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Lecturer(s)
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Funda Otakar A., Prof. ThDr. Dr. Theol.
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Course content
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Patristics - origins of Christian philosophy, Aurelius Augustinus. Scholasticism - basic tendency, the problem of universals. The influence of aristotelism. Arabic and Jewish philosophy. Thomas Aquinas. The late scholasticism and the nominalism: Scotus, Ockham, Nicolas of Cusa.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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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
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| Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills. |
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| Students will be competent to orientate themselves in the fundamental topics of the medieval philosophy. Thanks to the critical reading of the original sources they will be able to identify partial tendencies established during the history of the western thinking into the respective philosophical systems. This knowledge will provide them with understanding of the whole process of formation of the European philosophical discourse within its vast spectrum of influences, which is necessary for further study of philosophy. |
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| Combined exam |
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Recommended literature
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FLOSS, Pavel. Cesty evropského myšlení 1. Architekti křesťanského středověkého vědění. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2004. ISBN 80-7021-662-X.
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Karfík, F.; Němec, V.; Vilím, F. Křesťanství a filosofie. Postavy latinské tradice. Praha : Česká křesťanská akademie, 1994.
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KOBUSCH, T. Filosofie vrcholného a pozdního středověku. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7298-486-2.
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Zalta, E. N. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University, 2016.
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