ESA288 Aesthetics and the Theory of Values

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Martin Cajthaml, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:10–15:45 C32
Prerequisites
ESAPZE Qualifying Examination
The course is open to all who are interested in the problem of values in diverse branches of sciences of man.
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 45 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/45, only registered: 0/45, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/45
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and to explain the concept of value in M. Scheler and D. von Hildebrand. Students will learn to understand and to interpret selected English and German texts on the theory of value.
Syllabus
  • concept of value in D. von Hildebrand
  • three cathegories of importance
  • importance and motivation
  • ontological and qualitative values
  • being and value
  • concept of value in M. Scheler
Literature
    required literature
  • M. Scheler, Formalism in Ethics and Non-Formal Ethics of Values, Northwestern University Press 1973
  • Hildebrand, Dietrich von, Christian Ethics, New York, 1953.
    recommended literature
  • Hildebrand, Dietrich von, Ästhetik I, Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 5, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1977.
  • J. Crosby, The Idea of Value and the Reform of the Traditional Metaphysics of Bonum, Aletheia I, 2 (1977), 237-245.
  • Barger, John, "The Meaningful Character of Value-Language: A Critique of the Linguistic Foundations of Emotivism, J Value Inquiry 14 (1980), 77-91.
Teaching methods
reading and interpretation of texts, class discussion
Assessment methods
written exam and/or seminar paper obligatiry attendence (two unexcused absences are accepted)
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
Information on course enrolment limitations: posluchači estetiky Bc., kteří začali své studium před více než čtyřmi semestry, musí mít splněnu postupovou zkoušku (ESAPZE), jinak si nesmí předmět zapsat
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011.
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