PH0123 Personal Identity

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Radim Bělohrad, 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
Mon 10:50–12:25 J22
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
At the end of the course students should be able to explain and critically assess the most prominent theories of personal identity and evaluate their consequences for issues in applied ethics.
Syllabus
  • Motivations for the study of personal identity;
  • Historical influences: Descartes, Locke, Butler, Reid;
  • Psychological theory: Parfit; Shoemaker
  • Critique of psychological theory;
  • Constitution theory: Baker;
  • Critique of constitution theory;
  • Biological theory: Olson, Snowdon;
  • Critique of biological theory.
  • Implications of the theories for meta-ethics, normative ethics and applied ethics.
Literature
    required literature
  • Personal identity. Edited by Raymond Martin - John Barresi. 1st ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003, xiv, 389. ISBN 9780631234425. info
    recommended literature
  • BAKER, Lynne Rudder. Persons and bodies : a constitution view. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2000, xii, 233. ISBN 0521597196. info
  • OLSON, Eric T. The human animal : personal identity without psychology. 1st pub. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, x, 189. ISBN 0195134230. info
  • PARFIT, Derek. Reasons and persons. Repr. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987, xv, 543. ISBN 9780198249085. info
  • LOCKE, John. Esej o lidském rozumu. Translated by Anna Dokulilová. Praha: Svoboda, 1984, 407 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, discussions, presentations
Assessment methods
2 absences allowed in the term - when exceeded no credits can be claimed; assigned presentation; final written test - minimum 60 per cent.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2019.
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