PH0226 Philosophy in Film

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. Zdeňka Jastrzembská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Timetable
Wed 18:20–19:55 A11 stara
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PH_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. || PHK_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. || PROGRAM ( N - PH ) || PROGRAM ( N - HS ) || PROGRAM ( N - SS )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course should contribute to deepening and enlarging students knowledge of ontology and epistemology. Some specific problems (intentionality, identity, zombies, causality, determinism, realism, possible worlds, time, paradoxes of time travel, etc.) will be delineated and the most influential conceptions and approaches to solving these will be presented. The films should in the first place outline and illustrate the particular problems and perhaps suggest other possible treatments, too. The focus will be on the participation in course work and on the discussions concerning the problems given above. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to deep and enlarge students' knowledge of ontology and epistemology; to develop students` skills of critical thinking.
Syllabus
  • 01. Causation
  • 02. Determinism, indeterminism and the problem of free will
  • 03. Illusion and reality
  • 04. Subjectivity of mental states
  • 05. Identity
  • 06. Artificial inteligence
  • 07. Philosophical questions of time
  • 08. Paradoxes of time travel
  • 09. Evolution
Literature
  • DARWIN, Charles and Stanislav KOMÁREK. O vzniku druhů přírodním výběrem. Edited by Hana Marsault, Translated by Emil Hadač - Alena Hadačová. Vyd. 3., V nakl. Academia 2. Praha: Academia, 2007, 579 s. ISBN 9788020014924. info
  • BANKOVSKÁ MOTLOVÁ, Lucie and František KOUKOLÍK. Citový mozek : neurobiologie, klinický obraz, terapie. 1.vyd. Praha: Galén, 2006, 359 s. ISBN 8072624083. URL info
  • KOUKOLÍK, František. Sociální mozek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2006, 269 s. ISBN 8024612429. info
  • VALENTA, Lubomír. Problémy analytické filozofie :historický úvod : počátky a první období (od Frega po Carnapa). 1. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2003, 223 s. ISBN 80-7182-150-0. info
  • SCHACTER, Daniel L. Sedm hříchů paměti : jak si pamatujeme a zapomínáme. Translated by František Koukolík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2003, 270 s. ISBN 8071855553. info
  • LEM, Stanisław. Tajemství čínského pokoje. Translated by Pavel Weigel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1999, 199 s. ISBN 8020408266. info
  • LEM, Stanislaw. Summa technologiae. Praha: Magnet-Press, 1995, 328 s. ISBN 80-85847-47-7. info
  • DAWKINS, R. Mysel'/telo/stroj. Edited by Egon Gál - Jozef Kelemen, Translated by Peter Bugár. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Bradlo, 1992, 218 s. ISBN 80-7127-032-6. info
  • KUCHÁR, Ivan. Problém pravděpodobnosti a determinismus. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1967, 174 s. URL info
Assessment methods
Final paper (and its draft as seminar paper).
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008.
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