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Lecturer(s)
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Heider Daniel, doc. Ph.D.
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Lacca Emanuele, M.A. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Thematic fields: 1.The first row of objections to Descartes´s Meditations and epistemology: )a) substance and accidents; (b) the relation of formal and objective concept on the one hand, an Descartes´s "objective reality" on the second; (c) the issue of material falsity; (d) Descartes´s cosmological proof of the divine existence and its suarezian presumptions 3. The relations of Descartes´s philosophy and the philosophy of Eustachius of St. paul 4. Comparison of the epistemological views of the jesuits from Coimbra (Fonseca, Rubius) and Descartes.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Work with text (with textbook, with book)
- Preparation for classes
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The goal fo the seminar is the mapping of the scholastics in early modern philosophy and its )possible) influence upon Descartes´s metaphypics and epistemology. By attending the seminar a student gets the idea how many scholastic assumptions Descartes´s "new" philosophy does have.
A student will get the idea how strong the scholastic roots of the modern philosophy are.
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Prerequisites
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There are the following conditions which are to be met by a student to attend the seminar: the graduation in the course of the histpry of medieval and modern philosophy, logic, metaphysics and epistemology. The passive knowledge of English and Latin language is postulated.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance assessment
- regular and active participation at the seminar - the preparation of a contribution - elaboration of that contribution in a form of seminar work
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Recommended literature
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Descartes, R. Meditace o první filosofii. Praha, 2003.
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Descartes, R. Meditations on First Philosophy. Cambridge, 1996.
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Descartes, R. Principy filosofie. prqaha - Filosofia, 1998.
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Francisco Suárez. Disputationes metaphysicae. Hildesheim, 1965.
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