Course: Selected Chapters of the Philosophy

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Course title Selected Chapters of the Philosophy
Course code KZU/VKZF
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Foret Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1st Karl Marx and Marxism 2nd Irrationalism 19th Century (A. Schopenhauer, S. Kierkegaard, F. Nietzsche) 3rd Discussions on the nature of spiritual science (naturalism versus historicism, W. Dilthey, H. Bergson) 4th The development of phenomenological philosophy 5th Fundamental ontology Martin Heidegger 6th Philosophical hermeneutics (Dilthey, Gadamer, Ricoeur) 7th Philosophical anthropology (Scheler, Gehlen, Plessner, Arendt) 8th Philosophy of dialogue and E. Levinas 9th Existentialism 10th Marxism in the 20th Century 11th New ontological concept of the 20th Century (Hartmann, Whitehead, Teilhard de Chardin) 12th Czech philosophy in the 20th Century 13th The philosophy of Jan Patocka

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The course follows the history of philosophy in the 19th and in the 20th century, with emphasis on lines that are parallel to the strict scientism, positivism and the later philosophy of language, or even with them in opposition. Notes pohegelovské history of philosophy, philosophy of early man (Feuerbach, Marx) and the romantic reaction to Enlightenment rationalism, both culminating in irrational ways (Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard). It follows the discussion on the nature of science and notes the development of phenomenology and hermeneutics at the turn of the century. Analyzes the legacy of phenomenology in the philosophical ramifications (Heidegger, hermeneutics, existentialism), and simultaneously watching the development of anthropologically oriented disciplines (philosophical anthropology, personalism, the philosophy of dialogue, structuralism), and attempts at establishing a new metaphysics. The course culminates in an overview of Czech philosophy in the period.
Students will acquire skills of the course according to sylabus
Prerequisites
The course follows the history of philosophy in the 19th and in the 20th century, with emphasis on lines that are parallel to the strict scientism, positivism and the later philosophy of language, or even with them in opposition. Notes pohegelovské history of philosophy, philosophy of early man (Feuerbach, Marx) and the romantic reaction to Enlightenment rationalism, both culminating in irrational ways (Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard). It follows the discussion on the nature of science and notes the development of phenomenology and hermeneutics at the turn of the century. Analyzes the legacy of phenomenology in the philosophical ramifications (Heidegger, hermeneutics, existentialism), and simultaneously watching the development of anthropologically oriented disciplines (philosophical anthropology, personalism, the philosophy of dialogue, structuralism), and attempts at establishing a new metaphysics. The course culminates in an overview of Czech philosophy in the period.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Course outcomes and colloquium, in the form of a discussion on the topic drawn.
Recommended literature
  • Augé, Marc. Antropologie současných světů , Atlantis, Praha 1999.
  • Baumann, Zygmund. Globalizace. Důsledky pro člověka , MF, Praha 1999.
  • Bělohradský, Václav. Mezi světy a mezisvěty , Votobia, Olomouc 1997.
  • Bergson, Henri. Čas a svoboda. Praha 1995.
  • Bourdieu, Pierre. (1998). Teorie jednání. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Lévi-Strauss, Claude. (2002). Myšlení přírodních národů , Dauphin, Praha 1996. Madrid: Alianza.
  • Patočka, Jan. Kacířské eseje k filosofii dějin. Praha 1990.
  • Sokal, Alain, Bricmont Jean. Intelektuální podvod , Aluze, revue pro literaturu, filosofii a jiné, 1/2000.
  • Welsch, Wolfgang. Estetické myslenie , Archa, Bratislava 1993.
  • Wilson, Edward O. O lidské přirozenosti , LN, Praha 1993.


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