Abstract:

The course discusses central concepts in philosophy.

We will start in ancient Greece and talk about Socrates who testified to himself "I know that I don't know" and Aristotle who used the term "physics" for the first time.

Then we will move to the new era and try to understand what Descartes meant when he said "I think, therefore I exist"

And why did John Locke insist that man is a "smooth board". We will finish with the philosophy of the twentieth century and think about Sartre's claim

according to which "man is an existence that precedes essence". These topics and other ideas from each of the periods will be discussed in class

Abstract:

The course analyzes engineering cases studies that have ethical significance.

These events will be divided into three categories according to the following questions:

What can be learned from the way engineers have addressed ethical dilemmas in past events?

What do we do today when we face engineering-ethical dilemmas?

What kind of engineering-ethical dilemmas are expected in the near future?

The course will be based on reading and analyzing articles, films and chapters in books.

All students will receive a weekly article which they will have to read first,

and, they will be divided into groups and each week a different group will be required to present the weekly article a

nd conduct a discussion in the class. At the end of the semester, each group will present an analysis

Abstract:

In an innovative world we live in today, the quality of technology products and services is of great importance. Which is derived and influenced by the level of professionalism of engineers and companies.

Let's think for a second about a software engineer who can do tremendous damage if he has no ethical guidelines.

He possesses a powerful force that reshapes everyday practices, personal, professional, and environmental interactions. For the welfare of mankind, it is vitally important that this power be used as a positive and non-destructive force. We are in the midst of the data revolution and while it is an amazing time and place to be, beware of the consequences.

Today, AI technologies are at an advanced stage of development and adoption, following developments in mathematics and computer science, which enable a great deal of computing power and the ability to capture and store large amounts of data. Accordingly, various avenues of human decision-making are being replaced or increasingly supported by computers, whether it is the approval or declines of loan applications in financial system or other types of algorithms, such as Facebook, that connects us to the everyone else. Without the human attachment - that is, morally

- we build effective technological walls around us that can be offensive.

Abstract:

Understanding and writing a position paper is at the heart of the academic and research activity at its various levels.

reading opinion articles in the newspaper, understanding articles, writing a course thesis, a seminar paper,

Project summaries and writing an article in a journal - these are all examples of learning results, thinking and research that must be learned and practiced.

The purpose of the class is to give students tools

For writing and reading position papers in English and Hebrew as well as tools for writing academic papers of various types.

The basic skills provided: rules of correct writing, characteristics of theoretical writing, structures and strategies of writing,

Abstract:

It can be said that human thought and research in ancient times focused on the question of truth, while in modern times man searched for ways of certain knowledge.

But in the 19th and 20th centuries, the question of meaning settled at the center of human intellectual discourse.

As part of the search for meaning, the existential philosophy developed, commonly called "existentialism".

This philosophy examines the nature of man and seeks to stand for his relationship with the world.

In the course, we will read excerpts from the writings of the central thinkers of the existentialist thinkers and with the help of these writings