Course: Modern Philosophical Thought

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Course title Modern Philosophical Thought
Course code KFI/MFMP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
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.
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
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 26 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 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. Important philosophical personalities of this period and their works and ideas will be presented to the students and they will evaluate it.
teaching methods
Lecture
Textual studies
assessment methods
Combined exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Coreth, Emerich; Ehlen, Peter; Schmidt, Josef. Filosofie 19. století. Olomouc : Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2003. ISBN 80-7182-157-8.
  • Coreth, Emerich. Filosofie 20. století. 1. vyd. Olomouc : Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2006. ISBN 80-7182-209-4.
  • Holzhey, Helmut; Röd, Wolfgang. Filosofie 19. a 20. století. II., Novokantovství, idealismus, realismus a fenomenologie. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2006. ISBN 80-7298-178-1.
  • Petříček, Miroslav jr. Úvod do současné filosofie : 11 improvizovaných přednášek. 2. vyd. Praha : Herrmann a synové, 1991.
  • Stark, Stanislav. Filosofie 18.-20. století : vybrané kapitoly. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2000. ISBN 80-7082-592-8.
  • Störig, Hans Joachim. Malé dějiny filosofie. Kostelní Vydří : Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2000. ISBN 80-7192-500-2.
  • Thurnher, Rainer; Röd, Wolfgang,; Schmidinger, Heinrich. Filosofie 19. a 20. století. III, Filosofie života a filosofie existence. Vyd. 1. Praha : OIKOYMENH, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7298-177-9.


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