nk2302 Philosophy and Ethics in Kinantropology

Faculty of Sports Studies
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
7/7. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Michal Charvát, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Vratislav Moudr, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Michal Charvát, CSc.
Division of History, Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology of Sport – Department of Social Sciences and Sport Management – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Division of History, Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology of Sport – Department of Social Sciences and Sport Management – Faculty of Sports Studies
Timetable
Fri 22. 2. 16:30–18:00 B11/236, Fri 15. 3. 12:00–13:30 B11/305, Fri 5. 4. 16:00–18:15 B11/206
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
nk2302/1: Fri 29. 3. 18:30–20:00 B11/311, Fri 19. 4. 15:00–16:30 B11/236, Fri 3. 5. 8:00–10:15 E34/203 - seminární místnost, V. Moudr
nk2302/2: Fri 12. 4. 16:00–18:15 B11/236, Fri 26. 4. 14:00–15:30 B11/206, Fri 10. 5. 9:30–11:00 C15/207, V. Moudr
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce basic philosophical (and ethical) problems which belong to the kinantropology. Student should get to know fundamental philosophical approaches; their questions and their ways how they are answered. Student will learn to think about man and his movement, body, mind, cultural system "physical culture" ("sport") in relationship with superior systems of culture and nature. In this way he will create personal attitude to different events and to his own commercial, movement or another ativity in this field.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction - development of kinantropology in Czech Rep. and its philosophical discipline, terminology. 2. Basic problems and claims of "philosophical kinantropology". 3. System of physical (movement) culture and its subsystems. Physical culture as a subsystem of culture. Relationship between (physical) culture and nature. 4. Conflict of cultural and natural evolution (civilization and biosphere) by the view of evolutionary ontology (Josef Šmajs). 5. Evolutonary ontology - human, body, mind. The role of movement (physical) activity in possible biophilous cultural transformation. 6. Body in (neo)marxist philosophy. 7. Body and mind in analytic philosophy. 8. Problems of culture and physical culture (sport) and different searching of causes and solutions. 9. Drugs, corruption, aggression. 10. Health and nature.
Literature
  • HODAŇ, Bohuslav. K problému filozofické kinantropologie. 1. vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2009. 246 s. ISBN 9788024424361.
  • HOGENOVÁ, Anna. K fenoménu pohybu a myšlení. 1. vyd. Praha : Eurolex Bohemia, 2006. 340 s. ISBN 8086861724.
  • NOSEK, Jiří. Mysl a tělo v analytické filosofii : úvod do teorií psychofyzického problému. Vyd. 1. Praha : Filosofia, 1997. 202 s. ISBN 8070070919.
  • ŠMAJS, Josef; KOHÁK, Erazim. Ohrožená kultura : od evoluční ontologie k ekologické politice. 3. upr. a rozš. vyd.,. Brno : Host, 2011. 269 s. ISBN 9788072944583.
  • HOGENOVÁ, Anna. Etika a sport. Dotisk 1. vyd. Praha : Karolinum, 2000. 119 s. ISBN 8071844993.
  • JIRÁSEK, Ivo. Filosofická kinantropologie : setkání filosofie, těla a pohybu. 1. vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2005. 354 s. ISBN 8024411768.
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussions, homeworks, reading of short texts
Assessment methods
written or oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014.
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