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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Philosophical foundations in European thinking: - Rationalism - Empiricism and associationism - Enlightenment - German philosophy Assumptions for the emergence of independent psychology: - Philosophical assumptions - Developmental theories - Neurology and psychophysics Independent psychology and the first psychological schools - **Wilhelm Wundt and structuralism** - **Francis Galton** - **Hermann Ebbinghaus** - **William James** - Functionalism, Structuralism, French psychology, Würzburg school - (Spiritual psychology: Hegel, Dilthey, Spranger) - Phenomenology: Husserl, Brentano, Stumpf - (Philosophy (psychology) of life: Bergson, Driesch, Klages, McDougall) Main trends in psychology in the 20th century: - Gestaltism - Behaviorism
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 25 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 50 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Presentation of the psychological ideas within the framework of modern European philosophy (from René Descartes to Friedrich Nietzsche); preconditions for the birth of independent psychology, its founders (Wundt, Galton, Ebbinghaus, James). Teaching is aimed at improving the participation and critical thinking of students
Basic orientation in the history of psychology including its philosophical roots.
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Prerequisites
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no prior assumptions
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Didactic Test, Seminar Work
multiple choice test
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Recommended literature
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Blecha, I. (1998). Filosofie. Olomouc.
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Hoskovec, J. (1992). Tajemství experimentální psychologie. Praha.
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Hunt, M. (2000). Dějiny psychologie. Praha.
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Nakonečný, M. (1995). Průvodce dějinami psychologie. Praha.
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Störig, H. J. (2007). Malé dějiny filozofie. Praha.
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