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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Introductory remarks and overview of the issue 2. Evolutionary theory and the study of man 3. Cognitive revolution 4. Evolutionary psychology 5. Co-evolutionary theory 6. Cultural epidemiology and theory of cultural attraction 7. Behavioral ecology 8. Cliodynamics and macrohistory 9. Embodied and extended cognition 10. Dissemination of innovations 11. Evolutionary and cognitive roots of morality 12. Evolutionary and cognitive roots of religion 13. Final summary
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 2 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
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| to characterize various scientific disciplines devoted to the study of man (sociology, psychology, anthropology) |
| to explain the basic principles of evolution by natural selection |
| to describe the differences between the humanities and social sciences |
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| to use comprehensively English-language texts in the humanities and social sciences |
| to briefly paraphrase the argumentation of professional English-language academic texts |
| to use information databases to search for professional texts |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and characterize the basic directions of the current evolutionary study of human culture |
| to present an overview of the development of cognitive study of culture |
| to explain the shortcomings of older theories in the field of cognitive and evolutionary study of culture |
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| to be able to choose a suitable analytical and interpretive framework in the field of cognitive and evolutionary sciences for the analysis of selected cultural data |
| to analyze and interpret cultural data using current theories in the field of cognitive and evolutionary study of culture |
| to be able to choose a suitable methodology for the analysis of selected cultural data |
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| Seminar |
| Seminar teaching based on interpretation |
| Textual studies |
| Individual study |
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| Kolokvium |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Barrett, Louise; Dunbar, R. I. M.; Lycett, John. Evoluční psychologie člověka. Praha : Portál, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7178-969-7.
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BOYER, Pascal. Minds Make Societies: How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create. New Haven - London : Yale University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0300223453.
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DUNBAR, R. I. M. Příběh rodu Homo: nové dějiny evoluce člověka. Praha : Academia, 2009. ISBN 978-80-200-1715-4.
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Newen, Albert,; Bruin, Leon de; Gallagher, Shaun. The Oxford handbook of 4E cognition. 2020. ISBN 978-0-19-886347-2.
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Ovčáčková, Lenka. O původu kultury : biologické, antropologické a historické koncepce kulturní evoluce. Vydání 1. 2017. ISBN 978-80-200-2751-1.
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Richerson, Peter J.; Boyd, Robert. V genech není všechno, aneb, Jak kultura změnila evoluci člověka. Vyd. 1. Praha : Academia, 2012. ISBN 978-80-200-2066-6.
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Thagard, Paul. Úvod do kognitivní vědy : mysl a myšlení. Vyd. 1. Praha, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-445-1.
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