Reading in Philosophy I - KFIL041
Title: Četba filosofických textů I
Guaranteed by: Department of Philosophy and Law (26-KFP)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
Extent per academic year: 12 [weeks]
Capacity: unknown / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences: critical thinking
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Guarantor: doc. Mgr. Jakub Jinek, Dr. phil.
Teacher(s): doc. Mgr. Jakub Jinek, Dr. phil.
Incompatibility : KKFIL041
Interchangeability : KKFIL041
Is incompatible with: KKFIL041
Is interchangeable with: KKFIL041
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Annotation -
The seminar is designed to give students access to two central texts of the classical philosophical tradition, characteristic of its two main figures, Plato and Aristotle, and their relationship to each other. It will involve a close reading of selected passages with an introduction to the context of the work and the thought of its author. The emphasis will be on demonstrating
The Platonic-Socratic concordia discors: the difference in the specific intention of the two works, while maintaining identical conceptual forms and an underlying focus on logos.

The basic structure of the course
1) Plato's Republic - dialogue, dramaturgy, wider context of thought
2) Philosophy, its subject, its ideas
3) The idea of the good and what can be known about it
4) Philosophical education
5) Aristotle's Categories: Work, Form, Interpretation, Reception
6) Being and language, theory of meaning
7) The categorical division of being
8) Substance, cases and their systematic relations
Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (30.09.2024)
Aim of the course -

See the annotation.

Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (30.09.2024)
Literature -

Adam, J., The Republic of Plato, Cambridge 1902.
Höffe, O. (ed.), Platon, Politeia, Berlin 1997, pp. 141-160.
Ferrari, G. R. F. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Plato’s Republic, Cambridge 2007.
Fritz, K. v., Der Ursprung der aristotelischen Kategorienlehre, in: Schriften zur griechischen Logik, 2, Stuttgart 1978, pp. 9-51.
Gadamer, H.-G., Die Idee des Guten zwischen Plato und Aristoteles, Heidelberg 1978.
Gaiser, K., Platons ungeschriebene Lehre, Stuttgart 1963.
Merlan, Ph., Beiträge zur Geschichte des antiken Platonismus, I: Zur Erklärung der dem Aristoteles zugeschriebenen Kategorienschrift, in: Philologus, 89, 1934, pp. 47 ff.
Owens, J., The Doctrine of Being in the Aristotelian Metaphysics, Toronto 1951.
Schmitz, H., Aristoteles, 2, Bonn 1985, pp. 1-25.

Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (30.09.2024)
Teaching methods -

Historical-hermeneutic, inter-contextual.

Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (30.09.2024)
Syllabus

Reading Philosophical Texts I
Plato's Constitution and Aristotle's Categories

Annotation
This seminar is designed to give students access to two central texts of the classical philosophical tradition, characterised by its two main figures, Plato and Aristotle, and their relationship to each other. It will involve a close reading of selected passages with an introduction to the context of the work and the thought of its author. Emphasis will be placed on demonstrating the Platonic-Socratic concordia discors: the difference in the specific intent of the two works, while maintaining identical conceptual forms and an overall focus on logos.

Prerequisites for credit
Active participation, at least 80% attendance, a seminar paper of 7-10 NS handed in by the end of the term.

Structure of the Course
1) Plato's Republic - dialogue, dramaturgy, wider context of thought
2) Philosophy, its content, its ideas
3) The idea of the good and what can be known about it
4) Philosophical education
5) Aristotle's Categories: Work, Form, Interpretation, Reception
6) Being and language, theory of meaning
7) The categorical division of being
8) Substance, cases and their systematic relations

Bibliography
Adam, J., The Republic of Plato, Cambridge 1963.
Höffe, O. (ed.), Plato, Politeia, Berlin 1997, pp. 141-160.
Ferrari, G. R. F. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic, Cambridge 2007.
Fritz, K. v., The Origin of the Aristotelian Theory of Categories, in: Papers on Greek Logic, 2, Stuttgart 1978, pp. 9-51.
Gadamer, H.-G., The Idea of the Good between Plato and Aristotle, Heidelberg 1978.
Gaiser, K., Platos ungeschriebene Lehre, Stuttgart 1963.
Merlan, Ph., Contributions to the History of Ancient Platonism, I: On the explanation of the Categories ascribed to Aristotle, in: Philologus, 89, 1934, pp. 47 ff.
Owens, J., The Doctrine of Being in Aristotelian Metaphysics, Toronto 1951.
Schmitz, H., Aristoteles, 2, Bonn 1985, pp. 1-25.

Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (30.09.2024)
Entry requirements -

None.

Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (30.09.2024)