UCJITBP400 Filozofie

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Supplier department: Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Timetable
Mon 10:35–11:20 H3
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UCJITBP400/A: Mon 12:15–13:00 H3, P. Slováček
UCJITBP400/B: Mon 13:05–13:50 H3, P. Slováček
UCJITBP400/C: Mon 13:55–14:40 H3, P. Slováček
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
  • Italian (programme FPF, ITAL-bpk)
Course objectives
The subject of Philosophy is aimed at introducing students to the Western pre-modern philosophical tradition. The scope of the subject is determined mainly problematically, with the emphasis of the lectures and seminars being placed on changes within the framework of philosophical thinking. In relation to 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 aim of the course will also be to highlight the importance of the philosophical tradition for what we could understand as European culture.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to identify the basic problems of the issue listed below in the syllabus; they will also be able to describe the main features of the discussed philosophies.
Syllabus
  • Subject topics: 1. The first philosophers  the beginnings of philosophy, the relationship between philosophy (logus) and myth 2. The Sophists  the turn to man, the relationship between nature (physis) and laws (nomoi), the possibilities of knowledge 3. Socrates  elenchos as a tool for philosophizing, caring for the soul as an ethical and political imperative 4. Plato  Plato's theory of ideas and its relationship to philosophical anthropology and politics 5. Aristotle  basic notes on theoretical and practical sciences 6. Philosophical schools of the Hellenistic period  Stoicism, Epicureanism, Cynics, changing the role of philosophy outside the context Greek polis 7. Philosophia togata  reception of Greek philosophy in the Roman context, clash of Greek and Roman virtues 8. Beginnings of Christian philosophy  forms of relationship of Christian thinkers to Greek philosophy, relationship between 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. Tomáš Ak vinský  metaphysics, anthropology and political philosophy, Thomistic tradition 12th-13th century Renaissance philosophy  transition between the Middle Ages and the modern age, analogy as a Renaissance epistemological paradigm
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
Presentation of chosen topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2024.
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