Course: Indroduction to phenomenology II

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Course title Indroduction to phenomenology II
Course code KFI/ÚFEN2
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Sirovátka Jakub, doc. Dr. phil.
Course content
The seminar is based on the reading of the texts by post-husserlian phenomenologists and on the following discussion.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to introduce students to the selected philosophical writings of the twentieth century phenomenologists Eugen Fink, Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau-Ponty; it will present the historical and philosophical context in which their phenomenology was developed from Husserl's version; and it will also show how their phenomenology relates to issues in metaphysics, epistemology and the social sciences. The experience with previous course (Husserl) would be useful, although it is not required.
Student is acquiainted with fundamental principles of phenomenology and is able to work individually with more difficult phenomenological texts.
Prerequisites
Introduction to Phenomenology 1

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Combined exam

Student gets the credit for active partitipation, at least 82% attendance in the seminary and 2-3 pages essay.
Recommended literature
  • Blecha, I. Proměny fenomenologie. Úvod do Husserlovy filozofie. Praha/Kroměříž, 2007.
  • Bruzina, R. Edmund Husserl and Eugen Fink: Beginnings and Ends in Phenomenology. Yale University, 2004.
  • Čapek, J. Pojetí fenoménu u Eugena Finka. Reflexe 21.
  • Dreyfus, H. Being-in-the-World: A Commentary on Heidegger's Being and Time, Division I. MIT Press, 1991.
  • Dreyfus-Wrathall. A Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism. Blackwell, 2006.
  • Fink, E. Bytí, pravda, svět. Oikoymenh, 1996.
  • Fink, E. Hra jako symbol světa, Praha: Český spisovatel, 1993.
  • Gelven, M. Commentary on Heidegger's Being and Time. Northern Illinois University Press, 1989.
  • Heidegger, M. Bytí a čas. Praha, 1996.
  • Lawlor-Toadvine. The Merleau-Ponty Reader. Northwestern University Press, 2007.
  • Macann, Ch. Four Phenomenological Philosophers. Routledge, 1993.
  • Merleau-Ponty, M. Primát vnímání a jeho filosofické důsledky. Praha, 2011.
  • Merleau-Ponty, M. Struktura chování, Praha: Filosofia, 2008.
  • Merleau-Ponty, M. Svět vnímání. Oikoymenh, 1996.
  • Patočka, J. Úvod do fenomenologické filosofie. Praha, 1993.
  • Petříček, M. Úvod do (současné) filosofie. Praha, 1997.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Theology Study plan (Version): Philosophy and Religious Studies (2016) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer