VIKBA08 Philosophy 1

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Ivana Holzbachová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Dr.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Dušová
Timetable
Fri 10:00–11:35 zruseno C21
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
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Selected problematic field in the history of European Philosophy: Ancient Philosophy (Presocratics, anthroplogical turn; Socrates and Sophists, systematics: Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic Philosophy). Patristic and Scholastic Philosophy (Augustine, Thomas, problem of universals). Renaissance Philosophy (philosophy of nature, social philosophy; Machiavelli; religious Reform Philosophy). Early-Modern Philosophy (rationalism: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz; empiricism: Bacon, Locke, Hume). Enlightenment (Voltaire, Rousseau). Classic German idealism (Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel).
Syllabus
  • What is philosophy?
  • Ancient philosophy
  • Medieval philosophy
  • Renaissance philosophy
  • Early-Modern philosophy: rationalism and Empiricism
  • Enlightenment
  • Classic German philosophy
Literature
  • H. G. Störig: Malé dějiny filozofie
  • Ivana Holzbachová: Dějiny společenských teorií
Assessment methods
The course is offerd in form of lectures. The credicts will be gained according to the quality of an essay (min. 5400 characters) based on a philosophical text chosen from the proposed list.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
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