PSY524 Psychologic Items in the History of Philosophical Thought

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Hroch, CSc.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 9:45–11:15 P22
Prerequisites
The knowledge of English.
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
At the end of the course the students will be able to reflect and understand substantial relations between philosophic and psychologic thought. They will also gain prerequisities to interpret special philosophic texts with psychologic items. The students should be able to apply the gained knowledge from these texts: Wilhelm Dilthey: Opisná a rozčleňující psychologie. In: W. Dilthey, Život a dejinné vedomie. Bratislava: Nakladatelstvo Pravda 1980, s. 102-128 Výstavba dějinného světa v duchovních vědách. (2 části: 1. Struktura a metodologie duchovních věd, prožitek a životní projevy. 2. Porozumění jiným osobám a jejich životním projevům.) In: W. Dilthey, Život a dejinné vedomie. Bratislava: Nakladatelstvo Pravda 1980, s. 225-256, 308-327 Edmund Husserl: Cesta k fenomenologické transcendentální filosofii z psychologie. In: E. Husserl, Krize evropských věd a transcendentální fenomenologie. Praha: Academia 1972, s. 214-295. Krize evropského lidství a filosofie. In: E. Husserl, Krize evropských věd a transcendentální fenomenologie. Praha: Academia 1972, s. 332-364. William James: The Stream of Thought. In: W. James, The Writings of William James. Ed. J. J. Dermott. New York: Random House 1967, s. 21-74. Srov.: W. James, The Principles of Psychology. Volume I. New York: Henry Holt and Co. 1927, s. 224-290.
Syllabus
  • Psychologic aspects of Heraclitus Philosophy.
  • British empiricism (John Locke, his conception of consciousness, the psychological conception of idea)Locke, G. Berkeley – also the philosophy from the last period of his philosophic development ,the idea of Anima Mundi, D. Hume (impressions, ideas).
  • The origin of the psychologic conception of understanding in German Romanticism. F.D.E. Schleiermacher.
  • W. Dilthey.
  • E. Husserl. ( the relations between W. Dilthey and E. Husserl, Husserls critique of psychologism).The conception of the life world (Lebenswelt).
  • Hans-Georg Gadamer (from the critique of psychologism to the instigations for the depth hermeneutics).
  • Psychological thought in American pragmatism (W. James: The relation of conscious and unconscious, subliminal consciousness, subconscious Self, wider Self. John Dewey.
Literature
    required literature
  • HROCH, Jaroslav, Radim ŠÍP, Roman MADZIA and Ondřej FUNDA. Pragmatismus a dekonstrukce v anglo-americké filozofii (Pragmatism and Deconstruction in the Anglo-American Philosophy). 1st ed. Brno: Paido, 2010, 328 pp. sv. 315. ISBN 978-80-7315-205-5. info
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Pravda a metoda. Translated by David Mik. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 2010, 415 s. ISBN 9788087256046. info
  • HROCH, Jaroslav, Magdalena KONEČNÁ and Lukáš HLOUCH. Proměny hermeneutického myšlení (The Changes of Hermeneutic Thought). 1st ed. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2010, 419 pp. Filosofie 5. ISBN 978-80-7325-231-1. info
  • TRETERA, Ivo. Nástin dějin evropského myšlení : od Thaléta k Rousseauovi. 5. vyd. Praha: Paseka, 2006, 374 s. ISBN 8071858196. info
  • DILTHEY, Wilhelm. Život a dejinné vedomie. Translated by Milan Žitný. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Pravda, 1980, 396 s. info
    recommended literature
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Pravda a metoda. Translated by David Mik. Vydání první. Praha: Triáda, 2011, 471 stran. ISBN 9788087256442. info
  • HUSSERL, Edmund. Ideje k čisté fenomenologii a fenomenologické filosofii. Translated by Erazim Kohák. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2006, 380 s. ISBN 8072981293. info
  • JAMES, Williams. Pragmatismus. Nové jméno pro staré způsoby myšlení. Brno: CDK, 2003. info
  • HILLMAN, James. Sny a podsvětí :nový pohled na sny rozšiřující klasické teorie S. Freuda a C.G. Junga. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1999, 206 s. ISBN 80-7178-301-3. info
  • HUSSERL, Edmund. Krize evropských věd a transcendentální fenomenologie : úvod do fenomenologické filozofie. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 1996, 568 s. ISBN 8020005617. info
  • DEWEY, John. The middle works of John Dewey, 1899-1924. Vol. 7, Essays on philosophy and psychology, 1912-1914 : John Dewey : the middle works, 1899-1924 (Variant.). Edited by Jo Ann Boydston, Edited by Ralph Ross. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985, xxix, 513. ISBN 0-8093-1257-3. info
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion, philosophical reflection, the interpretation of the philosophical texts with psychologigical items
Assessment methods
written exam, seminar essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2015.
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