Course: Seminar on Professional Disputation 2

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Course title Seminar on Professional Disputation 2
Course code KFI/KSOD2
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Novák Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Theoretical basis 1.1 The notion of argumentation - semantic level (entailment) - syntactic level (syntactic proof) - psychological level - epistemic level 1.2 Related notions: - justification - epistemic commitment (epistemic duty) - rationality 1.3 Practical drill of argumentative techniques: - justifying a thesis - distinguishing premises and conclusions in an argument - identification of tacit premises - objecting - Socratic dialogue - namítání - sókratovský rozhovor

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Group work
Learning outcomes
Understand what argumentation is and and build practical proficiency in basic argumentative techniques.
- understanding the distinction between syntactic, semantic, psychological and epistemic aspects of argumentation. - understanding the purpose of argumentation - practical proficiency in the following argumentative techniques: - justifying a thesis - distinguishing the premises and the conclusions of an argument - identification of tacit premises - objecting - Socratic dialogue
Prerequisites
unspecified
KFI/KSOD1
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KFI/SOD1

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined exam

Active participation (80%), accomplishing the assigned(home)work, tests etc.
Recommended literature
  • Novák, Lukáš; Dvořák, Petr. Úvod do logiky aristotelské tradice. Vyd. 1. České Budějovice : Teologická fakulta Jihočeské univerzity v Českých Budějovicích, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7040-959-6.
  • Novák, Lukáš; Vohánka, Vlastimil. Kapitoly z epistemologie a noetiky. Vyd. 1. Praha : Krystal OP, 2015. ISBN 978-80-87183-71-7.


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