UHVHCOBP15 Philosophy II

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
At least 75% attendance at seminars, continuous study of assigned texts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Subject Philosophy II. is focused on acquainting students with the modern and contemporary European philosophical tradition beginning with the rejection of the so-called speculative or dark medieval philosophy and the inclination to methods and justification of their own natural sciences or mathematics. This movement of modern philosophy will then be observed on several levels - epistemological, anthropological and political, with reference to their interconnectedness. At the end of the course, students will be introduced to some of the more influential philosophical strategies of the last century.
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire a number of competencies: they will gain an overview of the history of European philosophical thought and its development; they will get acquainted with the different ways in which philosophers have thematized the world, its knowledge, man, man in relation to the other and society; on this basis, students will then approach the understanding of the concept of philosophy, which can take various forms.
Syllabus
  • 1. Specifics of modern philosophy  turn to the subject, power, philosophy as a system 2. Continental rationalism - its starting points, assumptions and representatives (R. Descartes, B. Spinoza, G. W. Leibniz) 3. British empiricism - its starting points, assumptions and representatives (F. Bacon, T. Hobbes, J. Locke, D. Hume) 4. I. Kant  Kant's epistemology, ethics and political theory 5. German idealism and Marxism - J. G. F. Hegel and his conception of history, state and individual, Marx's conception of history and individual 6. Utilitarianism - J. Bentham and J. S. Mill 7. Pragmatism - Ch. Peirce, W. James, J. Dewey 8. Positivism - Vienna Circle 9. E. Husserl - bases of phenomenology 10. M. Heidegger - existence and residence, fundamental ontology and Heidegger's hermeneutics 11. Important European emigrants - L. Strauss, H. Arendtová and E. Kantorowicz 12. Philosophy of language - turn to language 13. Summary and final considerations
Literature
    required literature
  • Blecha, I. Filosofie. Olomouc 1998.
  • Bělohradský, V. Společnost nevolnosti. Praha 2009.
  • Blecha, I., a kol. Filosofický slovník. Olomouc 1998.
  • Störig, H. J. Malé dějiny filosofie. Kostelní Vydří 2007.
    recommended literature
  • Peregrin, J. Kapitoly z analytické filosofie. Praha 2005.
  • Valenta, L. Problémy analytické filozofie. Olomouc 2003.
  • Röd, W. Novověká filosofie II. Praha 2004.
  • Jaeschke, W. – Arndt, A. Německá klasická filosofie II. Praha 2015.
  • Röd, W. Novověká filosofie I. Praha 2001.
  • Röd, W. Německá klasická filosofie I. Praha 2015.
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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