David Hume: Dialogues and/on Naturalism - AFSV00166
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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. Poslední úprava: Mokrejšová Eva, Mgr. (01.08.2013)
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Bibliography
David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion,
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). Poslední úprava: Mokrejšová Eva, Mgr. (01.08.2013)
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Requirements: Since this course is finished by exam, every student should actively take part in the seminar and submit a final essay. Poslední úprava: Mokrejšová Eva, Mgr. (01.08.2013)
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