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CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE
STUDY PLANS
2011/2012

Philosophy 2

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Code Completion Credits Range Language
X16FI2 ZK 2 2+0s Czech
The course is a substitute for:
Philosophy 2 (16FI2)
Lecturer:
Peter Zamarovský (gar.)
Tutor:
Peter Zamarovský (gar.)
Supervisor:
Department of Economics, Management and Humanities
Synopsis:

The course is oriented on ancient philosophy, its history and on topical aspect of ancient thinking.

Requirements:
Syllabus of lectures:

1. Philosophy and thinking. Mythical, philosophical and scientific approaches. The first philosophers. Milesian school, Thales. Seeking for the basic principle (arche), reductionism.

2. Pythagoras and his school, concepts introduced by the Pythagoreans, present-day residues of Pythagoreism.

4. Ideas of Heraclitus, dynamical approach to the word. Comparision to the Eastern philosophy.

5. The school of Eleya, problems with methodology of cognition. Determporalisation.

6. Further natural philosophers (Anaxagoras, Empedocles).

7. Atomism, its origin and consequences. The absolute determinism and freedom, problems of materialism.

8. The crisis of knowledge, the Sophists. Measure of thing, ancient atheism. 9. The life and death of Socrates. Socrates and Sophists, method of dialogue, the imperfect Socratic schools

10. The Megarians, the paradox of the Liar, Cynics, Hedonic school

11. Plato, his life and philosophy. The realm of Forms. The allegory of the cave, ideal state or totality?

12. Aristotle, his logic and physics. Scholastic.

13. Epicureism, the concept of parenclisis. Stoicism, stoic morality, stoics logic and theory of knowledge. Logos. Skepticism (Pyrrho)

14. Philosophy in Alexandria, Eucleides, patristic (Augustine, Boethius)

Syllabus of tutorials:
Study Objective:

Introduction to the basic factography and to open questions of philosophy.

Study materials:

1. Zamarovský Peter, Příběh antické filosofie, Nakl. ČVUT, Praha 2005

2. Zamarovský Peter, The Historical Roots of Philosophy, Nakl. ČVUT, Praha 2007

Note:
Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:
Time-table is not available yet
Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:
06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri
roomZ2:B1-231
Zamarovský P.
09:15–10:45
(lecture parallel1)
Zikova ulice
Ucebna K316
Thu
Fri
The course is a part of the following study plans:
Generated on 2012-7-9
For updated information see http://bilakniha.cvut.cz/en/predmet11481504.html