FF:PH0143 Medieval Metaphysics I

PH0143 Chapters on Medieval Metaphysics I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2001

Extent and Intensity: 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s): doc. Mgr. Marek Otisk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by: prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Prerequisites: The fundamental knowledge of the history of medieval philosophy and of the Greek and Latin terminology.
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: there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives: The lecture should give the basic information in the field of the metaphysics and metaphysical concepts in the course of the Middle Ages, i.e. from the times of the Church Fathers till the Late Scholastic. It is focused to the most important persons of that time (e.g. Augustine, Boethius, Eriugena, Avicenna, Anselm, Averroes, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus etc.) together with the Antique tradition underlying under their conceptions (Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, the Neo-Platonists). The selected topics of the Middle Ages metaphysics will be mostly documented by reading and interpreting of a primary literature.
Language of instruction: Czech
Further Comments: The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000.