BPH_ZAFI Introduction to Philosophy

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mag. Dr. Eva Born (lecturer)
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Rainer Born (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Ondráček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Peter Kelemen, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mag. Dr. Eva Born
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Supplier department: Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Tue 14:35–16:15 P101
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/200, only registered: 0/200, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/200
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main goals of the course:
- adoption of basic philosophical notions,
- acquaintance with philosophical disciplines,
- introduction of fundamental philosophical conceptions,
- cultivation and refinement of theoretical and critical thinking.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- reproduce the main issues of the basic areas of philosophy;
- briefly describe meaning of basic logical and philosophical concepts;
- describe selected problems of basic philosophical disciplines;
- describe these problems in practical examples;
- describe and compare selected solutions to these problems.
Syllabus
  • Thematic plan of the course:
  • 1. Introduction to philosophy (specification of philosophy, relation of philosophy to other disciplines, philosophical disciplines)
  • 2. Ontology (specification of ontology, being, causality)
  • 3. Epistemology (cognition and knowledge, Gettier’s problems, cognitive capabilities, limits of our knowledge, internalism/externalism, a priori/a posteriori, analytic/synthetic, realism, empiricism, rationalism, constructivism, thought experiments, justification of knowledge, Agrippa’s (Münchhausen’s) trilemma, foundationalism, coherentism, infinitism)
  • 4. Logic (entailment/consequence, logical operators, sentential calculus, predicate calculus, non-classical logics, principle of explosion)
  • 5. Philosophy of mind (qualia, dualism, interactional dualism, psycho-physical parallelism, monism, behaviorism, logical behaviorism, functionalism, theories of personal identity, idealism, Turing test, Chinese room, zombies)
  • 6. Philosophy of science (demarcation of science, scientific explanation, scientific method, deduction, induction, abduction, observation, protocolar sentences, Hume’s thesis)
  • 7. Philosophy of language (syntax, semantics, pragmatics, meaning, reference, hypotheses of the origin of language, compositionality, internalism and externalism, speech acts theory)
  • 8. Philosophy of history and society (establishment of societies, social contract, justice, equality, law)
  • 9. Analytic philosophy (logic and world, truth, paradoxes, possible worlds, intensional semantics, vagueness, analytic metaphysics)
  • 10. Other areas of philosophical interest (philosophy of art, philosophy of religion,...)
Literature
    required literature
  • HEMPEL, Carl Gustav. Filozofie přírodních věd. Translated by Petr Hromek. Vydání první. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2015, 234 stran. ISBN 9788074644542. info
  • PEREGRIN, Jaroslav. Kapitoly z analytické filosofie. Vydání druhé. Praha: Filosofia, 2014, 319 stran. ISBN 9788070074206. info
  • PRIEST, Graham. Logika. Translated by Petr Hromek. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha: Dokořán, 2007, 167 s. ISBN 9788073631246. info
    recommended literature
  • PICHA, Marek and Dagmar PICHOVÁ. 100 myšlenkových experimentů ve filozofii (100 thought experiments in philosophy). Vyd. 1. Praha: Dybbuk, 2013, 192 pp. ISBN 978-80-7438-096-9. info
  • JASTRZEMBSKÁ, Zdeňka. Aspekty vysvětlení: hledání explanačních znalostí (Aspects of Explanation: Searching for Explanatory Knowledge). 1. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2009, 120 pp. ISBN 978-80-7182-279-0. info
  • TRETERA, Ivo. Nástin dějin evropského myšlení : od Thaléta k Rousseauovi. 5. vyd. Praha: Paseka, 2006, 374 s. ISBN 8071858196. info
  • RUSSELL, Bertrand. Bertrand Russell. 1. vyd. Bratislava: P and K, 1992, 105 s. ISBN 80-85725-00-2. info
Teaching methods
The class consists of lectures joined with discussions and seminars.
Assessment methods
Final test contains questions which must be answered within 90-minute time limit. Final test is assessed on scale from A to F.
Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam (credit test) by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: max. 20 cizích studentů; cvičení pouze pro studenty ESF
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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