FF:PHBD4 History of Philosophy IV - Course Information
PHBD4 History of Philosophy IV
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- PHBP Proseminar
PHBD3 - 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
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH_) (3)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to introduce students to the philosophy of the Enlightenment (i.e. the 18th century). The course progresses sequentially through the various sub-disciplines of philosophy and introduces the major positions, concepts, and theories of Enlightenment philosophers.
- Learning outcomes
- By the end of this course, the student will be able to introduce the theories of Enlightenment philosophy; explain their basic concepts; articulate their assumptions and implications; reconstruct and evaluate their arguments; illustrate their anchoring in a contemporary context; and characterize their historical contingency.
- Syllabus
- 1. General characteristics of the Enlightenment
- 2. Philosophy of religion (anticlericalism, natural religion, deism)
- 3. Political philosophy (Montesquieu, Rousseau)
- 4. Epistemology (Hume, experimental epistemology, Molyneux's problem, sensualism, Condillac, Diderot)
- 5. Ontology (physiology, La Mettrie, Trembley's polyp, Diderot)
- 6. Natural philosophy (theory of procreation, evolution of the world - Buffon)
- 7. Philosophy of History (history of the human spirit, Voltaire, Turgot, Condorcet, stadial philosophy of history)
- Literature
- recommended literature
- 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
- COPLESTON, Frederick C. Dějiny filosofie. Translated by Jana Odehnalová. Vydání první. Olomouc: Refugium Velehrad-Roma, s.r.o., 2021, 635 stran. ISBN 9788074124099. info
- not specified
- Die Philosophie des 18. Jahrhunderts. Edited by Helmut Holzhey - Vilem Mudroch. Basel: Schwabe, 2014, xxvii, 871. ISBN 9783796526312. info
- The Routledge companion to eighteenth century philosophy. Edited by Aaron Garrett. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014, xxiii, 850. ISBN 9781138574663. info
- The Cambridge history of eighteenth-century philosophy. Edited by Knud Haakonssen. First paperback edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, viii, stra. ISBN 9780521280884. info
- Die Philosophie des 18. Jahrhunderts. Edited by Johannes Rohbeck - Helmut Holzhey. Völlig neu bearbeitete Ausg. Basel: Schwabe Verlag, 2008, xiv, stran. ISBN 9783796524455. info
- The Cambridge history of eighteenth-century political thought. Edited by Robert Wokler - Mark Goldie. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xvi, 919. ISBN 0521374227. info
- Die Philosophie des 18. Jahrhunderts. Edited by Helmut Holzhey - Vilem Mudroch - Daniel Brühlmeier - Francis Cheneval. Völlig neu bearbeitete Ausg. Basel: Schwabe Verlag, 2004, xvii, stra. ISBN 3796519873. info
- RÖD, Wolfgang. Novověká filosofie. Translated by Jindřich Karásek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004, 579 s. ISBN 8072981099. info
- Teaching methods
- lecture; home reading
- Assessment methods
- written exam on the topics discussed (1-7)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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