FF:PH1210 19th - 20th Centuries - VI - Course Information
PH1210 History of Philosophy VI - the 19th and 20th Centuries
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Ivana Holzbachová, CSc. (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
- Tue 10:50–12:25 U35
- Prerequisites
- ( PH_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. && PH1109 German Idealism - V ) || PROGRAM(N-SS) || PROGRAM(N-MA)
Completion of History of philosophy V. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-HS)
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH) (2)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-MA)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
- Course objectives
- After completing the course the students will be able to explain the major schools of the philosophy between 1850s and early 20th century (positivism, neo-Kantism, irrationalism, Marxism, phenomenology, existentialism) and their methods of argumentation. This knowledge will enable them to critically evaluate current varieties of the schools.
- Syllabus
- 1. Positivism (Comte, Mill, Spencer) 2. W. Dilthey 3. Neo-kantians 4. Kirkegaard 5. Schopenhauer 6. Nietzsche 7. Marx and Marxism 8. Husserl and Phenomenology 9. Pragmatism 10. Analytic philosophy 11. Basic branches of French philosophy of 20th century.
- Literature
- required literature
- MAJOR, Ladislav. Dějiny poklasické filozofie v 19. a na počátku 20. století. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1991, 110 s. ISBN 80-7066-462-2. info
- recommended literature
- BLECHA, Ivan. Fenomenologie a existencialismus. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1994, 121 s. ISBN 8070673524. info
- Teaching methods
- Course is based on lectures dealing with major philosophical trends and figures of 19th and 20th philosophy and on independent research.
- Assessment methods
- Colloquium consisting in written test based on the lectures and assigned work. It aimed at testing the student´s insight into work of the main representatives of the schorarly discourse, and at checking the student´s ability to connect relevants facts into logical relations. Colloquium requires two written seminar papers based on two books by authors of different philosophical schools of the era. Each paper minimum 5400 characters.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2015, recent)
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