Course: Philosophy

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Course title Philosophy
Course code KUMK/KFILO
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, Czech, Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Stránský Michal, Mgr. PhD.
Course content
1. Philosophy?! What is it good for? 2. What is the difference between Western and Eastern thought? 3.-4. What is the world? 5. What do we do when we speak? 6. Does time exist? 7. Do we have free will? 8.-9. How do we know that we know something? 10. What is truth? 11.-12. What is the best social arrangement? 13. What else is art?

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Text analysis
  • Participation in classes - 10 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 35 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set
Prerequisities are not set
Skills
Prerequisities are not set
Prerequisities are not set
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to list basic philosophical disciplines.
to list basic philosophical disciplines.
to explain the fundaments of selected problems of ontology (e.g. time, free will, universalia etc.)
to explain the fundaments of selected problems of ontology (e.g. time, free will, universalia etc.)
to explain the fundaments of selected problems of epistemology (e.g. belief, sensory biases, truth paradoxes etc.)
to explain the fundaments of selected problems of epistemology (e.g. belief, sensory biases, truth paradoxes etc.)
to explain the fundaments of selected problems of political philosophy (e.g. the question for the best form of government, the origin of human society, existencialism etc.)
to explain the fundaments of selected problems of political philosophy (e.g. the question for the best form of government, the origin of human society, existencialism etc.)
to explain the fundaments of selected problems of philosophy of science (e.g. the difference between the Western and Eastern wisdom, the connection of the philosophy to physics etc.)
to explain the fundaments of selected problems of philosophy of science (e.g. the difference between the Western and Eastern wisdom, the connection of the philosophy to physics etc.)
Skills
to independently deliberate on selected problems of philosophy.
to independently deliberate on selected problems of philosophy.
to create a critical attitude towards the seemingly obvious.
to create a critical attitude towards the seemingly obvious.
to make constructive definitions
to make constructive definitions
to appreciate better the historical and contemporary importance of philosophy for scientific progress
to appreciate better the historical and contemporary importance of philosophy for scientific progress
to distinguishing between Western and Eastern wisdom
to distinguishing between Western and Eastern wisdom
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Text analysis
Text analysis
Skills
Text analysis
Text analysis
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Text analysis
Text analysis
Written examination
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • BLECHA, Ivan. Filosofický slovník. Olomouc: Fin, 1995. ISBN 80-7182-014-8.
  • Blecha, Ivan. Filosofie. 4., opr. a rozš. vyd. Olomouc : Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2002. ISBN 80-7182-147-0.
  • BRÁZDA, Radim. Filozofové ve městě. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2021. ISBN 978-80-210-9826-8.
  • Fisher, A.; Tallant, J. How to get Philosophy Student talking. Routlege, 2016. ISBN 9781138827875.
  • HLAVINKA, Pavel. Dějiny filosofie. Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák ? Triton, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7684-013-3.
  • JOHANNES ROHBECK. Philosophy of Globalization. 2018. ISBN 9783110544671.
  • LAW, Stephen. Filozofická gymnastika: 25 krátkých myšlenkových dobrodružství. Praha: Argo, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86569-84-0.
  • Payne, Russ W. An Introduction to Philosophy. Bccampus, 2023.
  • Peregrin, Jaroslav. Filozofie pro normální lidi. Praha : Dokořán, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7363-192-5.


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