PH0194 Progress, curiosity and mechanicism in the early modern period

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, 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
Fri 12. 10. 10:50–12:25 K12 nerezervovat, 12:30–14:05 K12 nerezervovat, Fri 9. 11. 10:50–12:25 K12 nerezervovat, 12:30–14:05 K12 nerezervovat, Fri 23. 11. 12:30–14:05 K12 nerezervovat
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PH_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. || PROGRAM(N-PH) || PROGRAM(N-HS) || PROGRAM(N-SS) || PROGRAM(N-MA)
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 lecture course provides an overview of such categories of the early modern thought, which are rarely introduced in detail in the history of philosophy. This is the concept of progress, the concept of theoretical curiosity and the concept of mechanicism. The course presents their origin, history, reasons and consequences of their refusal or enforcement. Attention is centered on works of famous modern philosophers (Bacon, Descartes, Locke) and works of modern scientists (Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton). The lecture course is divided into thirds, each of which deals with one category.
After completing the course the students will have the following competences: - will be able to explain the importance of categories of progress, theoretical curiosity and mechanicism in the early modern thought; - understand their origin and history; - assess the consequences of their refusal or enforcement.
Syllabus
  • - the concept of the early modern period (Neuzeit) in historiography of philosophy
  • - progress as secularized eschatology
  • - the concept of progress in philosophy and science of early modern period
  • - condemnation of theoretical curiosity in the late Antiquity
  • - defense of theoretical curiosity in philosophy and science of early modern period
  • - main characteristics of the early modern mechanicism
  • - the use of mechanicism for combating the Renaissance naturalism and anthropocentrism
Literature
  • The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy, ed. K. Haakonsen, 2 vols., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2006
  • Blumenberg, H., Die Legitimität der Neuzeit. Erneuerte Ausgabe, Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp 1996
  • Blumenberg, H., Die Genesis der kopernikanischen Welt, Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp 31996
  • The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy, ed. D. Garber – M. Ayers, 2 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1998
  • GAUKROGER, Stephen. The emergence of a scientific culture : science and the shaping of modernity, 1210-1685. First published. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, ix, 563. ISBN 9780199550012. info
  • RÖD, Wolfgang. Novověká filosofie. Translated by Jindřich Karásek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004, 579 s. ISBN 8072981099. info
Teaching methods (in Czech)
Přednášky, diskuse
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Písemný test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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