Course: Philosophical Anthropology

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Course title Philosophical Anthropology
Course code KSA/FIANT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Topinka Daniel, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Petrucijová Jelena, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Defining the subject of the philosophical anthropology in its relation to philosophy and other types of anthropology. Understanding of philosophy as theoretical and practical 'science'. Relationship of philosophical anthropology and philosophy of man. 2. Linguistically - historical aspect of the definition of man. Meaning of the word 'man' in European and non-European cultures. Historical - philosophical view of man: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Modern Age, Post-Modern about man. 3. Essential/substantial kind of philosophical concept of man. Defining the essential/substantial approach and its relationship to the existential approach. 4. Sub-types within essential approach of the philosophical-anthropological conception of human. 'Theoretical reason' and its types as Essentia of man. 'Practical reason' and its types as Essentia of man. 'Absolute reason' as a synthesis of theoretical and practical reason. 5. Sub-types within essential approach of the philosophical-anthropological conception of human. 'Senses' and its types as Essentia of man. L. Feuerbach, K. Marx. 'Will' and its types as Essentia of man. A. Schopenhauer a F. Nietzsche. 6. Existential types of philosophical anthropology. Existentia as self-projection. Existence and God: S. Kierkegaard, K. Jaspers, G., Marcel, M. Buber. 7. Existential types of philosophical anthropology. Existentia as self-projection. Existence without God: M. Heidegger, J.-P. Sartre, A.Camus, S. Beauvoir, etc. 8. Interpretative approach of the uderstanding of man. From F. E. D. Schleiermacher to W. Dilthey, H.G. Gadamer and P. Ricoeur. 9. Narrative types of philosophical anthropology. From M. Heidegger and H. Arendt to M. Foucault, etc. 10. German school of Philosophical anthropology. M. Scheler: the human being as " human becoming," a "between," a "self-transcending being." 11. H. Plessner - excentric positionality as essence of human being. 12. A. Gehlen - man as a "deficient being'. Gehlen's conception of Entlastung. 13. New biology (K. Lorenz, A. Portmann) and sociobiology (E. O. Wilson) on man.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 30 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to deep student's knowledge in understanding of man in the philosophy nowadays The course aims to deepen students' knowledge in the field of human issues in contemporary philosophy. It is primarily based on the work with the primary recommended literature.The core of the course is to describe the formation and the development of the philosophical anthropology in the 20th century and its the Enlightenment-Kantian inspiration (I. Kant, M. Scheler, H. Plessner, A. Gehlen), also the reflection of the position of man in the beginning of the postmodern era. Historically framed insight into the philosophy of man is seen as a part of integral - philosophical approach to man. The emphasis will be placed on the understanding the fundamental philosophical concepts describing the concept of man of the modern times, respectively, of the 20th century.
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to distinguish and characterize the basic philosophical strands within the philosophical anthropology and interpret thoughts of their representatives on the basis of a critical analysis of their works. The students will be able to implement the previously acquired knowledge of philosophy and history into the history of anthropological thinking.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Dialog

Active participation in class (80 %), study the assigned readings, participation on discussions, success rate at oral examination.
Recommended literature
  • Buber, Martin:. Problém člověka. Praha: Kalich, 1997.
  • CAMUS, Albert. Člověk revoltující. Praha: Garamond, 2007..
  • CAMUS, Albert. Mýtus o Sisyfovi. Praha: Garamond, 2006..
  • CORETH, Erich. Co je člověk? 2. vyd. Praha: Zvon, 1996..
  • FROMM, Erich. Mít nebo být. Praha: Aurora, 2001..
  • GEHLEN, Arnold. Duch ve světě techniky. Praha: Svoboda, 1972. .
  • GRONDIN, Jean. Úvod do hermeneutiky. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1997..
  • Heidegger, Martin. (2002). Bytí a čas. Praha.
  • Horyna, Břetislav. (1999). Počátky filosofické antropologie . Brno.
  • JONAS, Hans. Princip odpovědnosti. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1997..
  • LIPOVETSKY, Gilles. Éra prázdnoty: úvahy o současném individualismu. Praha: Prostor, 2008..
  • LYOTARD, Jean-Francois. O postmodernismu. Praha, Filosofia 1993..
  • Marcuse, Herbert. (1991). Jednorozměrný člověk. Praha: Naše vojsko.
  • Marx, Karel. Téze o Feuerbachovi. In: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels. Spisy, sv. 3.: These o Feuerbachovi. Německá ideologie. Praha: Stát. nakl. polit. literatury, 1958. Dostupne: http://www.sds.cz/docs/prectete/eknihy/km_tof.htm.
  • MARX, Karl - ENGELS, Friedrich. Manifest komunistické strany. 10. vyd. Praha, 1988..
  • PETRUCIJOVÁ, J., FEBER, J., HAUER, T. Ztraceni v Terrapolis (antropologie - dromologie - víra). 1. vyd. Kraków: Towarzystwo Słowaków w Polsce, Trnavská univerzita v Trnave, 2012..
  • PETRUCIJOVÁ, J. Křížovatky antropologie - změny paradigmat: díl I. Počátky antropologických reflexí. 1.vydání. vyd. Ostrava: OU, 2010..
  • RORTY, Richard. Filozofie a zrcadlo přírody. Praha: Academia, 2012..
  • SARTRE, Jean-Paul. Existencialismus je humanismus. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2004..
  • Scheler, Max. Místo člověka v kosmu, Praha 1968..
  • SCHELER, Max. Řád lásky. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1971. .
  • SOKOL, Jan. Filosofická antropologie. Praha: Portál, 2002..
  • STARK, Stanislav. Filozofie člověka v historickém kontextu. Plzeň, 2008..
  • TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, Pierre. Místo člověka v přírodě. 2. vyd. Praha: Svoboda-Libertas, 1993..
  • WELSCH, W. Postmoderna - pluralita jako etická a politická hodnota. Praha: Koniasch Latin Press, 1993..


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