Course: Phenomenology

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Course title Phenomenology
Course code KFHS/B118
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
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)
  • Moural Josef, doc. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Introduction. Philosophy in the late 19th century. Brentano and his school. Edmund Husserl - life and work, introduction. 2.-3. Husserl - crash course I.-II. 4. Husserl - crash course III. Martin Heidegger - life and work, introduction. 5.-6. Heidegger - crash course I-II. 7.-8. French phenomenology I - introduction, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty. 9.-10. French phenomenology II - Ricoeur, Levinas, Derrida. 11: Further German phenomenology - Gadamer, Arendt, Tugendhat. 12. Jan Patočka. 13. Recent developments, influence, context.

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
Phenomenology is one of the two main philosophical projects of the 20th century. Its leaders - Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Patočka and others - influenced significantly other humanities and social science besides philosophy. We shall study the basics with emphasis on the interwar period.
After successfully passing the course, students will be able to teach phenomenology on elementry level (load 8-10 hours). They will be ready for mediate advanced study of continental philosophy. They will be able to study phenomenological writings on their own.
Prerequisites
Students must be able to focus on study

Assessment methods and criteria
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Students must attend seminars, do the required home reading and actively participate in the seminar work (two absences are tolerated). The oral final exam touches on what has been lectured on and discussed in the seminar.
Recommended literature
  • 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.
  • ZAHAVI, D. Husserl`s Phenomenology. Stanford, 2003. ISBN 978-0804745468.


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