Lecturer(s)
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Paitlová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Schuster Radek, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Jirák Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Work with selected authentic texts and secondary literature concerning outstanding periods of English philosophy - especially modern epistemology and analytic philosophy. Texts will be published at the beginning of the semester on the website of Courseware. A library lesson in the foreign department of SVK will be part of the course.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Students' self-study, Textual studies, Lecture
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 24 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 50 hours per semester
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prerequisite |
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Knowledge |
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to characterize the basic grammar rules of one foreign language, preferably English (passive knowledge as minimum) |
to explain basic technical terms of the studied field (in Czech) |
Skills |
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to critically work with resources (source and secondary texts) |
to use modern technologies, especially information databases |
to identify the problem (thesis) and reproduce the argument contained in the given text |
Competences |
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N/A |
N/A |
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learning outcomes |
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Knowledge |
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to explain the basic concepts of English philosophical terminology |
to characterize the specifics of English philosophical terminology |
Skills |
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to search for the passage quoted in the English philosophical text and to verify its formal and factual correctness |
to find and verify specific factual knowledge in English secondary literature |
to find the appropriate terminology for the Czech translation in the original English philosophical text and verify the adequacy and consistency of its translation |
Competences |
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teaching methods |
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Knowledge |
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
Textual studies |
Skills |
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Seminar classes |
Skills demonstration |
Competences |
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Textual studies |
Skills demonstration |
assessment methods |
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Knowledge |
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Test |
Combined exam |
Skills |
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Individual presentation at a seminar |
Combined exam |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Competences |
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Combined exam |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
Recommended literature
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Aktuální seminární texty budou. zveřejněny před zahájením výuky v Coursewaru..
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Audi, Robert. The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy. 2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-521-63722-8.
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BLACKBURN, S. The Oxford dictionary of philosophy. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Bunnin, Nicholas; Tsui-James, E. P. The Blackwell companion to philosophy. 1st ed. Oxford : Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 0-631-18789-8.
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Honderich, Ted. The Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-926479-1.
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Christensen, Kit Richard. Philosophy and choice : selected readings from around the world. Mountain View : Mayfield Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN 1-55934-964-6.
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Lycan, William G. Philosophy of language: a contemporary introduction. New York. ISBN 978-0-415-95752-6.
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