Course: History of Philosophy III: Modern Philosophy

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Course title History of Philosophy III: Modern Philosophy
Course code KPF/B007
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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. Basis of modern philosophy: the intellectual situation of the late 16th and early 17th century. Basic characteristics of modern philosophy, its main periods. 2 to 3 Rene Descartes. 4. Descartes contemporaries and followers: Thomas Hobbes, Marin Mersenne, Pierre Gassendi, Antoine Arnauld and Okasionalists. 5 to 6 Philosophers: Baruch Spinoza, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Nicolas Malebranche, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, George Berkeley. 7 to 8 Enlightenment: Pierre Bayle, French Enlightenment, David Hume. 9 to10 Immanuel Kant. 11 to 12 German Idealism, its propagators and oponents: Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Jacobi, Schiller, Schopenhauer, Feurbach, Kierkegaard, Marx. 13 to 14 Positivism and Utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham, Auguste Comte, John Stuart Mill. Prospect for the rest of the 19th century.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
  • unspecified - 16 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 24 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
This is a survey course of a period of the history of philosophy, which follows two previous courses (ancient, medieval+renaissance), which brought the topic up to the first quarter of the 17th century. The main figures and topics of modern philosophy (up to the last quarter of the 19th century) will be discussed.
After having passed the course, students will be able to continue studying modern philosophy and, eventually, to teach it on a high-school level.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
A written test. It contains about 25 questions. The maximum score is 40 points. To obtain grade 1, the minimum is 27 points; to obtain grade 2, 20 points; to obtain grade 3, 13 points.
Recommended literature
  • Emerich Coreth, Harold Schöndorf. Filosofie 17. a 18. století. Olomouc, 2002.
  • Harald Höffding. Dějiny novověké filosofie. Praha, 1926.
  • Wilhelm Windelband. Novověká filosofie. Praha, 1921.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Human Studies focused Aesthetics (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Philosophy (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter