David Hume: Dialogues and/on Naturalism - AFSV00166

• Title: David Hume: Dialogues and/on Naturalism
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies (21-UFAR)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2014
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: doc. Petr Dvořák, Ph.D.; doc. Mgr. Tomáš Marvan, Ph.D.
• Class: Exchange - 08.1 Philosophy

Annotation

David Hume: Dialogues and/on Naturalism

Petr Dvořák, Tomáš Marvan


The course is an introduction to Hume's thought on religion. Being a sharp critic of both revealed religion and the
accompanying metaphysical outlook, the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711–1776) based his challenge to
the traditional philosophy of the schools on empiricist epistemology. Hence the course focuses on Dialogues
Concerning Natural Religion (1779) and other materials in order to examine Hume’s naturalistic stand and its
underlying epistemological suppositions. What is at stake is the nature, assumptions, validity and coherence of
naturalism in Hume and in general.

The course is a kind of a working seminar, a dialogue of a couple of researchers from two departments of the
Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (an expert on scholasticism and an expert on
early modern philosophy and naturalism); however, it is open to non-specialists as it provides a good introduction
to the transition from ancient and medieval outlook to the modern mind.

Last update: Mokrejšová Eva, Mgr. (01.08.2013)

Literature

Bibliography

David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, případně

Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologica,

Daniel Dennett, Darwin´s Dangerous Idea, Simon and Schuster 1995.

Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its Implications, B. Bashour and H. Muller (eds.), London and New York, Routledge 2013. (esp. the following papers: Exploring the Post-Darwinian Naturalist Landscape Bana Bashour and Hans D. Muller - Disillusioned Naturalism Alexander Rosenberg - Human Uniqueness and the Pursuit of Knowledge: A Naturalistic Account Tim Crane).

Last update: Mokrejšová Eva, Mgr. (01.08.2013)

Requirements to the exam

Requirements:

Since this course is finished by exam, every student should actively take part in the seminar and submit a final essay.

Last update: Mokrejšová Eva, Mgr. (01.08.2013)