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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. What is philosophy; introduction in to the big questions; 2. Relation between man and world; basic intuitions of the Pre-Socratic thinkers and philosophy of Socrates; 3. Plato; basic problems of Plato's philosophy; 4. Aristotle and Hellenism; 5. Thought revolution of the 17th century; the birth of modern science; 6. The Enlightenment: Hume and Kant on limits of reason; ideals of French Revolution; 7. History, historicity and evolution: the problem of progress in human history. progress in human history.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
- Class attendance
- 14 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 20 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This subject is focused on basic informations and knowledges which are connected with philosophy. The main goal of this subject is to define "what philosophy is" and to show basic distinction between philosophy and other "human approaches" to the world (religion, science, art)
The students will acknowledge themselves with the informations acording to the goal and the matter of the course.
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Prerequisites
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Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student's performance analysis
test
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Recommended literature
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BARNES, J., HARE, R. M., CHADWICK, H. Zakladatelé myšlení : Platón, Aristotelés, Aurelius Augustinu. Praha: Svoboda, 1994. ISBN 80-205-0363-3..
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BLACKBURN, S. Velké otázky filosofie. Knižní klub, Praha 2011. ISBN 978-80-242-3238-6.
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Garaudy, R. Perspektivy člověka.
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Petříček, M. Úvod do současné filosofie. Praha: Hermann a synové, 1992..
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Platón. Faidon, Faidros, Obrana Sokratova, Ústava.
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