PHV147 Philosophy of Englightenment: An Introduction

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 A11
Prerequisites
( PHBD4 History of Philosophy IV || PH1207 Modern Times - IV ) && (! PH0253 Philosophy of Enlightenmen )
PHBD4
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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the main philosophical ideas of the Enlightement (focusing primarily the French Enlightenment). Individual lectures present the main ideas ant topics from these tematical fields of the Enlightenment thought: philosophy of religion, political philosophy, epistemology, ontology, natural philosophy
Learning outcomes
Students differentiate particular attitudes, introduce reasoning and arguments behind these attitudes and explain relation of individual attitudes to the period intellectual, social and cultural context; students contextualise particular philosophical viewpoints with the spirit of the period as a whole; they analyse and compare philosophical attitudes and ideas on the basis of reading primary and secondary sources; thanks to this they distinguish and formulate presuppositions and consequences of philosophical ideas of the Enlightenment
Syllabus
  • 1. The general outlinge of the philosophy of the Enlightenment
  • 2. The aims and ideals of the Enlightenment
  • 3. Philosophy of religion
  • 4. Political philosophy
  • 5. Epistemology
  • 6. Ontology
  • 7. Natural philosophy
Literature
  • The Cambridge history of eighteenth-century philosophy. Edited by Knud Haakonssen. First paperback edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, xvi, 638. ISBN 9780521280884. info
  • RÖD, Wolfgang. Novověká filosofie. Translated by Jindřich Karásek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004, 579 s. ISBN 8072981099. info
  • KONDYLĪS, Panagiōtīs. Die Aufklärung im Rahmen des neuzeitlichen Rationalismus. Hamburg: Felix Meiner, 2002, 725 stran. ISBN 9783787327997. info
  • HAAKONSSEN, Knud. Natural law and moral philosophy : from Grotius to the Scottish enlightenment. 1. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, x, 386 s. ISBN 0-521-49686-1. info
  • HALADA, Jan. Osvícenství - věk rozumu. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 342 s. ISBN 8071763470. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures; reading
Assessment methods
písemný test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
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