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Introduction to Phenomenology - YBLP010

Title:	Introduction to Phenomenology
Guaranteed by:	Programme Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
Faculty:	Faculty of Humanities
Actual:	from 2025
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	4
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:0/2, MC [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unlimited (30)
Min. number of students:	5
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	doc. Mgr. Hynek Janoušek, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	doc. Mgr. Hynek Janoušek, Ph.D.
Class:	Courses available to incoming students
Pre-requisite :	{Group of prerequisites for LAH and Exchange students - PHI}

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Annotation -

The course will present the development of the basic ideas of phenomenological philosophy from Brentano, through Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, to Merleau-Ponty.

Last update: Janoušek Hynek, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (02.09.2025)

Aim of the course

The aim of the course will be to introduce the basic concepts of phenomenology using practical examples.

Last update: Janoušek Hynek, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (02.09.2025)

Course completion requirements

There are two conditions for gaining the credits

1) Class attendance and active participation. Three absences allowed.

2) Taking and passing a written test which you can take in the exam period of the semester (the dates of the test will be announced in advance, you have three attempts).

Last update: Janoušek Hynek, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (02.09.2025)

Literature

Obligatory:

Zahavi, Dan. Husserl's phenomenology. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2003, 178 s. ISBN 0-8047-4545-5.

Brentano, Franz. Psychology from an empirical standpoint. London ; New York (NY): Routledge, 1995, 415 s. ISBN 0-415-10661-3.

Husserl, Edmund. Logical investigations. London ; New York: Routledge, 2001, 1 s. ISBN 978-0-415-24189-2.

Husserl, Edmund. Ideas : general introduction to pure phenomenology. New York: Collier Books, 1962, 446 s. ISBN 0-02-065910-5.

. . In Heidegger, Martin. Being and time . Albany: State University of New York Press, 2010, s. -. ISBN 9781438432755..

. . In Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. Phenomenology of Perception. Transl. from the Fr. by Colin Smith . London: Routledge, 1995, s. -. ISBN ..

. . In Sartre, Jean-Paul. Being and nothingness : an essay on phenomenological ontology . London: Routledge, 2003, s. -. ISBN 0-415-27848-1..

Last update: Janoušek Hynek, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (02.09.2025)