Course: History of Philosophy (Part 1)

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Course title History of Philosophy (Part 1)
Course code KFK/DFSP1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Kotala Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. What is philosophy?: an introduction to the course of DFSP I, the importance of philosophy-philosophical disciplines, periodization of history of philosophy 2. Pre-Sokratics: the origin and nature of Greek philosophy, philosophers of nature, the Pythagoreans 3. Socrates, Plato 1: Socrates-the sophists-epistemology-ethics, Plato 1 ? the unwritten doctrines-ontology 4. Plato 2: epistemology, anthropology, ethics, politics 5. Aristotle 1: division of ciences-logic, ethics, politics 6. Aristotle 2: metaphysics-hylomorphism-the four causes-the first mover, anthropology-de anima 7. Hellenism and neoplatonism 8. St. Augustine, the early Middle Ages Scholasticism 1: most important characters and themes of scholasticism - a historical overview Scholasticism 2: the emergence and nature of the university phenomenon - system of sciences, scholastic method-Sic et Non-dialectics Scholasticism 3: the natural sciences-Albert the Great-Roger Bacon, the relationship between science and faith-Thomas and Bonaventura - Scotus, proofs of God's existence-Anselm-Thomas-Scotus, Scholasticism 4 - anthropology-Thomas-averroism ? soul as the form of the body, gnoseology, ethics-Thomas-knowledge and the will-Scotus, politics and social teaching Scholasticism 5 - metaphysics-ontology-Thomas and Scotus-creation, controversy about universals-Roscellinus-Abelard-nominalism-Ockham

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
An interpretation of the history of philosophy from Antiquity to the High Middle Ages.
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
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Written examination.
Recommended literature
  • Armstrong, A. H., & Pokorný, M. (2002). Filosofie pozdní antiky: od staré Akademie po Jana Eriugenu. Praha: OIKOYMENH.
  • Blecha, I. Filosofie. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc.
  • Floss, P. (2004). Architekti křesťanského středověkého vědění.. Praha: Vyšehrad.
  • Graeser, A., & Petříček, M. (2000). Řecká filosofie klasického období: Sofisté, Sókratés a sokratikové, Platón a Aristotelés. Praha: OIKOYMENH.
  • H. J. Störig. (2000). Malé dějiny filosofie. Kostelní Vydří.
  • Long, A. A., & Kolev, P. (2003). Hellénistická filosofie: stoikové, epikurejci, skeptikové. Praha: Oikoymenh.
  • Patočka, J., Chvatík, I., & Kouba, P. (1996). Nejstarší řecká filosofie: filosofie v předklasickém údobí před sofistikou a Sókratem : přednášky z antické filosofie. Praha: Vyšehrad.
  • Pieper, J., & Ozarčuk, I. (1993). Scholastika: osobnosti a náměty středověké filosofie. Praha: Vyšehrad.
  • Reale, G., & Cajthaml, M. (2005). Platón: pokus o novou interpretaci velkých Platónových dialogů ve světle nepsaných nauk. Praha: OIKOYMENH.
  • Ricken, F., & Mik, D. (2002). Antická filosofie. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc.


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