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KFR / MAW
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KFR
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MAW
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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Academic Writing
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Form of course completion
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Course-credit
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Form of course completion
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Course-credit
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
6
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Seminar
2
[HRS/WEEK]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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NO
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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NO
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Winter semester
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0 / 20
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0 / 0
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0 / 20
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
0
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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The aim of this course is to train students to read and write clearly, to learn how to philosophize in ways suitable to the various forms of writing that are prevalent in contemporary academia, and to practice making one's thinking and one's lines of argumentation clear as possible in one's writing. Thus, this course has both the practical aim of preparing students for a life within the academia, as well as fostering a fruitful philosophical reflection about the relation between form and style and the nature of argumentation in general.
The course will be examined continuously with writing assignments, an oral presentation, plus one academic essay at the end of the course.
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Requirements on student
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-
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Content
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Schedule
1. September 22 Introduction: Localizing the Philosophical Drama
2. September 29 The Academic Article and the Role and Nature of Argumentation
3. October 6 How to Read
4. October 13 Various forms of Philosophical Discourse (Dialogues, Dramas, Theses)
5. October 20 Source Documentation (referencing systems, quoting practices, etc.) &
Academic Sources (books, journals, electronic databases )
6. October 27 How to Write an Academic Essay
7. November 3 How to Write an Abstract
8. November 10 What is "Peer Review"?
9. November 24 Power Point Presentations
10. December 1 Master's Thesis Topics and Literature Search
11. December 8 How to Write a Research Proposal
12. December 15 Presentations of Master's Thesis projects
Literature:
Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students. 3 edition. London; New York: Routledge, 2011.
Carver, Raymond. Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction & Prose. Edited by William L. Stull. London: The Harvill Press, 2000. (Excerpts from.)
Collingwood, R. G. An Essay on Philosophical Method. Edited by James Connelly and Giuseppina D'Oro. New Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005. (Excerpts from.)
Montaigne, Michel de. The Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne: Illustrated. Translated by Charles Cotton, n.d. (Excerpts from.)
Plato. Plato: Complete Works. Edited by John M. Cooper and D. S. Hutchinson. Indianapolis, Ind: Hackett Publishing Co., 1997. (Excerpts from.)
Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter. "Begging the Question." Australasian Journal of Philosophy 77, no. 2 (June 1, 1999): 174-91. doi:10.1080/00048409912348921.
Waters, Lindsay. Enemies of Promise: Publishing, Perishing, and the Eclipse of Scholarship. 1 edition. Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press, 2004.
Above this, we will also read, and analyze, a selection of academic papers.
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
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Teaching methods |
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