FF:PH1216 Epistemology I - Course Information

PH1216 Epistemology I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Marek Picha, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Wed 15:00–16:35 A11 stara

Prerequisites (in Czech)

PH1106 Renaissance - III

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

At the end of the course students will be able to understand and explain the basic concepts, questions and answers of the theory of knowledge.

Syllabus

Literature

AUDI, Robert. Epistemology : a contemporary introduction to the theory of knowledge. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2003, xvi, 352. ISBN 9780415281096. info
Contemporary debates in epistemology. Edited by Ernest Sosa - Matthias Steup. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell, 2005, x, 348. ISBN 9781405107389. info
A companion to epistemology. Edited by Jonathan Dancy - Ernest Sosa. 1st pub. in paperback. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 1993, xv, 541. ISBN 0631192581. info
DESCARTES, René. Meditace o první filosofii ; Námitky a autorovy odpovědi. Edited by René Descartes, Translated by Petr Glombíček - Tomáš Marvan - Pav. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2003, 535 s. ISBN 807298084X. info
HUME, David. Zkoumání o lidském rozumu. Vyd. v tomto překl. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1996, 235 s. ISBN 8020505210. info
LOCKE, John. Esej o lidském rozumu. Translated by Anna Dokulilová. Praha: Svoboda, 1984, 407 s. info

Teaching methods

lectures, class discussions, reading

Assessment methods

Type of instruction: seminar
Completion: accreditation will be awarded for successful completion of the final written test

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

http://picha.webnode.com/filozofie/epistemologie/