Course: Topics from contemporary philosophy

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Course title Topics from contemporary philosophy
Course code KFHS/KB385
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Klouda Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Tradition; 2. World; 3. Intersubjectivity; 4. Corporeality; 5. Medium; 6. Gender; Feminism; 7. Character; 8. Tuning; 9. Image; Representation; Reduction; 10. Network; Robot; Gene; Interface; 11. Global situation; 12. Humanity and its repression; Gulag and concentration camp; Genocide; Torture 13. City; 14. Social media.

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
In-depth presentation of key topics in the philosophy of the 20th and 21st centuries - with emphasis on their inter- and transdisciplinarity. The development of traditional philosophical questions will be monitored at the following disciplinary interfaces: philosophy and aesthetics, philosophy and biology, philosophy and psychology, philosophy and political science, philosophy and religion.
The student will gain the following professional knowledge: - is able to orientate in basic styles of thinking of contemporary continental philosophy - can apply various philosophical perspectives to current social and political problems - understands the importance of inter- and transdisciplinary scientific research - can move on the borders of philosophy and aesthetics, philosophy and biology, philosophy and psychology, philosophy and political science, philosophy and theory of religion
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance, active work in the seminar. Oral presentation in a seminar based on recommended reading on one of the topics discussed; this reading will be assigned by the teacher.
Recommended literature
  • Karl Popper. Bída historicismu. Praha, 2000.
  • Karl Popper. Otevřená společnost a její nepřátelé II. Praha, 2015.
  • Karl Popper. Otevřená společnost a její nepřátelé I. Praha, 2011.


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