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Lecturer(s)
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Höppnerová Helena, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1) Introduction - Philosophy in the 21st Century 2) Rationality, Human Uniqueness, Animal Cognition 3) Bioethics I - Climate Change 4) Bioethics II - Animals and Morality 5) New Technologies I - Ethics and Artificial Intelligence 6) New Technologies II - Personal Identity and Uploading 7) New Technologies III - Human Enhancement 8) Collective Intentionality and Social Ontology 9) Feminism, Sex vs. Gender, Race 10) New Methodological Trends in Philosophy I - Experimental Philosophy 11) New Methodological Trends in Philosophy II - Conceptual Engineering 12) AdditionalTopics Based on Students' Interests (antinatalism, AI as a creative agent?, philosophy of social networks, etc.)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminar classes, Lecture
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 64 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to introduce key authors and topics in 20th century philosophy |
| to characterize the current social and technological environment |
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| to use 20th century philosophical terminology with understanding |
| to identify the main claims and reconstruct the argumentation in a given text |
| to use modern technologies, especially research databases |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe key authors and topics in current philosophical debates |
| to characterize the most important ideas in current philosophy and explain their interconnections |
| to summarize important texts in contemporary philosophy |
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| to analyze current primary philosophical literature |
| to interpret selected passages of current philosophical texts |
| to trace the argumentation of selected contemporary philosophers and philosophical texts |
| to discuss about a concrete topic in current philosophy |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Self-study of literature |
| Textual studies |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| Skills demonstration |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Competences |
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| Lecture |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Kohák, Erazim. Zelená svatozář : kapitoly z ekologické etiky. Praha, 2000. ISBN 80-85850-86-9.
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Nussbaum, Martha Craven. Ne pro zisk : proč demokracie potřebuje humanitní vědy. Vydání první. 2017. ISBN 978-80-7007-489-3.
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Peregrin, Jaroslav. Človek a pravidla: kde se berou rozum, jazyk a svoboda. Praha, 2011. ISBN 9788073633479.
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Schneider, Susan. Science fiction and philosophy : from time travel to superintelligence. 1st pub. Chichester, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4051-4907-5.
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