BPH_ZAFI Introduction to Philosophy

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2020
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)
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 14:00–15:50 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: 3/200, 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
  • FEYERABEND, Paul K. Rozprava proti metodě. Translated by Jiří Fiala. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aurora, 2001, 430 s. ISBN 8072990470. info
  • SCRUTON, Roger. Krátké dějiny novověké filosofie. 1. vyd. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2000, 316 s. ISBN 8085947293. info
  • WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig. Filosofická zkoumání. Translated by Jiří Pechar. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Filosofia, 1998, 294 s. ISBN 8070071036. info
    recommended literature
  • BECK, Ulrich. Riziková společnost na cestě k jiné moderně. Translated by Otakar Vochoč. 2. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2011, 431 s. ISBN 9788074190896. info
  • HOLZHEY, Helmut and Wolfgang RÖD. Filosofie 19. a 20. stol. Translated by Martin Pokorný. Vydání první. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2006, 515 stran. ISBN 8072981781. info
  • HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Filosofie dějin. Translated by Milan Váňa. Pelhřimov: Nová tiskárna, 2004, 302 s. ISBN 808655919X. info
  • CORETH, Emerich, Peter EHLEN and Josef SCHMIDT. Filosofie 19. století. Translated by David Mik. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2003, 223 s. ISBN 8071821578. info
  • LONG, A. A. Hellénistická filosofie : stoikové, epikurejci, skeptikové. Translated by Petr Kolev. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2003, 341 s. ISBN 8072980777. info
  • POPPER, Karl R. Conjectures and refutations : the growth of scientific knowledge. 1st ed. London: Routledge Classics, 2002, xiii, 582. ISBN 0415285933. info
  • DEMJANČUK, Nikolaj. Filosofie a vědecké myšlení : proměna obrazu vědy v analytické tradici. 1. vyd. Dobrá Voda: Aleš Čeněk, 2002, 245 s. ISBN 8086473198. info
  • ARMSTRONG, A. H. Filosofie pozdní antiky : od staré Akademie po Jana Eriugenu. Vyd. 1. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2002, 675 s. ISBN 80729853X. info
  • CORETH, Emerich and Harald SCHÖNDORF. Filosofie 17. a 18. století. Translated by David Mik. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2002, 310 s. ISBN 8071821195. info
  • Středověká filosofie. Edited by Richard Heinzmann, Translated by Břetislav Horyna. 2. rozš. a rev. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2002, 351 s. ISBN 8071821055. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Kritika čistého rozumu. Translated by Jaromír Loužil - Jiří Chotaš - Ivan Chvatík. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2001, 567 s. ISBN 8072980351. info
  • WEBER, Max. Autorita, etika a společnost : pohled sociologa do dějin. Translated by Jan J. Škoda. 1. české vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997, 294 s. ISBN 8020406115. info
  • DESCARTES, René. Discourse on the method for rightly conducting one's reason and for seeking truth in the sciences. Translated by Donald A. Cress. 2. ed. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1988, xiv, 42 s. ISBN 0-915144-83-2. info
Teaching methods
The class consists of lectures joined with discussions and seminars.
Assessment methods
The final test is limited by 60-minute. The final test is assessed on a scale from A to F, and the condition of a pass is that no part is classified with 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 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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