Course: Systematic Philosophy

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Course title Systematic Philosophy
Course code KFI/SFH
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Murgaš Jaromír, PhDr. CSc.
  • Demjančuk Nikolaj, Doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Conception of philosophy and systematic philosophy. Philosophy as metaphysics. Classification of philosophical problems and disciplines of metaphysics. Problem of ontology: opinions of Aristotle, Kant, Hegel. Modern conception: Hartmann and Heidegger. Ontology as doctrine about categories. Problems of gnoseology: world reality argument, emirism and rationalism argument in past and today. Critical rationalism (Hartmann, Popper). Theory of truth. Cognition and evaluation. (Axiology.) Thinking and language. Philosophy of nature as doctrine about categories of natural being (matter, movement, space, time, change, evolution, etc.). Philosophical anthropology as doctrine about essence of human being. Elementary categories: temporality - sociality - historicism. Types of philosophical anthropology. Philosophy of history as doctrine about history making. Who is subject of history. Role of objective factors. History and freedom. History and values. Types of philosophy of history: Hegel, Marx, Popper.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Individual study, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 36 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 45 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills.
learning outcomes
Students will be orientated in problems of philosophy in general - from the historical and systematical points of view. They will know the most important philosophical notions. They will be able to work with philosophical texts on basic level.
teaching methods
Lecture
Seminar
Textual studies
Individual study
assessment methods
Combined exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Anzenbacher, Arno. Úvod do filozofie. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990. ISBN 80-04-25414-4.
  • Benyovszky, Ladislav. Filosofická propedeutika. První díl. 1. vyd. Praha : Sofis, 1999. ISBN 80-902439-8-3.
  • Blecha, Ivan. Filosofie. 4. opravené a rozšířené vyd. Olomouc : Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2002. ISBN 80-7182-147-0.
  • Bochenski, Joseph Maria. Cesty k filosofickému myšlení : úvod do základních pojmů. 1. vyd. Praha : Svoboda, 1994. ISBN 80-205-0398-6.
  • Funda, Otakar A. Úvod do filosofického tázání. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Pedagogická fakulta Západočeské univerzity, 1995. ISBN 80-7043-169-5.
  • Fürst, Maria. Filozofie. 1. vyd. Praha : Fortuna, 1994. ISBN 80-7168-161-X.
  • Liessmann, Konrad; Zenaty, Gerhard. O myšlení : úvod do filosofie. Olomouc : Votobia, 1994. ISBN 80-85619-94-6.
  • Petříček, Miroslav jr. Úvod do současné filosofie : 11 improvizovaných přednášek. 2. vyd. Praha : Herrmann a synové, 1991.
  • Russell, Bertrand. Problémy filozofie. 1. vyd. Bratislava : P and K, 1992. ISBN 80-85725-00-2.
  • Sokol, Jan. Malá filosofie člověka a slovník filosofických pojmů. 3. rozšíř. vyd. Praha : Vyšehrad, 1998. ISBN 80-7021-253-5.
  • 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.
  • Špůr, Josef. Úvod do systematické filosofie : gnoseologie. 1. vyd. Dobrá Voda : Aleš Čeněk, 2002. ISBN 80-86473-17-1.
  • Špůr, Josef. Úvod do systematické filosofie I- ontologie. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2000. ISBN 80-7082-709-2.


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 (19-5) Category: Philosophy, theology 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (17-5) Category: Social sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Humanities (19-4) Category: Philosophy, theology 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer