Basics of Philosophy - PKIN145
Title: Základy filozofie
Guaranteed by: Department of Social Sciences Foundation in Kinanthropology (51-300000)
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, C+Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 28 [hours]
Capacity: 85 / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: deregister from the credit exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled
deregister from the exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Miloš Bednář, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Miloš Bednář, Ph.D.
Examination dates   WS schedule   Noticeboard   
Annotation -
Both acquiring basic notions of fundamental philosophy with focusing on its anthropological line and grasping the meaning of philosophical reflexions of medicine is the main goal of teaching of the subject. Students will also acquainted with central characters of the history of philosophy and with some proper methodological instruments.
Last update: Komarc Martin, Mgr., Ph.D. (19.06.2019)
Aim of the course -

1. Students become familiar with basic philosophical terminology.

2. Students study one topic from the course syllabus in depth and write a term paper on it.

3. Students will master the essay form of writing academic texts.

4. Students will be able to present their own ideas on selected philosophical topics.

5. Students can conduct research on selected topics.

6. Students are able to compare their own findings with conventional and/or dissenting expert opinions from the research and eventually argue with them.

7. Students understand the requirements of the ISO 690 citation standard and apply it in their text.

Last update: Bednář Miloš, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (14.11.2023)
Course completion requirements -

Credit:
At least 60% attendance.

ZK:
Write an essay on one of the 14 topics of the syllabus of at least 3 pages (5400 characters including spaces) and send it by email no later than 31.8.2023.

Last update: Bednář Miloš, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (10.08.2023)
Literature -

COMTE-SPONVILLE, A. The Little Book of Philosophy. London: W. Heinemann,  2004.


CANGUILHEM, G. Writings on medicine. Fordham Univ Press, 2012.

LOEWEN, G. V. Sacred science: ritual and miracle in modern medicine. New York: Peter Lang, 2017.

Last update: Bednář Miloš, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (10.08.2023)
Requirements to the exam -

Exam:
- credit completed;
- written work in the form of an essay.

Last update: Bednář Miloš, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (10.08.2023)
Syllabus -

1. The origin of philosophy. Myth versus logos. Kinanthropology.
2. The concept of physis according to Heracleitus and Aristotle; implications of their concepts (nature, nature, Bacon, modern science).
3. The body in philosophical reflection and historical perspective.
4. Man as a multi-component being (kalokagatheiá, "Mens sana..."). Posturism and proxemics.
5. Epimeleiá tés psýchés and the phenomenon of health.
6. The concept and phenomenon of movement from Heracleitus to Patočka.
7. Time and space in philosophical and anthropological reflection.
8. Anthropological paradigms (the so-called "patterns of humanity"); the essence and nature of man.
9. The phenomenon of pain and illness. The meaning and value of suffering.
10. Catharsis; its reflection in history and present; its philosophical and biohygienic role.
11. The problem of truth in philosophy, science and practical medicine. Pia fraus.
12. Death and dying in philosophical reflection.
13. Perignosis and the hermeneutic method.
14. Play and experience as an entry into a deeper dimension of human existence.

Last update: Bednář Miloš, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (10.08.2023)
Learning resources -

a) full-time teaching:
Classical lecture with PP presentation support.
b) Distance learning:
- online lecture on the MSTeams platform with support for PP presentation;
- the course is also presented on the Moodle 2 platform (including the slides discussed - in Czech):
link: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=3360#section-12

Last update: Bednář Miloš, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (10.08.2023)