JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Philosophical Anthropology

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Course title Philosophical Anthropology
Course code KFHS/P410
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
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)
  • Pokorný Vít, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Introduction to philosophical anthropology 2) Anthropological difference 3) Humans and animals 4) The origin of man 5) People and art 6) Human sociality I. 7) Human sociality II. 8) People and technology I. 9) People and technology II. 10) The human person: outside the principle of identity 11) Cognition, language, symbol 12) Beyond the concept of man 13) Final discussion

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The goal of philosophical anthropology is the knowledge, acceptance and reflection of the human place in the whole of being. The efforts of philosophical anthropology are centered around the dual meaning of the anthropological difference: 1) the extra-species difference: How and how do people differ from the inhuman one and what do they have to do with it? and 2) intraspecific: How and how do we differ from each other as humans and what do we have in common? Philosophical anthropology deals with man as a person, but also as a member of society and the community of all living and non-living things. It seeks understanding of all levels of human existence - biological, personal, socio-cultural, ecological and cosmic. He always understands man as part of a wider whole, as a relational being, but also as an autonomously acting self. The theoretical part of the course (lecture) introduces participants to different approaches to the problem of anthropological difference. In the practical part of the course (seminar) we will focus on practical research of various topics in philosophical anthropology. In the form of a questionnaire survey, we will find out attitudes and opinions about the nature of human existence.
Students will gain knowledge about the subject of philosophical anthropology, about the double meaning of the anthropological difference. Students will acquire skills leading to an understanding of all levels of human existence - biological, personal, socio-cultural, ecological and cosmic.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
During the semester, the student prepares a seminar paper. Completion of the course by oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Arendt, H. Vita activa. Praha, 2009.
  • Augé, M. Antropologie současných světů. Brno, 1999.
  • Coreth E. Co je člověk?. Praha, 1994.
  • Feber, J. Filosofická antropologie.. Ostrava, 2003.
  • Gehlen, A. Duch ve světě techniky. Praha, 1972.
  • Gosselin, M. Homo Sapiens, A problematic Species. An Essays in Philosophical anthropology. Maryland/London, 2015.
  • Horyna, B. Počátky filosofické antropologie. Brno, 1999.
  • Pelcová, N. Filosofická a pedagogická antropologie. Praha, 2000.
  • Peroutka, D. Tomistická filosofická antropologie. Praha, 2013.
  • Seilerová, B. Človek vo filozofickej antropológii. 1. vyd.. Bratislava, 1995.
  • Schelerk, M. Místo člověka v kosmu. Praha, 1968.
  • Sokol, J. Filosofická antropologie. Člověk jako osoba.. Praha, 2002.
  • Wolf, J. Člověk a jeho svět: Úvod do studia antropologických věd. Praha, 1992.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2024/2025