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Course: Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy

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Course title Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy
Course code KFI/RNF
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Moural Josef, Doc. RNDr. CSc.
  • Murgaš Jaromír, PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Selected topics of Renaissance philosophy (humanism, Aristotelianism, Platonism, natural philosophy, social philosophy); profiles of main representatives of early modern period philosophy (Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar classes, Lecture
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 43 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 35 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills.
learning outcomes
Students will define and describe basic philosophical movements of Renaissance and early modern period. They will distinguish the single attitudes and explain their relation to the period intellectual, social and cultural context. They will analyze and compare philosophical attitudes and ideals on the basis of reading original and secondary literature. They will distinguish and formulate backgrounds and consequences of the philosophical thoughts of Renaissance and early modern period and summarize and evaluate their importance for history of European culture.
teaching methods
Lecture
Seminar classes
assessment methods
Combined exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Copenhaver, Brian P. Renaissance Philosophy. 1st publ. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-19-289184-7.
  • Coreth, Emerich; Schöndorf, Harald. Filosofie 17. a 18. století. Olomouc : Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2002. ISBN 80-7182-119-5.
  • Gorfunkel, Aleksandr Chaimovič. Renesanční filozofie. 1. vyd. Praha : Nakl. Svoboda, 1987.
  • Hankins, James. Renesanční filosofie. Vyd. 1. Praha : OIKOYMENH, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7298-418-3.
  • Koyré, Alexandre. Od uzavřeného světa k nekonečnému vesmíru. Vyd. 1. V Praze : Vyšehrad, 2004. ISBN 80-7021-586-0.
  • Kristeller, Paul Oskar. Osm filosofů italské renesance. Vyd. 1. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7021-832-7.
  • Röd, Wolfgang. Novověká filosofie. I, Od Francise Bacona po Spinozu. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2001. ISBN 80-7298-039-4.
  • Röd, Wolfgang. Novověká filosofie. II, Od Newtona po Rousseaua. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2004. ISBN 80-7298-109-9.
  • Schneider, Martin. Das Weltbild des 17. Jahrhunderts : philosophisches Denken zwischen Reformation und Aufklärung. Darmstadt : Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2004. ISBN 3-534-15764-8.
  • Sobotka, Milan; Moural, Josef; Znoj, Milan. Dějiny novověké filosofie od Descarta po Hegela. 1. vyd. Praha : Filosofia, 1993. ISBN 80-7007-030-7.
  • Yates, Frances Amelia. Giordano Bruno a hermetická tradice. Vyd. 1. V Praze : Vyšehrad, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7021-908-9.


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University of West Bohemia, date of update: 31.08.2024 23:52. Data created for academic year 2024/2025