为提升我院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学科建设，我院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），为我院师生讲学两个月（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，促进我院师生与国外学者直接的学术交流，提高我院师生的学术对话能力。
       欢迎我院哲学专业的博士生、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）。
 
课程内容：科学哲学、伦理学的专题研究
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
•  Further developments
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)
•  Ethics and science
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。
 
专家简历：
Name: Gerhard ZECHA
Place & Date of Birth: Innsbruck, Austria; July 2, 1942
Citizenship: Austria
Work Address: Institut für Philosophie, Universität Salzburg
  Franziskanergasse 1, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria, Europe
E-mail: Gerhard.Zecha@sbg.ac.at
EDUCATION
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
EXPERIENCE
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.