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Class Reading for Class 01 - WATCHING DOCUMENTARY Cultural Differences West and East.pdf | Class Reading for Class 01 - WATCHING DOCUMENTARY Cultural Differences West and East | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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CLASS Reading for Class 02 - Theory of Knowledge I - KNOWING the world or SHAPING the world.pdf | CLASS Reading for Class 02 - Theory of Knowledge I - KNOWING the world or SHAPING the world | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Class Reading for Class 03 - Wittgenstein on how LANGUAGE Shapes our view of the world.pdf | Class Reading for Class 03 - Wittgenstein on how LANGUAGE Shapes our view of the world | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Class Reading for Class 04 - Epistemology II - Epistemic Justification & Scepticism.pdf | Class Reading for Class 04 - Epistemology II - Epistemic Justification & Scepticism | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Class Reading for Class 05 - PRAGMATISM - William James & CS Peirce & John Dewey.pdf | Class Reading for Class 05 - PRAGMATISM | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Class Reading for Class 06 - Introducing so-called CONTINENTAL Philosophy.pdf | Class Reading for Class 06 - Introducing so-called CONTINENTAL Philosophy | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Class Reading for Class 07 - Metaphysics or on the Nature of Reality - from Solomon & Higgins THE BIG QUESTIONS.pdf | Class Reading for Class 07 - Metaphysics or on the Nature of Reality | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Class Reading for Class 09 - The SELF - Metaphysics of Personal Identity.pdf | Class Reading for Class 09 - The SELF - Metaphysics of Personal Identity | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Class Reading for Class 10 - Freedom and the Problem of FREE WILL - Solomon - The Big Questions.pdf | Class Reading for Class 10 - Freedom and the Problem of FREE WILL | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Class Reading for Class 11 - Philosophy of Religious Pluralism.pdf | Class Reading for Class 11 - Philosophy of Religious Pluralism | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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SEMINAR Reading for Seminar 01 - Examples of GOOD PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS.pdf | SEMINAR Reading for Seminar 01 - Examples of GOOD PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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SEMINAR Reading for Seminar 02 - Arguments in EPISTEMOLOGY.pdf | SEMINAR Reading for Seminar 02 - Arguments in EPISTEMOLOGY | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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SEMINAR Reading for Seminar 03 - Arguments in METAPHYSICS.pdf | SEMINAR Reading for Seminar 03 - Arguments in METAPHYSICS | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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SEMINAR Reading for Seminar 04 - Arguments about PERSONAL IDENTITY and FREE WILL.pdf | SEMINAR Reading for Seminar 04 - Arguments about PERSONAL IDENTITY and FREE WILL | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY: A GLOBAL APPROACH - JPB156
ETCS: 6 credits Prerequisites: None Taught in WINTER Semester
Lecturer: Dr Janusz Salamon
Time: MONDAY, 12.30-13:50 [LECTURE] + 14.00-15.20 [Seminar - see details below] + 15.30-16.50 [Seminar - see details below]
PLACE: Jinonice, classroom C123 (LECTURE at 12:30) & classroom C520 (SEMINARS at 14:00 and 15:30) [see details below]
CONTACTS: Email: janusz.salamon at fsv.cuni.cz Office hours: Monday, 17.00-18.20 & Tuesday, 14:00-15:20 in office 514 (Floor 5) in Jinonice COURSE GOALS Since the course is intended primarily for students of social sciences, who need intellectual tools to understand the complexity of our increasingly interconnected and yet also ideologically fragmented world, its main aim is to teach the skills of careful, thoughtful, rigorous, rational analysis of beliefs, problems and questions, which find no answers in natural sciences, because pertain to specifically human, “first person”, perspective of self-conscious subjects. Thus we will treat philosophical questions as “open questions”, which unsurprisingly have no definitive answers and yet have to be confronted by every individual who hopes to live a meaningful life and by every society that wishes to create conditions for a flourishing life of its members. Philosophy, since its inception in Ancient Greece, China and India, teaches critical engagement with beliefs, convictions, doctrines and dogmas taken for granted by most in an unreflective manner, thus often clearing the path for social progress (Plato’s philosophical argument in favour of intellectual equality of men and women may serve as an example). On the other hand, philosophers (including the leading thinkers of the Western tradition), like all of us, tended to be blind to their cultural prejudices and ignore the contributions of other cultures. Living at the threshold of a Global Age, thoughtful human beings need to engage in a critical but constructive way with the wealth of the diverse intellectual and ethical traditions of humanity, therefore this course adopts a “global”, that is cross-cultural perspective in addressing the eternal human questions: “Who am I?”, “What can I know?”, “What should I do?”, “What can I hope for?”
