Course: Modern Philosophical Thought

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Course title Modern Philosophical Thought
Course code KFI/MFM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Profant Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Ševčík Miloš, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Feuerbach, post ? hegelianism and marxism. Breaking up of classical philosophy. 2. Schopenhauer, F. Nietzsche ? beginning of philosophy of life. S. Kierkegaard and human existence. 3. Positivism and philosophy of science. A. Comte, J. S. Mill, H. Spencer. 4. Pragmatism and human life. W. James, J. Dewey. 5. Neotomism and philosophy of religion. 6. Neopositivism as a philosophy of lingual manifestations. L. Wittgenstein, R. Carnap, B. Russell. 7. The beginning and progress of phenomenology. E. Husserl. 8. The beginning of existencialistic philosophy, German existencialism. Jaspers, M. Heidegger. 9. French existencialism - J. P. Sartre, A. Camus, G. Marcel. 10. Modernism in religious philosophy. P. Teilhard de Chardin, M. Buber, M. Scheler. 11. The progress of neomarxism in connection with neofreudism - H. Marcuse, E. Fromm. 12. Philosophy and scientifical knowledge, new onthology - K. Popper, S. Kuhn, A. Whitehead, N. Hartmann,philosophy of language. 13. Postmodern situation - M. Foucault, J. F. Lyotard, J. Derrida, R. Rorty.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 58 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills.
learning outcomes
Students will get the vision of situation of philosophical thinking in the period since 18th century till the beginning of 20th century. They will be able to summarize and evaluate most important streams of modern philosophical thinking. Basic philosophical personalities of this period and their works and ideas will be presented to the students and they will evaluate it.
teaching methods
Lecture
Seminar
Textual studies
assessment methods
Oral exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Úvod do (současné) filosofie : 11 improvizovaných přednášek. [1. vyd.]. Praha : Hermann a synové, 1992.
  • Coreth, E., Ehlen, P., Haeffner, G. Ricken, F. Filosofie 20. století. Olomouc, 2006.
  • Descombes, Vincent. Stejné a jiné : čtyřicetpět [sic] let francouzské filosofie : (1933-1978). 1. vyd. Praha : ISE, 1995. ISBN 80-85241-74-9.
  • Horyna, Břetislav. Filosofie posledních let před koncem filosofie : kapitoly ze současné německé filosofie. 1. vyd. Praha : KLP, 1998. ISBN 80-85917-49-1.
  • Major, Ladislav. Dějiny poklasické filozofie v 19. a na počátku 20. století. 1. vyd. Praha : Karolinum, 1991. ISBN 80-7066-462-2.
  • Peregrin, Jaroslav. Filosofie a jazyk : (eseje a úvahy). Vyd. 1. V Praze : Triton, 2003. ISBN 80-7254-432-2.
  • Stark, Stanislav. Filosofie 18.-20. století : vybrané kapitoly. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2000. ISBN 80-7082-592-8.
  • Störig, Hans Joachim. Malé dějiny filozofie. 7. přeprac.,rozšíř.vyd.,v Karmelitánském nakl. 1. Kostelní Vydří : Karmelitánské nakl., 2000. ISBN 80-7192- 500-2 (v.
  • Welsch, Wolfgang. Naše postmoderní moderna. 1. vyd. Praha : Zvon, 1994. ISBN 80-7113-104-0.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Humanities (19-4) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Humanities (19-5) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer