Course: Metaphysics

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Course title Metaphysics
Course code KFI/MF
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Heider Daniel, doc. Ph.D.
  • Machula Tomáš, prof. Ph.D., Th.D.
Course content
The lecture treat the classical ontological questions: The concept of being, transcendentals, universals and individuation. The classical attitudesm are confronted with the contemporary theories.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Preparation for classes - 35 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The goal of the lecture is to present aristotle-scholastic metaphysics to a student. The emphasis is put on the ontological side of the classical metaphysics, namely on the concept of being, transcendentals, namely unity, and its kinds (individual and universal unity).
identify and explain ontological issues and their solutions, including argumentation
Prerequisites
Formal logic, history of ancient and medieval philosophy, epistemology

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

a) the acquisition of credit (3 tests in the course of semester in LMS Moodle) b) written and oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Aristotelés. Metafyzika. Praha, 2003.
  • Heinrich Schmidinger. Úvod do metafyziky.. Praha, 1992.
  • Michael J. loux. Metaphysics, a contemporary introduction.. London, New York, 2002.
  • Stanislav Sousedík. J. Jsoucno a bytí. Úvod do četby sv. Tomáše Akvinského.. Praha, 1992.
  • Stanislav Sousedík. Jan Duns Scotus a jeho čeští žáci.. Praha, 1989.


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