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Lecturer(s)
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Paitlová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Kratochvíl Miloš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Approaches to knowledge: Dogmatic, critical and scientific epistemology (Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Descartes, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Comte, Spencer, Mill, Mach, Russell, Carnap, Quine). Rationalism, empiricism, sensualisms, conventionalism, intuitionism, instrumentalism, logical empiricism, falibilism. Problems of modern epistemology. Faith and reason. Mind, consciousness, brain. Theory of truth: correspondence, coherence, pragmatic, redundant, semantic. Necessity, contingency, possibility, validity. The problem of induction. The problem of demarcation in the history and modern epistemology. The image of knowledge, rationality, science in modern epistemology. Rationality in different cultural, historical contexts and value. Language and knowledge (Carnap, Chomsky, Putnam, Quine). Faith and knowledge (Hintikka). Experiment, observation, hypothesis, theory in the exact sciences and the humanities. Problems of scientific explanation (C. Hempel, E. Nagel, C. Levi-Strauss).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminar classes, Lecture
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 38 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to introduce the basic characters and themes of the history of philosophy from antiquity to the 20th century |
| to describe historical and cultural facts of the 19th and 20th centuries |
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| to use basic philosophical terminology with understanding |
| to identify a particular problem (thesis) and reproduce the argumentation contained in the text |
| to use modern technologies, especially information databases |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to present basic characters and epistemological themes from the history of philosophy and philosophy of the 20th century |
| to characterize the most important epistemological concepts from the history of philosophy and philosophy of the 20th century and explain their context |
| to summarize selected important philosophical writings concerning epistemology from the history of philosophy and philosophy of the 20th century |
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| to analyze source philosophical texts from the history of philosophy and philosophy of the 20th century |
| to interpret selected epistemological passages of philosophical texts |
| to follow the argumentation procedures concerning epistemological problems of selected authors or selected texts |
| to argue and discuss a specific epistemological topic of philosophy |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| Skills demonstration |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration |
| Students' portfolio |
| Seminar classes |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Aristotelés; Rezek, Petr. Metafyzika. 3. vyd., V nakl. Petr Rezek 2. Praha : Rezek, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86027-27-2.
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Descartes, René. Meditace o první filosofii. 1. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2003. ISBN 80-7298-084-X.
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Descartes, René. Principy filosofie : výbor doplněný dvěma Descartovými dopisy princezně Alžbětě Falcké : Bilingva. 2. opr. vyd. Praha : Filosofia, 1998. ISBN 80-7007-120-6.
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Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Pravda a metoda I : nárys filosofické hermeneutiky. Vyd. 1. Praha : Triáda, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87256-04-6.
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Heidegger, Martin. Bytí a čas. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2002. ISBN 80-7298-048-3.
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Hume, David. Zkoumání o lidském rozumu. 1. vyd. (v tomto překladu). Praha : Svoboda, 1996. ISBN 80-205-0521-0.
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Kant, Immanuel. Kritika čistého rozumu. 1. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2001. ISBN 80-7298-035-1.
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Lyotard, Jean Francois. O postmodernismu : postmoderno vysvětlované dětem : postmoderní situace. 1. vyd. Praha : Filosofia, 1993. ISBN 80-7007-047-1.
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. O pravdě a lži ve smyslu nikoli morálním. 2., opr. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7298-428-2.
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Novák, L.; Vohánka, V. Kapitoly z epistemologie a noetiky. Praha : Krystal OP, 2015. ISBN 987-80-87183-71-7.
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Platón. Kleitofón, Ústava, Timaios, Kritias. Vyd. 1. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2003. ISBN 80-7298-067-X.
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Quine, W. V. O.; Marvan, Tomáš; Dostálová, Ludmila. Vybrané články k ontologii a epistemologii. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2006. ISBN 80-7043-510-0.
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Russell, Bertrand. Zkoumání o smyslu a pravdivosti. Praha : Academia, 1975.
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