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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Milan Hanyš, Ph.D. (02.10.2023)
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Eva Švancarová (18.08.2021)
This course is specifically designed for 1st grade students of Liberal Arts and Humanities programme, therefore on-line registration is disabled.
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Milan Hanyš, Ph.D. (05.10.2023)
The course provides insight into basic philosophical topics via reading and discussion of the seminal texts of the Western philosophical tradition. Selected authors discussed include Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Kant and Nietzsche.
Weekly Schedule: Week 1 (6th October) – introduction; Plato’s method of dialogues (Euthyphro) Week 2 (13th October) – Plato, Phaedo 57a-72d Week 3 (20th October) – Plato, Phaedo 72d-84b Week 4 (27th October) – no teaching - time for self-study and preparation of written assignment Week 5 (3rd November) – Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics I, 1-8 Week 6 (10th November) – Descartes, Meditations on the First Philosophy (I+II) Week 7 (17th November) – no class – public holiday Week 8 (24th November) – Immanuel Kant, Groundwork on the Metaphysics of Morals (Introduction+Part I), pgs. 3-20 Week 9 (1st December) - Kant, Groundwork on the Metaphysics of Morals, pgs. 21-41. Week 10 (8th December) Hume: An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, (sections 2-5.1) Week 11 (15th December) Nietzsche, On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense Week 12 (22 December): no class Week 13 (5th November): oral examinations Students are required to read the weekly reading assignments, mandatory literature, write a summary paper on one text (at least) and pass an oral exam. Mandatory reading: Plato: Apology of Socrates Further required readings (at least four titles from the following list of primary texts): Recommended secondary literature: Kolakowski, Leszek: Why is there something rather than nothing? Questions from great philosophers. Pinguin 2008. We will have 10 classes this winter semester in which we will be going through some important and variously complicated philosophical texts that selectively cover the basic topics of classical philosophy. To make sure we get it all done, please be prepared for the first class already. For each class, please read the assigned text (usually 10-20 pages), take notes, and bring the text either printed or in e-book form, as we will be working with it in detail. |