfish Gene. Kharkiv: KSD, 2017. Shubin N. Your Inner Fish. Kyiv: Komubook, 2018. Hawking S., Penrose R. The Nature of Space and Time. St Petersburg: Amfora, 2009. Penrose R. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe. Moscow; Izhevsk: RCD, 2007. Hawking S., Mlodinow L. A Briefer History of Time. Kharkiv: KSD, 2016. Hawking S. Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays. Kharkiv: KSD, 2019. Hawking S. The Universe in a Nutshell. Kharkiv: KSD, 2020. Penrose R. Observing Signals from Time before the Big Bang? URL: https://readymag.com/kis/penrose/2/

Lectures, seminars, teamwork, individual independent work.

Module tests (2 tests, max 15 points each): 30 points / 18 points. Individual independent work and seminar presentations (3 projects: seminar reports, reports on visits to natural science museums, essays on prominent scientists): 40 points / 24 points. Final test (LO 1.1–1.2; 2.1; 3.1; 4.1): 30 points / 18 points

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