OVp152 Civics in English

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
the subject is not open
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
Course objectives
To broaden the student's knowledge of the diverse ways in which the world has been and continues to be viewed by different cultures & individuals.
Learning outcomes
To engage the student in critical discussion of the particular world views under consideration, as well as of the student's own current world view.
Syllabus
  • World views – overview & discussion The West – pre-modern, modern, post-modern The pre-modern West – mythology, religion and the logos The modern West – the quest for human autonomy – Bertrand Russell The post-modern West – Nietzsche The East 1 – Schopenhauer (a sympathetic view from the West) The East 2 – Buddhism Christianity – is it Eastern or Western? The atheistic move – Eastern & Western variants Science & Religion 1 – mechanism vs. teleology Science & Religion 2 – Darwinism & 'big bang' theory Science & Religion 3 – genetics
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Contemporary perspectives in philosophy : Contemporary perspectives in philosophy series (Variant.). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. info
  • LEŠKO, Vladimír. Philosophy of the history of philosophy : strong and weak models. vydanie: prvé. Košice: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, 2011, 407 stran. ISBN 9788070978726. info
  • TAYLOR, Charles. Philosophy in an age of pluralism : the philosophy of Charles Taylor in question. Edited by James Tully - Daniel M. Weinstock. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, 273 s. ISBN 0521437423. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion
Assessment methods
An extended discussion of individual essays
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020.
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