FF:PH1216 Epistemology I - Course Information
PH1216 Epistemology I
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- 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
- Mon 12:00–13:40 A11
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- PH1106 Renaissance - III
- 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) (2)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students will be able to understand and explain the basic concepts, questions and answers of the theory of knowledge.
- Syllabus
- 01. default position and epistemological questions
- 02. traditional analysis of knowledge
- 03. Gettier examples
- 04. evidentialism
- 05. externalism
- 06. naturalized epistemology
- 07. skepticism
- 08. theories of perception
- 09. theories of truth
- 10. contextualism
- Literature
- AUDI, Robert. Epistemology : a contemporary introduction to the theory of knowledge. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2003, xvi, 352. ISBN 9780415281096. info
- Contemporary debates in epistemology. Edited by Ernest Sosa - Matthias Steup. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell, 2005, x, 348. ISBN 9781405107389. info
- A companion to epistemology. Edited by Jonathan Dancy - Ernest Sosa. 1st pub. in paperback. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 1993, xv, 541. ISBN 0631192581. info
- DESCARTES, René. Meditace o první filosofii ; Námitky a autorovy odpovědi. Edited by René Descartes, Translated by Petr Glombíček - Tomáš Marvan - Pav. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2003, 535 s. ISBN 807298084X. info
- HUME, David. Zkoumání o lidském rozumu. Vyd. v tomto překl. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1996, 235 s. ISBN 8020505210. info
- LOCKE, John. Esej o lidském rozumu. Translated by Anna Dokulilová. Praha: Svoboda, 1984, 407 s. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussions, reading
- Assessment methods
- Type of instruction: lectures
Completion: accreditation will be awarded for successful completion of the final written test consisting of 8 questions, minimum pass level 66 %. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen pouze pro studenty s imatrikulací do jaro 2019, včetně. - Information about innovation of course.
- This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
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