| Course title | Philosophy Reading Group 5 (Autonomy in Dialogue. Kant and Others.) |
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| Course code | KFI/BPRG5 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 2 |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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Course structure: 1. Autonomy and morality (I. Kant) 2. Autonomy and the other (I. Kant) 3. Autonomy and evil (I. Kant) 4. Autonomy and the power of understanding. B. Spinoza 5. Autonomy and resignation. A. Schopenhauer. 6. Autonomy of the body. F. Nietzsche 7. Autonomy and Authenticity. M. Heidegger 8. Autonomy and alterity. E. Levinas 9. Autonomy and the search for meaning. J. Patočka Primary texts will be assigned during the course.
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The course is taught in English. It aims at a philosophical interpretation of Kant's "invention" of autonomy in dialogue with selected philosophers of the continental European tradition (A. Schopenhauer, F. Nietzsche, M. Heidegger, E. Levinas and others). In particular, it addresses the following questions: what is the content and importance of Kant's notion of autonomy? Is there space in Kant's thought for a relation to the other? What is the truth of the suspicion that Kantian autonomy is incapable of a proper relation to alterity, whether the alterity of the other, of the world, or of God? In what form does this motif live on in the thought of Kant's followers, whether friends or enemies?
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| Prerequisites |
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This course does not assume the completion of any other similar course.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
Requirements: Active participation in the course and a dialogical presentation on the selected topic. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2022) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2016) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2022) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |