Course: Topics in Contemporary Philosophy 5 (The Problem of Free Wil)

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Course title Topics in Contemporary Philosophy 5 (The Problem of Free Wil)
Course code KFI/NTCP5
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Dragoun Ivo, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course is an introduction to the 20th century analytic discussions of the problem of free will. We will cover a host of free will related issues, such as free will and conflicting views about persons, the determinist question and modern science, the compatibility question and arguments for incompatibilism, classical compatibilism, new compatibilist approaches to freedom and responsibility, moral responsibility and alternative possibilities, libertarian and incompatibilist theories of free will and others.
Students will get acquainted with the main theories and debates in the analytic philosophy of free will. Emphasis will be put on critical analysis and evaluation of the relevant arguments. Students will learn to think about free will in a more subtle and conceptually sophisticated way.
Prerequisites
This seminar is intended for students of the Masters program. The entirety of this seminar will be in English so a fairly high level of English is required.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay

attendance (85%) + active participation in discussions + an essay (2000 words)
Recommended literature
  • Beauvoir, S. de. (2009). The Second Sex. Random House: Alfred A. Knopf.
  • Butler, Judith. (1996). Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex. London: Routledge.
  • Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New York: Routledge 1990. 236 s.
  • Butler, Judith. (2006). Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. London: Routledge.
  • Foucault, Michel. (1980). Foucault, Michel (1980). The History of Sexuality. Volume One: An Introduction. Vintage Books.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -