UVSRP00051 Philosophy I

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Filip Svoboda (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course is a basic course of philosophy. Teaching is based on an interpretation of the history of philosophy - the most important philosophical concepts, problems, disciplines and methods are explained on the basis of changes and the history of philosophical thought. The course Philosophy I covers the period from the emergence of philosophy to the Renaissance.
Syllabus
  • 1st Subject of philosophy, segmentation of philosophy
    2nd Mythology, the emergence of philosophy
    3rd Presocratic natural philosophy to Heraclitus
    4th Presocratic natural philosophy
    5th The Sophists and Socrates
    6th Plato
    7th Aristotle
    8th The philosophy of the Hellenistic
    9th And Patristics sv. Augustin
    10th Scholasticism
    11th Renaissance philosophy
Literature
    required literature
  • TRETERA, I. Nástin dějin evropského myšlení. Praha: Paseka, 1999. info
  • BLECHA, I. Filosofie. Olomouc: Nakl. Olomouc, 1998. info
  • STÖRIG, H. J. Malé dějiny filozofie. Praha: Zvon, 1993. ISBN 80-7113-058-3. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis
Assessment methods
The analysis of student 's performance
Didactic test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Preliminary written test will examine whether students have understand the basic terminology of philosophy, they have an overview of solutions to important philosophical issues in most significant directions and philosophers in the period from antiquity to the Renaissance.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2018.
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