Course: The Theory and Metodology of the History)

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Course title The Theory and Metodology of the History)
Course code KHI/TMHX
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Pažout Jaroslav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
01) Concept of the theory and the theory of science 02) The origin and the concept of the methodology of science 03) Methods and methodics of science 04) Theory, methodology of historic science 05) Research methods of historic science 06) Heuristics as the discipline 07) Historical criticism and its postulates 08) Interpretation and its limits 09) Historical narration as a problem 10) Recognition and assessment 11) Estetics of the scientiffic knowledge 12) Ethics of the scientiffic thinking and human action 13) Scientiffic cognition as individual action 14) Science, society, and the leading of science

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 16 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 16 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The lecture will introduce the basic characteristics of non-empiric elements of historical thinking and scientiffic historic knowledge of the 20th century in contemporary historiography. The historic thinking and its specific part - scientific knowledge - understand as socio-cultural phenomenon, i.e. intellectual product bound on the universal time designated cultural streams as the creation of the objective picture of world - including its evaluation and having its esthetic and ethic extent.
It corresponds to the definition of the subject and to the demands given in syllabus.
Prerequisites
Fulfilment of previous study obligations, see the study program.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Active attendance on discussions (lessons); fulfilment of homework; passing a test successfully; study of recommended literature
Recommended literature
  • Beneš, Z. Historický text a historická kultura. Praha, 1995.


Study plans that include the course
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