FF:ESA142 Introduction in Philosophy II - Course Information

ESA142 Introduction into Philosophy II

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught online.

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Řehulková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 12:00–13:40 B2.21

Course Enrolment Limitations

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

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 4/40, only registered: 0/40

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Philosophy as an analysis of ontologic, metaphysical, ethical, artistic, aesthetical, logical problems. Discussion of chosen arguments, concepts, superstitions. Approach to philosophy in terms of criticism of its arguments. An introdiction of philosophy al a vital branch dealing with moral, society, culture, knowledge, being, art, God, and nature.

Learning outcomes

Student will be able to:
- orientation in the history of philosophy from an aesthetic point of view
- to formulate and explain the main ideas of bacis philosophical theories
- to characterize the thinking of the major personalities of the history of philosophy

Syllabus

• Ontology Epistemology Philosophy of science Social and political philosophy Ethics and metaethics Philosophy of history Philosophy of mind Philosophy of language Philosophy in the 20th and21st century Czech philosophy; Ontologic proof of God, discussion. Cosmologic proof of God, discussion. Ontologic statut of universals. Poppers three realms. What is logic about. What is metaphysics. Concept of objectivity. Philosophy as history of itself. Postmodernism. Sokals affair. Analytic philosophy versus phenomenology. Machiavelli and/or politics. Value of works of art.

Literature

• A short history of modern philosophy : from Descartes to Wittgenstein (Orig.) : Krátké dějiny novověké filosofie. info
• PEREGRIN, Jaroslav. Filozofie pro normální lidi. Illustrated by Luboš Bokštefl. Praha: Dokořán. 142 stran. ISBN 9788073631925. 2008. info
• PETŘÍČEK, Miroslav. Úvod do (současné) filosofie : [11 improvizovaných přednášek]. 4., upr. vyd. Praha: Herrmann & synové. 178 s. 1997. info
• HARE, R. M., Jonathan BARNES and Henry CHADWICK. Zakladatelé myšlení : [Platón, Aristoteles, Augustinus]. Translated by Karel Berka. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda. 315 s. ISBN 8020503633. 1994. info
• PEREGRIN, Jaroslav. Logika ve filosofii, filosofie v logice : historický úvod do analytické filosofie. Praha: Herrmann a synové. 124 s. 1992. info

Teaching methods

Lectures which requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.

Assessment methods

Ending: written test consists of knowledge from lectures and assign literature.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: test na základě látky přednášek a zadané literatury
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen výhradně pro posluchače bakalářského oboru/programu Estetika, nebo navazujícího oboru/programu Estetika a evropská kulturní studia

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