Course: Phenomenology

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Course title Phenomenology
Course code KPF/B033
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Nitsche Martin, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Pokorný Vít, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
What is Phenomenology? Husserl - the problem of psychologism, logic, Brentano. Husserl - phenomenological reduction, transcendental consciousness, noesis and noema, constitution of objectivity. Late Husserl - intersubjectivity, physicality, historicity, natural world. Heidegger - hermeneutics of facticity, existential analysis of being. Late Heidegger - another beginning of thinking, "Ereignis"="Event". Merleau-Ponty - phenomenology and Gestalt=figure psychology, phenomenology of perception, physicality (chair), chiasma. Patočka - natural world, the three movements of human existence, other authors - Fink, Henry, Richir, Barbaras. Phenomenology and Cognitive Science.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is the interpretation of phenomenology. Students will get acquainted with basic movements and characters. Emphasis on the phenomenology of art, imagination, problem, etc.
Learning outcomes: students will acquire the following academic knowledge: - can define basic concepts of phenomenology - can specify differences of Husserl´s and Heidegger´s approaches to phenomenology - can use the method of phenomenological reduction - can explain the phenomenological approach to intersubjektivity and physicality -can independently read phenomenological texts
Prerequisites
N/A

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance, active participation in the seminar. Seminar work at the extent of 7 pages of the following topics (specific topic including literature will be specified in consultations): method of phenomenology, consciousness and phenomenology, intersubjectivity, physicality, contemporary German, French, Czech and Anglo-Saxon phenomenology.
Recommended literature
  • BLECHA, I. Proměny fenomenologie. Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7254-938-2.
  • GALLAGHER S. - ZAHAVI D. The Phenomenological Mind. London, 2008. ISBN 978-0415610377.
  • HEIDEGGER, M. Bytí a čas. Praha, 2002. ISBN 978-80-7298-048-3.
  • NOVOTNÝ K. O povaze jevů. Úvod do současné fenomenologie ve Francii.. Červený Kostelec, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87378-64-9.
  • NOVOTNÝ K. (vyd.). Co je fenomén? Husserl a fenomenologie ve Francii. Červený Kostelec, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87378-24-3.
  • PECHAR, J. Problémy fenomenologie. Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7007-265-3.
  • ZAHAVI, D. Husserl`s Phenomenology. Stanford, 2003. ISBN 978-0804745468.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Human Studies focused Aesthetics (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter