Course: Philosophy 2 (Modern Age, the present time)

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Course title Philosophy 2 (Modern Age, the present time)
Course code KVS/BFIP2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Konečný Karel, doc. PhDr. CSc.
  • Zima Petr, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Novotný Zdeněk, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
world philosophy from Descartes to postmodernism. Czech philosophy from the 14th to the 20th century.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 4 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to attract attention of the students to understanding the new subject - object paradigm of modern age philosophy. 1. Great metaphysical systems. Descartes. Spinoza. Leibniz. 2. British empiricism. Locke. Berkeley. 3. Hume. 4. Enlightenment in France and Germany. 5. Kant. Neo-Kantianism. 6. Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Feuerbach. Positivism, utilitarism. 7. Marxist philosophy. Neo-Marxism. 8. Irrationalist trends. Schopenhauer. Kierkegaard. Nietzsche. Philosophy of life, vitalism, psychoanalysis. New ontology. 9. Pragmatism. Neo-Positivism. Critical rationalism. 10. Neo-Thomism. Phenomenology. Existentialism. 11. Philosofical anthropology. Post-modern philosophy. 12. Czech philosophy of 14th - 19th centuries (Stitny, Hus, Chelcicky, Comenius, Bolzano). 13. Masaryk. Fischer. Patocka.
The ability to creatively interpret the main ideas of individual personalities recent history of philosophical thought. Explain the importance of teaching skills for the quality of the history of philosophy of thinking of contemporary man.
Prerequisites
Adequate knowledge of the students later history of philosophical thinking on the high school level. Attendance at lectures and participation in interactive forms of teaching in the course of selected lectures.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Essay

Completion of the course Philosophy - Ancient Times, Middle Ages and Renaissance. proven knowledge of philosophical reading, active participation in discussions and at seminars, fulfilment of an assigned written task (a report, an essay).
Recommended literature
  • Descartes, R. (1992). Rozprava o metodě. Praha: Svoboda.
  • Gabriel, J. a kol. (1998). Slovník českých filosofů. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
  • Horyna, B. a kol. (1998). Filosofický slovník.. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc.
  • Hume, D. (1972). Zkoumání lidského rozumu. Praha: Svoboda.
  • Jaspers, K. (1991). Otázka viny.. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • Kant, I. (1972). Prolegomena ke každé příští metafyzice, jež se bude moci stát vědou.. Praha: Svoboda.
  • Kant, I. (1976). Základy metafyziky mravů.. Praha: Svoboda.
  • Komenský, J.A. (1970). Labyrint světa a ráj srdce.. Praha: Odeon.
  • Marx, K.:. (1967). Ekonomicko-filozofické rukopisy z roku 1844. In Odcizení a emancipace člověka.. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • Masaryk, T. G. (1998). Počet pravděpodobnosti a Humova skepse. In Přednášky a studie z let 1882-1884.. Praha: Ústav T.G. Masaryka.
  • Novotný, Z. (2004). Jak (se) učit filosofii. Olomouc.
  • Novotný, Z. (1995). Základy filozofického myšlení.. Olomouc: Vydavatelství UP.
  • Russell, B. (1967). Logika, jazyk a věda.. Praha: Svoboda.
  • Störig, H.J. (2000). Malé dějiny filosofie.. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství.


Study plans that include the course
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