PHV438 XXth-Century Czech Philosophy: Selected Chapters

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dagmar Pichová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dagmar Pichová, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
The course is offered to exchange students at MU (Erasmus, Freemovers).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce exchange students to the XXth Century Czech philosophy (selected chapters).
Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • Selected chapters:
  • Masaryk
  • Mukařovský and Czech Structuralism
  • Patočka
  • Literature and Philosophy: Milan Kundera
  • Czech Women Philosophers
Literature
  • RACLAVSKÝ, Jiří. On the Czech Logic in the 20th Century. In Schumann, Andrew. Logic in Central and Eastern Europe. 1st ed. Lanham (USA): University Press of America, 2012, p. 229-243. History, Science, and Discourse. ISBN 978-0-7618-5891-1. info
  • Czech philosophy in the 20th century. Edited by Lubomír Nový - Jiří Gabriel - Jaroslav Hroch. Washington: Council for research in values and philosophy, 1994, 234 s. ISBN 1-56518-028-3. info
  • KUNDERA, Milan. The joke. Translated by Michael Henry Heim. London: Penguin Books, 1984, x, 267. ISBN 014006415X. info
Teaching methods
e-learnig, home study
Assessment methods
Students have to turn in tasks and write an essay on selected theme based on e-learning (5 pages).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: e-learning.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=1408
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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