Course: Topics from contemporary philosophy

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Course title Topics from contemporary philosophy
Course code KFHS/B385
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)
  • Klouda Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Traditions; 2. World; 3. Intersubjectivity; 4. Corporeality; 5. Medium; 6. Gender; Feminism; 7. Symbol; 8. Tune; 9. Picture, representation, reduction 10. Network; Robot; Gen; 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.
A student will require these special skills: - he/she will be able to orientate in main styles of thinking of contemporary continental philosophy - he/she can apply various philosophical perspectives on contemporary social and political issues - he/he understands inter- and transdisciplinary scientific research - he/she can monitor the divisions 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 during seminars. Oral presentation within the seminar based on recommended reading to one of the discussed topics, this reading will be given by the lecturer.
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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