FF:PH1101 Introduction to Philosophy - Course Information
PH1101 Introduction to Philosophy
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. Dr. phil. Jakub Mácha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Thu 15:50–17:25 A11
- 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-HS)
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH) (3)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-MA)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
- Course objectives
- After the completion of the course the students will have become familiar with the basic philosophical concepts, most important thinker in history of philosophy and the elementary problems of systematic philosophy; they will be able to apply fundamental philosophical literature and interpret some texts of primary literature; they will be able to form an independent piece of reasoning on an assigned topic.
- Syllabus
- Subject of philosophy, elements of work with philosophical literature, basic philosophical notions, subject of main philosophical disciplines, philosophy and myth, philosophy and science, philosophy and religion, main types of European rationality.
- 1. What is philosophy
- - structure of philosophy, philosophical disciplines
- - relation between philosophy and myth, philosophy and science, philosophy and ideology
- 2. Ontology, basic problems
- - subject of ontology
- - categories of ontology
- - ontological systems
- 3. Epistemology
- - problem of intelligibility
- - rationalism a empirism
- - problem of truth
- - language and knowledge
- Literature
- required literature
- BLECHA, Ivan. Filosofie :(základní problémy). 2. opr. a rozš. vyd. Olomouc: FIN, 1996, 271 s. ISBN 80-7182-032-6. info
- • Betrand Russell, Problémy filosofie, Čin, [1912] 1927, kap. 15 „Hodnota filosofie“.
- PEREGRIN, Jaroslav. Filozofie pro normální lidi. Illustrated by Luboš Bokštefl. Praha: Dokořán, 2008, 142 stran. ISBN 9788073631925. info
- TVRDÝ, Josef. Úvod do filosofie. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Komenium, 1947, 197 s. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussion.
- Assessment methods
- 1. Written essay "Why I dedided to study philosophy", 1800 characters, due to 15. October.
2. synopsis of the required reading, 7200 characters, due to 12. December.
3. additional written essays
4. class atttendance
Both essays must be submitted via IS - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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