Course: History of Philosophy I

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Course title History of Philosophy I
Course code KFK/6DF1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
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)
Course content
1. Origin, character and development of antient philosophy 2. Ionian philosophers of physis 3. Parmenides a Heraclitus 4. Socrates 5. Plato 6. Aristotle 7. Plotin a neoplatonism 8. Augustin 9. Scholastics: dispute concerning the universials 10. Aquinas

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
  • Attendace - 6 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
An interpretation of the history of philosophy from Antiquity to the beginning of the Middle Ages. The subject innovation has been supported by the project Support of Interdisciplinary studies and Study Programmes Innovations at Palacký University in Olomouc, CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0091.
Students will be oriented in the history of Ancient and Middle Ages philosophy and they will be able to explain the main thoughts of great philosophers of these periods.
Prerequisites
The strong command of the history of the Western civilization and the basic capability to the argumentation.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

The student is required to work with the learning objects, which have been created for the concrete subject and are available for authorized students in LMS EDIS.
Recommended literature
  • Sókratés: přednášky z antické filosofie.
  • G. Reale, D. Antiseri. (1985). Il pensiero occidentale. Brescia.
  • H.J. Störig. (2000). Malé dějiny filosofie. Kostelní Vydří.
  • Kirk, G. S., Schofield, M., Raven, J. E., Karfík, F., Vítek, T., & Kolev, P. (2004). Předsókratovští filosofové: kritické dějiny s vybranými texty. Praha: OIKOYMENH.
  • Pieper, J., & Ozarčuk, I. (1993). Scholastika: osobnosti a náměty středověké filosofie. Praha: Vyšehrad.
  • Pieper, J., & Pokorný, M. (1997). Tomáš Akvinský: život a dílo. Praha: Vyšehrad.


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