UBKKBK0003 Philosophy I

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable
Fri 1. 12. 8:05–11:20 H1
Prerequisites
80 % attendance at semminars (if seminars are part of syllabus), reading of recomended text.
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
The course Philosophy I is focused on acquainting students with the western pre-modern philosophical tradition. The scope of the course is then determined mainly problematically, with the emphasis on lectures and seminars on the changes in philosophical thinking. In connection with well-known names from the history of philosophy, basic philosophical problems (epistemological, ontological, ethical and political) and changes in the assumptions on the basis of which these problems were solved will be presented. The accompanying goal of the course will also be to emphasize the importance of the philosophical tradition for what we could understand as European culture.
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. The first philosophers - the beginnings of philosophy, the relationship between philosophy (logo) and myth 2. Sophists - turn to man, the relationship between nature (physis) and laws (nomoi), the possibility of knowledge 3. Socrates - elenchos as a tool of philosophizing, care for the soul as an ethical and political imperative 4. Plato - Plato's theory of ideas and its relation to philosophical anthropology and politics 5. Aristotle - basic notes on theoretical and practical sciences 6. Philosophical schools of the Hellenistic period - stoicism, epicureanism, cynicism, change of the role of philosophy outside the context of the Greek polis 7. Philosophia togata - reception of Greek philosophy in the Roman context, the clash of Greek and Roman virtues 8. The beginnings of Christian philosophy - forms of the relationship of Christian thinkers to Greek philosophy, the relationship of faith and reason 9. Aurelius Augustinus - Augustine's metaphysics, anthropology and political philosophy 10. Arabic medieval philosophy - translatio studiorum, the journey of Aristotle's work to the Latin West and the consequences of its mediated reception 11. Thomas Aquinas ¬- metaphysics, anthropology and political philosophy, Thomistic tradition 12. Renaissance philosophy - transition between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, analogy as a Renaissance epistemological paradigm 13. Summary and final considerations
Literature
    required literature
  • Störig, H. J. Malé dějiny filosofie. Kostelní Vydří 2007.
  • Blecha, I., a kol. Filosofický slovník. Olomouc 1998.
  • Blecha, I. Filosofie. Olomouc 1998.
  • Bělohradský, V. Společnost nevolnosti. Praha 2009.
    recommended literature
  • Graeser, A. Řecká filosofie klasického období. Praha 2001.
  • Kirk, G. S. – Raven, J. E. – Schoefield, M. Předsókratovští filosofové. Kritické dějiny s vybranými texty. Praha 2004.
  • Libera, de, A. Středověká filosofie. Praha 2001.
    not specified
  • Henkins, J. Renesanční filosofie. Praha 2011.
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Written test based on lectures, semminars and compulsory literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod/sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2023, recent)
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