Aristotle and Theophrastus on Life and Living Things - AFS500317

• Anglický název: Aristotle and Theophrastus on Life and Living Things
• Zajišťuje: Ústav filosofie a religionistiky (21-UFAR)
• Fakulta: Filozofická fakulta
• Platnost: od 2024 do 2024
• Semestr: zimní
• Body: 0
• E-Kredity: 5
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:0/2, Z [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neomezen (neurčen)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu; při zápisu přednost, je-li ve stud. plánu
• Garant: Mgr. Robert Roreitner; Sean Coughlin, Ph.D.
• Vyučující: Sean Coughlin, Ph.D.; Mgr. Robert Roreitner

Anotace

Aristotle's and Theophrastus' study of living things seems, by modern standards, almost uncontroversial, even forward-thinking. However, to their contemporaries, it was highly contentious, and as a result, their methods were rarely developed and mostly ignored until the late Middle Ages. In this course, we will examine one of the key points of controversy: their understanding of the soul as the source and cause of life. We will explore how Aristotle and Theophrastus addressed fundamental questions about life, such as how to distinguish living from non-living things, natural living activities from divine ones and from non-living processes, and the different ways something can be considered to live. Both philosophers identified three core types of living processes: nutrition, sensation/locomotion, and reasoning. A central aim of the course will be to investigate the motivations behind this division of life processes, the problems they sought to address, and the new puzzles their solutions inevitably raised. In particular, we will focus on how Theophrastus refined or rejected Aristotle’s views on these issues and examine the reasons behind the distinctive directions he took.

Poslední úprava: Roreitner Robert, Mgr. (16.09.2024)

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

Every student is expected to prepare for each session, take part in the discussion, and EITHER make an oral presentation once during the semester OR submit a thematically related written essay (of about 5,000 words).

Poslední úprava: Roreitner Robert, Mgr. (16.09.2024)

Literatura

C. Cohoe (ed.) 2022, Aristotle’s On the Soul: A Critical Guide. Cambridge.

Corcilius, K. 2017. Aristoteles. Über die Seele. De anima. Hamburg.

Fortenbaugh, W.W., Huby P., Sharples, R. W. and Gutas, D. 1993. Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life, Writings, Thought, and Influence. Leiden and Boston

Lennox, J. 2002. Aristotle On the Parts of Animals I-IV. Oxford.

Miller, F D. 2018. Aristotle On the Soul. Oxford.

Ross, W. D. 1961. Aristotle’s De anima. Oxford.

Shields, C. 2016. Aristotle: De Anima. Oxford.

Stratton, G M. 1917. Theophrastus and the Greek Physiological Psychology Before Aristotle.

Theophrastus. De Causis Plantarum, Volume I-III: Books 1-6. Translated by Benedict Einarson, George K. K. Link. Cambridge, MA 1976-1990.

 

Specific secondary literature will be assigned during the course.

Poslední úprava: Roreitner Robert, Mgr. (16.09.2024)