OV2RC_DF1 History of Plilosophy 1 - lecture

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. Erika Vonková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Mgr. Erika Vonková
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The students will meet the most important characters and problems of ancient philosophy in this lecture from Thales to novoplatonism. After the completion of the course, students should be able to understant the basic problems; describe the thining of the most important philosophers in the period from Thales to novoplatonism. After completing the course the student will be able to: undestand the key moments of modern metaphysics, epistemology and methodology, explain the basic principles of great philosophical conceptions of the era, interpret the thoughts and reasons of major modern philosophers, interpret selected philosophical texts.
Syllabus
  • 1. What is Philosophy. Astonoshment. Anxietz. Philosophical Questions 2. Philosophers of Miletos. Pythagoras. 3. Herakleitos {What is I?] versus Parmenides 4. Younger Physicists and Demokritos 5. Socrates versus Sofistes [Gnoseology and Ethics] 6.Platon [Picture of man] 7. Aristoteles and Platon [New Questions, new Answer] 8. Helenism: Basic Question and her Method of Solution] 9. Novoplatonism versus Christianity? 10.Patristik: Response on Novoplatonism 11.History of Christian Philosophy in the Early Ages 12.History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages [st. Thomas] 13. The renaissance humanism, platonism, aristotelism 14. The role of renaissance philosophy in the beginning of a modern science 15. F. Bacon: Philosophy and modern science 16. R. Descartes: Way to Cogito ergo sum 17. J. Spinoza: Pantheism 18. G. W. Leibniz: Two worlds 19. J. Locke: His epistemiology 20. G. Berkeley: His relation to Locke 21. D. Hume: His Agnosticism 22. I. Kant: His turn to subjekt 23. Fichte ang Schelling: Their relation to Kant 24. G. F. Hegel: Arbitrary idealism
Literature
    required literature
  • TRETERA, Ivo. Nástin dějin evropského myšlení : (od Thaleta k Rousseauovi). 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Paseka, 1999, 374 s. ISBN 8071852430. info
  • HORYNA, Břetislav. Filosofický slovník. Olomouc: Olomouc, 1998. ISBN 80-7182-064-4. info
  • SOBOTKA, Milan. Dějiny novověké filosofie. Praha: Filozofický ústav, 1993. info
    recommended literature
  • BLECHA, Ivan. Filosofie. 4. opr. a rozš. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2002, 279 s. ISBN 80-7182-147-0. info
  • SOBOTKA, Milan, Milan ZNOJ and Josef MOURAL. Dějiny novověké filosofie od Descarta po Hegela [Sobotka, 1994]. 2., opr. vyd. Praha: Filosofia, 1994, 268 s. ISBN 80-7007-057-9. info
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
Final term paper-extent 13 pages. In the term paper students demonstrate that they are able to work with selected philosophical texts, understand selected philosophical texts, interpret selected philosophical texts on the bases of the knowledge obtained in the course. Oral exam at the end of the course. Students must prove knowledge of the relevant literature and lectures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: konzultace.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
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