| Course title | Modern and contemporary philosophy |
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| Course code | KFHS/KB331 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 3 |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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1. Origins of modern philosophy: the intellectual situation of the late 16th and early 17th century. Fundamental characteristics of modern and contemporary philosophy, their main epochs. 2. René Descartes. 3. Early modern epoch: Hobbes, Spinoza, Malebranche, Locke, Leibniz. 4. Central modern epoch: Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, the Enlightenment. 5. Immanuel Kant. 6. German idealism, its supporters and opponents: Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Feuerbach, Kierkegaard, Marx. 7. Utilitarism and positivism: Bentham, Comte, J. S. Mill, pragmatism. The rest of 19th century. 8. Phenomenology I: Brentano school, Edmund Husserl. 9. Phenomenology II: Martin Heidegger. 10. Phenomenology III: Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Gadamer, Levinas, Patočka. 11. Analytic philosophy I: Frege, Russell, Moore, early Wittgenstein. 12. Analytic philosophy II: Vienna Circle, later Wittgenstein, Oxford school. 13. Analytic philosophy III: Popper, Kuhn, Quine, Rawls, contemporary scene. 14. The rest of 20th century: Marxism and the Frankfurt school, structuralism, deconstruction, postmodernism.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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A survey course of modern and current philosophy, with emphasis both on the mail lines of development and the greatest figures. Students will understand the topics exposed and will be able to continue with further reading.
Students will be able to teach the topics from the course on very elementary level. They will be better prepared for further studying in the field. |
| Prerequisites |
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It is recommended that students already passed the course Ancient and Medieval Philosophy.
KFHS/KB306 |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
Written final exam at the end of semester, in the form of knowledge test. Lasting 1 hour. Maximum gain 40 points. |
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| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester |
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