Course: Systematic Philosophy

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Course title Systematic Philosophy
Course code KFI/SFHB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Murgaš Jaromír, PhDr. CSc.
  • Kočandrle Radim, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 38 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe the basic specifics of philosophical knowledge
Skills
to find up and critically evaluate literature for the topic
to work with databases of professional journals etc.
to apply the basic principles of scientific work
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to use basic related terminology and interpretative procedures and critically evaluate them
to explain basic rules of thought work with philosophical texts
to explain the content of the most important philosophical terms
Skills
to critically interpret the philosophical text
to search relevant sources for specialized texts in libraries and databases
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Individual study
Seminar
Skills
Seminar
Textual studies
Competences
Seminar
Individual study
Textual studies
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Seminar work
Skills
Combined exam
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Combined exam
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
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.


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