PHDZ1 Philosophy for doctoral studies 1

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Marek Picha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 20. 9. 12:00–13:40 C33, Fri 18. 10. 12:00–13:40 C33, Fri 15. 11. 12:00–13:40 C33, Fri 13. 12. 12:00–13:40 C33
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
The aim of the course is to develop student's ability to produce and evaluate a scientific paper. We emphasize methodological requirements based on the idea of ​​an ideal rational discourse, i.e. argumentative adequacy, relevance and sufficiency, clarity, falsifiability.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn the typical procedures of philosophical reasoning and its limits. At the end of this course students will by acquainted with basic framework, which enables them to identify the general methodological, argumentative and stylistic shortcomings of academic writing, regardless of its topic. Students' sensitivity to such phenomena has a direct effect on the production and evaluation of their own texts, typically dissertations.
Syllabus
  • 1) philosophy, science, illusions and lapses
    2) thought experiments
    3) argumentative analysis
    4) explications
Literature
  • Cesty k vědě : jak správně myslet a psát / Břetislav Horyna, Josef Krob (eds).
  • Jadwiga Šanderová, Jak číst a psát text ve společenských vědách, Praha 2005
  • PICHA, Marek. Kritické myšlení a rekonstrukce argumentu (Critical thinking and reconstruction of argument). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 41 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6730-1. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Course-unit credit is conditional on successful completion of the final electronic test, which will examine the knowledge of topic discussed in the given literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4x2 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Autumn 2025.
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