PH0274 Kant: Critique of Judgment

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Dr. phil. Jakub Mácha, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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 VP
Prerequisites
PH1109 German Idealism - V || PHK1109 German Idealism - V || PROGRAM(N-PH) || PROGRAM(N-HS) || PROGRAM(N-SS)
German or English would be an advantage, but not a prerequisite
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
On the condition of regular and active attendance and completion of the course and Kant´s Critique of Judgement (1790)the students will be able to understand the structure and key passages of this challenging work; this requires the understanding of the role of this third critique in the overall system of transcendental philosophy. Students will also become familiar with the basic ideas of Kant´s rationalist (Baumgarten, Mendelssohn) and empiricist predecessors (Burke, Hume). At the end of the course they will have become familiar with contemporary interpretations of the Critique of Judgement (Henry Allison, Paul Guyer, Heinz Peatzold and others).
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, allotment of presentations
  • 2. Aesthetics of Enlightenment, Kant’s predecessors (Baumgarten, Mendelssohn, Burke, Hume)
  • 3. The idea of Transcendental Philosophy
  • 4. The Critique of Judgement: Preface, Introduction
  • 5. Analytic of the Beautiful I, §§1-9
  • 6. Analytic of the Beautiful II, §§10-22
  • 7. Analytic of the Sublime, §§23-29
  • 8. Deduction of Pure Aesthetic Judgements I, §§30-43
  • 9. Deduction of Pure Aesthetic Judgements II, §§43-54
  • 10. Dialectic/Methodology of Aesthetic Judgement, §§55-60
  • 11. Analytic of Teleological Judgement, §§61-68
  • 12. Dialectic of Teleological Judgement, §§69-78
  • 13. Methodology of Teleological Judgement, §§79-91
  • 14. Contemporary prominent interpretations (Henry Allison, Paul Guyer, Heinz Paetzold and others).
Literature
    required literature
  • KANT, Immanuel. Úvod ke Kritice soudnosti : první verze. Translated by Jindřich Karásek. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2011, 87 s. ISBN 9788072983179. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Kritika soudnosti. Edited by Milan Sobotka, Translated by Vladimír Špalek - Walter Hansel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1975, 271 s. info
    not specified
  • KANT, Immanuel. Kritik der Urteilskraft. Edited by Gerhard Lehman. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1963, 543 s. ISBN 3150010268. info
Teaching methods
reading and interpretation of the text
Assessment methods
One presentation of a theme arranged in advance, handout (max. 2 pages) for other students, assignments in ELF system.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: e-learning.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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