Course: Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy

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Course title Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy
Course code KFI/RNFB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
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)
  • Moural Josef, Doc. RNDr. 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
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 64 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 40 hours per semester
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Skills
Seminar classes
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Competences
Lecture
Textual studies
Skills demonstration
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Combined exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Kompendium.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kunzmann, Peter; Burkard, Franz-Peter; Wiedmann, Franz. Encyklopedický atlas filosofie. 9. aktualiz. vyd. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2001. ISBN 80-7106-339-8.
  • 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.
  • Sobotka, Milan; Moural, Josef; Znoj, Milan. Dějiny novověké filosofie od Descarta po Hegela. 1. vyd. Praha : Filosofia, 1993. ISBN 80-7007-030-7.
  • Špelda, Daniel. Renesanční a novověká filosofie. 1. vyd. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7043-822-0.
  • Yates, Frances Amelia. Giordano Bruno a hermetická tradice. Vyd. 1. V Praze : Vyšehrad, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7021-908-9.


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): Philosophy (18-5) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter