Course: God of Philosophers (Topics in the Philosophy of Religion)

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Course title God of Philosophers (Topics in the Philosophy of Religion)
Course code KFHS/B161
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
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)
  • Tippelt Hynek, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Introduction into the subject, topics and literature 2) God in the context of modern gnoseology I: Descartes' arguments for God's existence 3) God in the context of modern gnoseology II: God as a guarantor of the truth of knowledge 4) The Personal God: Pascal's "Memorial" and "Pascal's Wager" 5) Spinoza's pantheism and the concept of intellectual love of God I: Basic concepts of Spinoza's ontology, the holistic nature of his thinking 6) Spinoza's pantheism II: The concept of intellectual love of God and Spinoza's philosophical psychotherapy 7) Leibniz's theodicea: God and the principle of sufficient reason 8) Practical knowledge of God: God as a postulate in Kant's practical philosophy 9) God in German natural philosophy: Schelling's late religious philosophy 10) Philosophical atheism I: Marx 11) Philosophical Atheism II: Nietzsche 12) Summarizing colloquium

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to get acquainted with various approaches to the thematization of God in the philosophy of 17-19. century.
The student has a deep understanding of the issue of God's existence and its importance in European, philosophical thinking 17.-19. century.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
- a presentation in a seminar in the range of 20 minutes - written paper
Recommended literature
  • Baruch Spinoza. Etika.
  • Pascal Blaise. Myšlenky. Praha, 2000.
  • René Descartes. Meditace o první filosofii. Praha, 2003.
  • Spinoza, B.. Traktát theologicko-politický. Praha, 1992.


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