PHV128 Aristotle's Logic and Metaphysics: An Introduction

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! PH0108 Aristotle I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The aim of this lecture is to introduce the students into Aristotle's philosophical system and especially into his methodology and metaphysics. Therefore, the main part of the lecture will deal with the content and importance of relevant Aristotle's writings.
Learning outcomes
After the completion of the course, students should be able to:
- describe Aristotle's systematic classification of knowledge;
- list Aristotle's logic writings;
- deeper characterize selected problems of Aristotle's methodology and metaphysics;
- idenfity Aristotle's methodological approach in a selected writing.
Syllabus
  • 1. Aristotle and his period
  • 2. Logical writings
  • 3. Metaphysics
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Organon. Translated by Antonín Kříž. 1. vyd. [Praha]: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1958, 75 s. URL info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Organon. Edited by Karel Berka, Translated by Antonín Kříž. 1. vyd. [Praha]: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1959, 63 s. URL info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. První analytiky : organon. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1961, 220 s. info
  • Organon. IV (Podřaz.) : Druhé analytiky : Organon IV. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Organon. Edited by Milan Mráz - Karel Berka, Translated by Antonín Kříž. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1975, 295 s. URL info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. O sofistických důkazech. Edited by Karel Berka, Translated by Antonín Kříž - Milan Mráz. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1978, 133 s. URL info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Poetika. Translated by Milan Mráz. Vyd. v Antické knihovně 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1996, 226 s. ISBN 8020502955. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Rétorika ;Poetika. Translated by Antonín Kříž. V překladu A.K. 2. vyd. Praha: Rezek, 1999, 555 s. ISBN 80-86027-14-7. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Metafyzika. Translated by Antonín Kříž. 3. vyd., V nakl. Petr Rezek. Praha: Rezek, 2008, 482 s. ISBN 8086027279. info
    not specified
  • GRAESER, Andreas. Řecká filosofie klasického období : sofisté, Sókratés a sokratikové, Platón a Aristotelés. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2000, 445 s. ISBN 807298019X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and on-line presentations.
Assessment methods
The course will have the form of lecture. The oral exam will consist in a discussion about studied texts.
To participate in the colloquium you need to pass all the "training" tests in ELF (only for your more comprehensive acquaintance with the course content, the result of the tests will not play any role in the colloquium), or regularly actively participate in class work (activity will be recorded).
For the discussion the students have to study in detail one of the Aristotle's texts listed below. The students have to prepare a draft that can be used during the exam. Following the model of lecture, the students have to focus on:
a) summary of contents and description of its structure,
b) its position in the context of Aristotle´s thought,
c) methodological characteristics of Aristotle´s approach,
d) explication of interesting argumentative passages.

The list of works:
  • The Metaphysics III-VI,
  • The Metaphysics VII-IX + XII,
  • Categories + On Interpretation, + On Sophistical Refutations
  • Prior Analytics,
  • Posterior Analytics,
  • Topics I + VI-VIII,
  • Rhetoric I-II,
  • Poetics + Rhetoric III.

    • Before the colloquium you have to test your understanding of the choosed topic in the ELF. The result will show you if you are ready for the colloquium.

    The conditions for completion are the same for the full-time students as well as for the students of combined form.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in three years.
    The course is taught: every week.
    Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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