Dr. Vladimír Havlík is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, Masaryk University, and a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic since 1991. His academic career spans philosophy of science, emergence theory, and evolutionary epistemology. Education: PhDr. in Philosophy (1986, Charles University), CSc. (1990, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences) Key roles: Secretary of the Czech Committee for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, computer network administrator at the Institute of Philosophy Dr. Havlík's research focuses on the philosophical foundations of science, particularly emergence, evolutionary theory, and the status of special sciences. His work critically examines reductionism, physicalism, and the methodology of cosmology, often bridging physics with metaphysical analysis. His publications analyze the interplay between logical positivism, scientific rationality, and interdisciplinary ontological principles. He has taught courses on philosophy of science, history of physics, and methodological seminars at the University of West Bohemia and Masaryk University. As a translator and editor, he has contributed to disseminating key texts in analytical philosophy, including works by Schlick, Waismann, Popper, and Feyerabend. His academic engagement extends to organizing symposia and serving on institutional IT commissions.



