Course: Philosophy of Education

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Course title Philosophy of Education
Course code KFR/BFIVY
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
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)
  • Grygar Filip, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Defining the Greek and Hebrew Tradition in Relation to Myth and the Intersections of Modern Science with Myth (2 lectures) - Plato's Constitution and the parable of the line and the cave - the difference between scientific and philosophical thinking (2x) - The relevance of the dispute over universals in relation to scientific entities (2x) - Descartes and Husserl (2x) - Philosophical foundations of quantum theory (2x) - The idea of the university as an idea of complementarity - from Heidegger to Bohr (2x)

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
  • Preparation for a final test - 75 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 24 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 57 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students of particular disciplines or faculties to the basics of philosophical thinking through selected topics from the history of philosophy and science. The claim of the course is to introduce different, and often incompatible, kinds of disciplinary thought within a system of complementarity, so that a specialized education also allows for a relationship to the whole and is able to fulfill the idea of the university or what is worth knowing.
Students will learn about the origins of philosophy and science in antiquity, and the transformation of their meaning in modern times and in the 20th century. They will gain historical insight into the key concepts of philosophy and science. At the same time, students will be confronted with historical decisions and ethical dilemmas that cut across different disciplines from antiquity to the present. Graduates of the course should be able to relate their professional focus to the broader intellectual context of university education, scholarship, and everyday life, and develop an interdisciplinary orientation or capacity for critical and cultivated self-reflection.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment

Regular preparation and active participation in class (no more than three absences are permitted). To obtain course credit, the teacher will select one of the lecture topics. Within a 90-minute time limit, students will produce an academic text of approximately two standard pages (approx. 2× A4), based on the lecture and on work with both primary and secondary literature.
Recommended literature
  • Descartes. Meditace o první filosofii. Oikoymenh.
  • Grygar (ed. sborník). Úvod do filosofie. Pardubice. 2011.
  • Grygar. Komplementarita kalkulující a kvalitativní deskripce. Teorie vědy.
  • Grygar. Možnosti Bohrova komplementárního rámce myšlení ve výuce. Pedagogika. 2012.
  • Platón. Ústava. Oikoymenh.


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