Course: Basics of Systematic Philosophy II

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Course title Basics of Systematic Philosophy II
Course code KFK/4ZS2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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
Philosophical anthropology in philosophical inquire about man Plato's anthropology Aristotle's teaching about soul Human nature according to Origen and Augustine Human soul and corporeality in Tomas Aquinas Analysis of human existence in M. Heidegger J.P. Sartre and his existencial anthropology Identity, corporeality, destruction of mankind

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce various aspects of philosophical study of man and exhibit their interrelatedness: man is a living being (soul), consciousness, the Cartesian ego, constitutive moments of a human person (embodiment, being in the world, being with others, speech). The course combines historical and historical approach. The methodical standpoint is constituted by the criticism of reductive tendencies in natural science and in philosophy. 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 have a survey of basic philosophical attempts to make a definition of the human uniqueness. They will be able to characterize main historical approaches and their weak points. They will also be able to critically evaluate the reductive approach of natural sciences.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Pass an 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
  • A. Anzenbacher. (1990). Úvod do filosofie. Praha.
  • Christian Thies. (2004). Einführung in die philosophische Anthropologie. Darmstadt.
  • I. Blecha. (1994). Úvod do filosofie. Olomouc.


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