PH0108 Aristotle I - His System, Methodology and Metaphysics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Wednesday 10:50–12:25 J21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 90 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/90, only registered: 0/90, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/90
fields of study / plans 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.

After the completion of the course, students should be able to:
characterize main problems of Aristotle's methodology and metaphysics.
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 Karel Berka - Milan Mráz, 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.
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
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2018.
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