PH0216 Cosmology and Cosmogony in Pre-Socratic Thinking

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, 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
each even Thursday 12:30–14:05 J21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
After the completion of the course students should be able to deal with the fragments of Presocratic philosophers and to consider and rebuild their cosmological conceptions.
Syllabus
  • 1. The question of sources.
  • 2. Mythological cosmogonies.
  • 3. Cosmological ideas of Milesians.
  • 4. Pythagorean ideas about the Universe (the Cosmos).
  • 5. Heraclitus.
  • 6. The Eleatics.
  • 7. Cosmology of younger physics.
  • a) Anaxagoras. b) Empedocles. c) Atomists.
Literature
    required literature
  • Zlomky předsokratovských myslitelů. Translated by Karel Svoboda. Vyd. 2. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1962, 200 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • KIRK, Geoffrey S. and John, E. RAVEN. Předsókratovští filozofové: Kritické dějiny s vybranými texty. 1st ed. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1994. Dějiny filozofie, sv. 1. ISBN 80-7298-110-2. info
  • Diels, H., Kranz, W., Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 6.vydání, Hildesheim 1985.
  • Mansfeld, J., Die Vorsokratiker I, II, Stuttgart 1989
    not specified
  • HUSSEY, Edward. Presokratici. Praha: Rezek, 1997, 213 s. ISBN 80-86027-07-4. info
  • PATOČKA, Jan. Nejstarší řecká filosofie : filosofie v předklasickém údobí před sofistikou a Sókratem : přednášky z antické filosofie. Vydání první. V Praze: Vyšehrad, 1996, 359 stran. ISBN 8070211954. info
  • BOUZEK, Jan and Zdeněk KRATOCHVÍL. Řeč umění a archaické filosofie. V Praze: Herrmann & synové, 1995, 255 s. info
  • BOUZEK, Jan and Zdeněk KRATOCHVÍL. Od mýtu k logu. V Praze: Herrmann & synové, 1994, 175 s. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Metafysika. Translated by Antonín Kříž. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1946, 498 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures. On-line texts. On-line discussions in the ELF.
Assessment methods
Credits are given for either of the following:
a) Oral exam - discussion on cosmological and cosmogonical views of a selected pre-socratic philosopher.
OR
b) Collecting of the given number of points in ELF for images illuminating some features or problems of the subject of lessons.

The key to enter the course Kosmologie a kosmogonie u předsókratiků 2012 in ELF is: kosmogonie
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/antika/Kosmoindex.htm
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2002, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2010, Spring 2014, Autumn 2017.
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