15FD1 - Philosophical Methodology

Course specification
Course title Philosophical Methodology
Acronym 15FD1
Study programme Philosophy
Module
Type of study third degree doctoral academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)
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    Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
      ESPB 10.0 Status
      Condition No additional requirements. Oblik uslovljenosti
      The goal The main goal of the course ist that the students systematize the methodological knowledge acquired during their bachelor studies and know how to combine philosophical methods with types of philosophical thinking.
      The outcome The students are able to compare several philosophical methods and estimate which methodical approach is suitable to solve a particular problem.
      Contents
      Contents of lectures General and philosophical methodology – similarities and differences. The concept of method in philosophical sense. The history of methodological thinking in philosophy. Analytic method (Aristotle, scholastics, positivism, analytical philosophy). Transcendental-critical method (Kant, Fichte, neocantians, Peirce). Dialectic method (Plato, Schelling, Hegel, Marx, Critical Theory). Phenomenological method (Husserl, Heidegger, Fink). Hermeneutical method (Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger, Gadamer). Methods in contemporary philosophy (constructivistic, (post)structuralistic method, (anti)method of deconstruction). Pluralism of methods and the concept of metaphilosophy.
      Contents of exercises Specifying and disussing the topic of the seminar paper
      Literature
      1. Adorno, Th. W.: Negative Dialectics.
      2. Apel, K.-O.: Transformation of Philosophy.
      3. Gadamer, H.-G.: Truth and Method.
      4. Kant, I.: Critique of Pure Reason.
      5. Norris, Ch.: Deconstruction: Theory and Practice.
      6. Peirce, Ch. S.: Selected Writings.
      7. Russell, B.: The Problems of Philosophy.
      8. Hegel, G. W. F.: Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences.
      9. Husserl, E.: The Idea of Phenomenology.
      10. Schleiermacher, F. D. E.: Hermeneutics and Criticism.
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      0 4
      Methods of teaching Individual consultations, discussion of the preliminary versions of the seminar paper
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures 20 Test paper
      Practical lessons Oral examination 50
      Projects
      Colloquia
      Seminars 30
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