PHBD4 History of Philosophy IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:40 A11
Prerequisites
PHBD3
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
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce early modern philosophical thought. Individual topics of the course present the philosophical systems and concepts of the most famous representatives of early modern philosophy: Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to introduce early modern philosophical systems; to explain their basic concepts; to formulate their assumptions and consequences; to reconstruct and to evaluate their arguments; to show their dependency on context; to characterize their historical conditionality.
Syllabus
  • 1. Bacon
  • 2. Descartes
  • 3. Spinoza
  • 4. Leibniz
  • 5. Hobbes
  • 6. Locke
  • 7. Berkeley
  • 8. Hume
Literature
    recommended literature
  • CORETH, Emerich and Harald SCHÖNDORF. Filosofie 17. a 18. století. Translated by David Mik. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2002, 310 s. ISBN 8071821195. info
  • RÖD, Wolfgang. Novověká filosofie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2001, 383 s. ISBN 8072980394. info
  • RÖD, Wolfgang. Novověká filosofie. Translated by Jindřich Karásek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004, 579 s. ISBN 8072981099. info
  • The Cambridge companion to early modern philosophy. Edited by Donald Rutherford. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xv, 421. ISBN 0521822424. info
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  • NAXERA, Vladimír and Ondřej STULÍK. Teorie společenských smluv : analýza vybraných novověkých konceptů. Brno: Václav Klemm, 2013, 147 s. ISBN 9788087713051. info
  • The Cambridge history of seventeenth-century philosophy. Edited by Roger Ariew - Alan Gabbey - Daniel Garber - Michael Ayers. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, xvii, 949. ISBN 9780521537209. info
  • The Oxford handbook of philosophy in early modern Europe. Edited by Desmond M. Clarke - Catherine Wilson. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xiv, 595. ISBN 9780199556137. info
  • THOMSON, Garrett. Descartes. Translated by Tomáš Forró. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Albert Marenčin - Vydavatel'stvo PT, 2004, 91 s. ISBN 8088912636. info
  • Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnizthe concept of substance in seventeenth-century metaphysics. Edited by R. S. Woolhouse. New York: Routledge, 2002, ix, 214 p. ISBN 0203002288. info
  • Descartes' natural philosophy. Edited by Stephen Gaukroger - John Andrew Schuster - John Sutton. New York: Routledge, 2002, x, 767 p. ISBN 0203463013. info
Teaching methods
lecture; home reading
Assessment methods
written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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