UHVHCOBP11 Introduction to Philosophy

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 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 Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable
Mon 11:25–12:10 H3
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UHVHCOBP11/A: Mon 13:05–13:50 H3, P. Slováček
UHVHCOBP11/B: Mon 13:55–14:40 H3, P. Slováček
UHVHCOBP11/C: Mon 14:45–15:30 H3, P. Slováček
Prerequisites
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic problems of pre-modern Western philosophical tradition, not only in relation to specific figures in the history of philosophy, but also in the aspect of interconnectedness and development. The meaning of the subject will be fulfilled at the moment when students understand the changes of European pre-modern philosophy, which are also an expression of continuity beginning with a turn away from the myth.
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 primarily by the issue, with the emphasis on lectures and seminars on the changes in philosophical thinking. In connection with the well-known names from the history of philosophy, the years will be basic philosophical problems (epistemological, ontological, ethical and political) and changes in the assumptions on the basis of which these problems were solved. 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
After completing the course, students will be able to define specific features of philosophical thinking. They are able to characterize the specifics of philosophical thinking, especially by distinguishing individual philosophical disciplines and their questions. At the same time, this understanding of philosophy, its disciplines and problems will be connected with the knowledge of their changes, which are, depending on this or that discipline, to varying degrees due to the time and current state of scientific knowledge.
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, changing 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 path of Aristotle's work to the Latin West and the consequences of his mediated reception 11. Thomas Aquinas - metaphysics, anthropology and political philosophy, Thomistic tradition 12. Renaissance philosophy - the transition between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, analogy as a Renaissance epistemological paradigm
Literature
    required literature
  • Bělohradský, V., Společnost nevolnosti. Praha, Slon 2009. ISBN 978-80-7419-007-0.
  • Blecha, I., a kol., Filosofický slovník. Olomouc, Nakladatelství Olomouc 1998. ISBN 80-7182-064-4.
  • Störig, H. J., Malé dějiny filosofie. Kostelní Vydří, Karmelitánské nakladatelství 2007. ISBN 978-80-7195-206-0.
  • Blecha, I., Filosofie. Olomouc, Nakladatelství Olomouc 1998. ISBN 80-7182-069-5.
    recommended literature
  • Kirk, G. S., Raven, J. E., Schoefield, M., Předsókratovští filosofové. Kritické dějiny s vybranými texty. Praha, Oikoymenh 2004. ISBN 80-7298-110-2.
  • Long, A., A., Hellénistická filosofie. Praha, Oikoymenh 2003. ISBN 80-7298-077-7.
  • Henkins, J., Renesanční filosofie. Praha, Oikoymenh, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7298-418-3
  • Graeser, A., Řecká filosofie klasického období. Praha, Oikoymenh 2001. ISBN 80-7298-019-X.
    not specified
  • Libera, de, A., Středověká filosofie. Praha, Oikoymenh 2001. ISBN 80-7298-026-2.
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussion
Assessment methods
Written verification of knowledge.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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