Course: Philosophy 1 (Antiquity, Middle Ages and Renaissance)

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Course title Philosophy 1 (Antiquity, Middle Ages and Renaissance)
Course code KVS/BFIP1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
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.
  • Novotný Zdeněk, doc. PhDr. CSc.
  • Zima Petr, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
world philosophy from Antique to and inclusive of the Renaissance

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
  • Homework for Teaching - 4 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to help the students understand the core of older philosophical thinking when trying to solve metaphysical questions of an ontological character. 1. Introduction - the character of philosophy and importance of the survey of the history of philosophy. 2. Philosophical ideas of the Orient. Pre-philosophical thinking of Ancient Greece. Milesian school. Heraclitus. 3. Pythagoreanism. Eleatic school. Empedocles. Anaxagoras. Atomism. 4. Sophists. Socrates and Socratic schools. 5. Plato. 6. Aristotle. 7. Hellenism. Scepticism. Epicureanism. Stoicism. Roman philosophy. 8. Neo-Platonism. The origin of Christianity. 9. Patristic philosophy. Augustine. 10. Scholasticism. Disputation of universals and particulars. 11. Thomas Aquinas. Duns Scotus. 12. Philosophy of the Renaissance. Nicolas of Cusa. Machiavelli. Erasmus. More. F. Bacon. Hobbes.
The ability to creatively interpret the main ideas of individual personalities over the 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 history of philosophical thought students at secondary school level. Attendance at lectures and participation in interactive forms of teaching in the course of selected lectures.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay

proven knowledge of philosophical reading, active participation in discussions and at seminars, fulfilment of an assigned written task (a report, an essay).
Recommended literature
  • Členové ekumenických překladatelských komisí (eds.). (1979). Bible. Písmo svaté Starého a Nového zákona. Ekumenický překlad. Biblické dílo Ekumenické rady církví v ČSSR.. Praha: Ústřední církevní nakladatelství.
  • Hobbes, T. (1988). Výbor z díla. Praha: Svoboda.
  • Horyna, B. a kol. (1998). Filosofický slovník. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc.
  • Novotný. (2004). Jak (se) učit filosofii. Olomouc.
  • Novotný, Z. (1995). Základy filozofického myšlení.. Olomouc: Vydavatelství UP.
  • Platón. (1994). Euthyfrón. Obrana Sókrata. Kritón.. Praha: OIKOYMENH.
  • Platón. (1996). Parmenidés.. Praha: OIKOYMENH.
  • Platón. (1992). Prótagorás.. Praha: OIKOMENH.
  • Platón. (1915). Symposion. Praha: Jan Laichter.
  • Seneca, L.A. (1977). Útěchy. Praha: Odeon.
  • Storig, H.J. (2000). Malé dějiny filosofie. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství.
  • Svoboda, K. (ed.). (1944). Zlomky předsokratovských myslitelů.. Praha: Česká akademie věd a umění.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences with a Focus on Education (BB15) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences with a Focus on Education (BB24-XX) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter