PHV346 Early Modern Philosophy: Reading

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
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 12:00–13:40 A11
Prerequisites
! PH02V014 Interpretive Seminar XIV
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 course focuses on reading selected texts of early modern philosophy. The aim of the reading is to understand the original intentions and motivation of the authors based on an analysis of the text itself and taking careful account of the contemporary intellectual and cultural context. The subject of reading are the texts of authors such as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Malebranche, or Pascal.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to introduce the main concepts of selected texts; to explain their basic problems; to formulate their assumptions and consequences; to reconstruct and to evaluate their arguments; to show their dependency on context; to characterize their historical conditionality.
Syllabus
  • 1. Bacon, New organon
  • 2. Descartes, Discourse on the Method
  • 3. Rousseau, Discourses
Literature
  • The Cambridge companion to Spinoza's Ethics. Edited by Olli Koistinen. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, x, 323. ISBN 9780521853392. info
  • The Cambridge companion to Pascal. Edited by Nicholas Hammond. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xvi, 287. ISBN 9780521809245. info
  • RÖD, Wolfgang. Novověká filosofie. Translated by Jindřich Karásek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2002, 383 s. ISBN 80-7298-039-4. info
  • SAVILE, Anthony. Leibniz and the Monadology. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2000, v, 247. ISBN 0415171148. info
  • Routledge philosophy guidebook to Leibniz and the Monadology. Edited by Anthony Savile - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. New York: Routledge, 2000, v, 247 p. ISBN 0415165768. info
  • The Cambridge companion to Spinoza. Edited by Don Garrett. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, xiii, 465. ISBN 9780521398657. info
  • The Cambridge companion to Leibniz. Edited by Nicholas Jolley. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, xi, 500. ISBN 0521367697. info
  • The Cambridge companion to Descartes. Edited by John Cottingham. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, xii, 441. ISBN 0521366968. info
Teaching methods
reading; discussion
Assessment methods
seminar work or evaluated activity during the seminar
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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