ESA141 Introduction into Philosophy I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the book Störig, Hans Joachim: Malé dějiny filosofie
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
At the end of the course an ideal student - knows basic historical data connected to history of philosophy, - knows main thinking trends, significant theoreticians, key concepts, - is able to use method of correct argumentation as a central tool of trade; - is able to recognize and denominate various flaws of argumentation as well as - is ablae to paraphrase an elementary philosophical text.
Syllabus
  • 1.Sense and function of philosophy; 2.Pre-socaratians: an ontology; 3.Socrates: an antropology turn; 4.Plato: a heritage of platonism, the problem of universals; 5.Aristotle: a European science; 5.Stoa, epikureism, skepticism; 6.Plotin: an expansion of platonism; 7.Augustin: myself as a source of certainty; 8.Middle age: logic and metaphysics; 9.Descartes: a birth of modern age; 10.British empirism as a pedecessor of French Enlightenment; 11.Hegel vs. Kierkegaard: totality vs. personalism; 12.Phenomenology vs. analytic philosophy.
Literature
  • SAPÍK, Miroslav. Filosofie : (kapitoly z filosofie, dějin filosofie a antropologie). Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Jana Amose Komenského, 2007, 256 s. ISBN 9788086723334. info
  • Analytická filosofie. Edited by Jiří Fiala. 2. vyd. Plzeň: O.P.S., 2006, 460 s. ISBN 8023971077. info
  • Analytická filosofie. Edited by Jiří Fiala. 2. opr. vyd. Plzeň: O.P.S., 2005, cxxxix s. ISBN 8023971069. info
  • STÖRIG, Hans Joachim. Malé dějiny filosofie. Edited by Petr Rezek, Translated by Miroslav Petříček - Karel Šprunk. 7., přeprac. a rozš. vyd.,. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2000, 630 s. ISBN 8071925004. info
  • Dějiny filosofie. Edited by Emanuel Rádl. Praha: Votobia, 1999, 668 s. ISBN 807220064X. info
  • HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Dějiny filosofie. Translated by Josef Cibulka - Milan Sobotka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1961, 322 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures which requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
Completion: written test consist of both lectured items and ordained reading.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
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