Readings in Philosophical Methodology - L0171

• Title: Readings in Philosophical Methodology
• Guaranteed by: HTF - Katedra filozofie (28-05)
• Faculty: Hussite Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 28 [hours]
• Capacity: unknown / unlimited (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Note: 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: Gerald Robert Ostdiek, BA, M.A., Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Gerald Robert Ostdiek, BA, M.A., Ph.D.
• Is interchangeable with: LPHI34

Annotation

Last update: ThDr. Kateřina Patová (02.02.2018)

This course explores the basic ‘tool-box’ of philosophy: it functions both as an introductory course for students of philosophy, and a practical guide for anyone interested in improving their ability to think clearly and distinctly. Readings will be drawn from texts that focus on these practical skills. The focus is on contemporary argumentation grounded in English speaking communities

Syllabus

Last update: ThDr. Kateřina Patová (02.02.2018)

Overview, Philosophical methodology, historical, analytic, and pragmatic. What is Philosophy? Competing views - Sinnott-Armstrong, W. and Gert, B. Historical method in philosophy - Frost, S.E. How do we know stuff? The view of radical empiricism - James, W. How do we know stuff? Competing views - Sellars, W versus Chisolm, R. versus Gettier, E. Or do we just make it up? The problem of abductive inference - Peirce, C. and Wirth, U. Do we know stuff, or just think we do? The Chinese room - Searle, J. The problem of Zombies, competing views - Crick, F. and Koch, C. The problem of Zombies, What do zombies know? - Chalmers, D. Philosophy as a blood sport, and what that gets us - Pearce, K. The value of philosophy - Russell, B.

Course completion requirements

Last update: ThDr. Kateřina Patová (02.02.2018)

To earn credit for this course, a student must demonstrate his/her understanding of the subject matter through class participation and via examination, both written and oral. Attendance is mandatory: if a student misses a significant number of classes, he/she will be required to write an additional term paper.

Literature

Last update: ThDr. Kateřina Patová (02.02.2018)

Povinná:
Chalmers, D (1993) “Self-Ascription Without Qualia: A Case-Study”, Behavioral and

Brain Sciences 16:35-36,

Chisolm, R. (1982) The Foundations of Knowing, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota

Crick, F. and Koch, C. (2003) A Framework for Consciousness, Nature Neuroscience 6, 119

• 126 doi:10.1038/nn0203-119

Gert, B. (2004) Common Morality, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Gettier, E. (1963) “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” Analysis, Vol. 23

Frost, S.E (1942/1989) Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers, NY: Anchor Books

James, W. (1909) The Meaning of Truth, NY: Dover

Pearce, K. (2008) The Adversarial Method in Philosophy online at:

http://blog.kennypearce.net/archives/philosophy/metaphilosophy/the_adversarial_method_in_phil_1.html

Queiroz, J and Merrell F. (2005) “Abduction: Between subjectivity and objectivity,”

Semiotica vol. 153 - 1/4

Russell, B. (1912/1974) The Problems of Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2004) What is Philosophy, http://www.dartmouth.edu/~phil/whatis/wsa.html

Sellars, W. (1963) Science, Perception and Reality, London: Routledge & Kegan

Wirth, U. (1998) What is Abductive Inference, in Encyclopedia of Semiotics, ed. by Paul Bouissac, Oxford: Oxford University Press