UPPVMP004 Philosophy

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
26/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Jan Viktorin, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 8:05–9:40 C205
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint with the history of philosophy of humanity. During the semester, will be recited chronological process of building relationships and philosophies of ancient philosophy, medieval through changes to modern questions of philosophy. Students here get an insight into classical and modern philosophical thinking. The essence of the course is also the study of literature, which students can assess at least in basic terms.
Learning outcomes
Professional Knowledge:
- students are well versed in chronological periods and stages of selected philosophical directions
- students are well versed in the history of philosophical thought
- students can understand the historical context in the context of philosophical thinking concerning the general history of mankind
- students know the basic theoretical concepts and terminology used in philosophy
Professional Skills:
- students analyze the historical context of different philosophies
- students can define philosophies of mankind and classify them chronologically
General qualification:
- students can assess the importance of chronologically successive periods in the history of philosophy
- students can understand the importance of philosophy for the contemporary world and the everyday lives of individuals
Syllabus
  • 1. Life in ancient Greece  Greek philosophy as a step out of myth, human and society in ancient Greece, ancient conception of the individual and of society and private and public areas of life, respectively; ancient theory of virtues (aretai).
  • 2. Reception of Greek thinking and its role in the empire (philosophy within the Roman Empire)  the centre of tradition and philosophy, anthropological and political-philosophical topics of Greek philosophy in confrontation with the Roman intellectual world.
  • 3. The origins of Christian Europe  Christian philosophy and its transformation in the notion of an individual; the difference between European theological-philosophical thinking and Eastern (especially Muslim) thinking and its relevance in terms of traditional European values such as individual autonomy, pluralism of opinion, intellectual freedom.
  • 4. Reason and faith  two inseparable sources of medieval knowledge and their relationship; the significance of the bond between philosophy and theology for a non-instrumental understanding of the individual and of the society.
  • 5. Transformations of medieval thinking  two most important anthropological concepts of the Middle Ages (late antiquity): Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, their political and philosophical consequences.
  • 6. The importance of Renaissance and humanism in European history  efforts to exceed scholastic speculation through return to the ancient source of European thought. The importance of analogy as an epistepomological means and its use in the creation of ideal images of society in the example of the so-called consultation of J. A. Comenius.
  • 7. A modern change in the scientific paradigm  British empiricism and continental rationalism, philosophy as a system formed along the lines of geometry (more geometrico) and thus independent of theology: F. Bacon, R. Descartes, T. Hobbes  three trials and their implications for the concept of philosophy, knowledge, man and society.
  • 8. Enlightenment and anthropological optimism  I. Kant and his answer to the question: What is the Enlightenment?
  • 9. Philosophies and ideologies of the 19th century their role in a changing European society: positivism, utilitarianism and Marxism.
  • 10. interwar Europe  critique of the Enlightenment and of modernity; partial rationality as a threat to non-instrumental person-to-person relationship; critique of modern disenchantment of the world and the consequences of losing transcendental dimension of human life.
  • 11. Famous European expatriates  H. Arendt, L. Strauss  reaction to the war horrors of the first half of the 20th century  return to the "lost treasures" of European tradition.
  • 12. Europe between Jürgen Habermas and C. Schmitt  theory of communicative action as a bolt philosophy of language, political philosophy and social philosophy leading to the new rationalist philosophy against the theory of the political.
Literature
    required literature
  • POPPER, K. R. Otevřená společnost a její nepřátelé. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7298-272-1.
  • SCHMITT, C. Pojem politična. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7298-127-4.
  • STÖRIG, H. J. Malé dějiny filozofie. Praha: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2007. ISBN 80-7192-500-4.
  • STRAUSS, L. Obec a člověk. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7298-116-8.
    recommended literature
  • HOLZHEY, H., RŐD, W. Filosofie 19. a 20. století II. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2006. ISBN 80-7298-178-1.
  • RÖD, W. Novověká filosofie I: od Francise Bacona po Spinozu. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2006. ISBN 80-7298-039-4.
  • RÖD, W. Novověká filosofie II. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004. ISBN 80-7298-109-9. info
  • SWIFT, A. Politická filozofie: základní otázky moderní politologie. Praha: Portál, 2005. ISBN 80-7178-859-7.
    not specified
  • BEDNÁŘ, M. Pohyb člověka na biodromu : cesta životem z pohledu (nejen) kinantropologie. Praha: Karolinum, 2009. ISBN 978-80-2461-665-0.
  • FRANKL, V. E. Vůle ke smyslu : vybrané přednášky o logoterapii. Brno : Cesta, 2006. ISBN 80-7295-084-3.
  • MACHOVEC, D. Dějiny antické filosofie. Praha: H & H, 1993. ISBN 80-8546-762-3.
  • PEREGRIN, J. Filozofie pro normální lidi. Praha: Dokořán, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7363-192-5.
  • SOKOL, J. Malá filosofie člověka a Slovník filosofických pojmů. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7021-884-6.
  • RAMANATHAN, CH. S., JUVVA, S., DUTTA, S., KHAJA, K. Spirituality, Culture, and Development. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2016. ISBN 978-14-9851-9670.
  • SLOVÁČEK, P. Základy filozofie. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě.
Assessment methods
Written exam from compulsory literature and lectures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation winter, Winter 2020, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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