PH2113 Contemporary Anglo-American Philosophy I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Hroch, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Prerequisites
It is supposed the knowledge of the works of these philosophers who will be mentioned in the lecture and whose books have been translated into Czech or Slovakian language. Recommended to the students of the third or the fifth term.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
J. Bentham and utilitarism. British positivism (J. S. Mill). American transcendental idealism (R. W. Emerson). Romanticism and Anglo-American philosophy. American pragmatism in 19th century (Ch. S. Peirce, W. James). Ontological, epistemological, social and ethical dimension in the philosophy of J. Dewey. The reception of J. Dewey in the contemporary American pragmatism. German philosophical hermeneutics (W. Dilthey, M. Heidegger, H.-G. Gadamer, J. Habermas) and its influence to contemporary Anglo-American philosophy. The origin of British analytical philosophy (B. Russell and G. E. Moore - Cambridge School).
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáška. Povinný předmět. Podzimní semestr. 2. hod. týdně. Forma hodnocení - kolokvium (podzimní semestr), zkouška (jarní semestr). Typ kreditu: A. Počet kreditů: 4 (dohromady ta celý kurs - podzimní a jarní semestr)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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