COURSE OUTLINE Week 1: Philosophy in the Global Age: Theorising Cross-Cultural Differences [LECTURE ONLY] [PLEASE, do the homework BEFORE CLASS watching the following two-part DOCUMENTARY to which we will be referring throughout the semester and which will come up in the tests): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoDtoB9Abck&t=17s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLh4QZDyNUA&t=186s
Week 2: Epistemology (I): Knowing the world or "shaping" the world? [LECTURE + SEMINAR 1 for Group 1 at 14:00, followed by SEMINAR 1 for Group 2 at 15.30]
Week 3: Philosophy of language: Wittgenstein or "the limits of my language are the limits of my world" [LECTURE + SEMINAR 1 for Group 3 at 14:00, followed by SEMINAR 1 for Group 4 at 15.30] Week 4: Epistemology (II): Epistemic justification and the challenge of scepticism [LECTURE + SEMINAR 2 for Group 1 at 14:00, followed by SEMINAR 2 for Group 2 at 15.30]
Week 5: NO CLASS - NATIONAL HOLIDAY in the Czech Republic
Week 6: Pragmatism about knowing and acting [LECTURE + SEMINAR 2 for Group 3 at 14:00, followed by SEMINAR 2 for Group 4 at 15.30] Week 7: MID-TERM WRITTEN TEST for ALL at 12:30-13:50 (covers ONLY the material of classes 1-5 and Seminars 1-2]
Week 8: Introducing "Continental philosophy" [LECTURE + SEMINAR 3 for Group 1 at 14:00, followed by SEMINAR 3 for Group 2 at 15.30]
Week 9: Metaphysics or on the "nature of reality" [LECTURE + SEMINAR 3 for Group 3 at 14:00, followed by SEMINAR 3 for Group 4 at 15.30]
Week 10: Problem of the Self or metaphysics of 'personal identity' [LECTURE + SEMINAR 4 for Group 1 at 14:00, followed by SEMINAR 4 for Group 2 at 15.30] Week 11: Philosophy of mind and freedom: Are we free or causally determined? [LECTURE + SEMINAR 4 for Group 3 at 14:00, followed by SEMINAR 4 for Group 4 at 15.30] Week 12: Philosophy of religions and worldviews [LECTURE at 12:30]
FINAL WRITTEN EXAM (3 exam dates will be published in the SIS in due course)
COURSE READINGS. All readings will be available for download from this course website (in the SIS, not Moodle). The readings will be extracted chiefly from the following anthologies: Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings (ed. Perry, Bratman, Fischer) Philosophic Classics: From Plato to Derrida (ed. Baird) Philosophy and Contemporary Issues (ed. Burr, Goldinger) Philosophy: The Quest for Truth (ed. Pojman) The Truth about the World: Basic Readings in Philosophy (ed. Rachels) COURSE GRADING: Quality participation in the SEMINAR + Final SEMINAR Essay = 20% Mid-term In-Class Written Test 35% Final Written Exam 45% Total 100% SEMINAR INSTRUCTION The seminar is mandatory. As indicated in the Syllabus (above), the seminar will be taught in 4 groups. Each student will be informed during Week 1 to which group they belong. Each student must do the relevant seminar reading in advance (familiarity with the seminar reading will be tested through quizzes at the beginning of each seminar, therefore students who arrive late and will not take the quiz, will lose the points awarded for the quizzes (2, 1 or 0 points for a single quiz). The "seminar readings" are uploaded below (in the SIS, not Moodle). The seminars will consist of a discussion of the philosophical arguments introduced in the "seminar readings" FINAL SEMINAR ESSAY will be due 48 hours before the final exam (and it will be up to the student to choose from among three final exam DATES published in the SIS in due course). The Final Seminar Essay instruction will be discussed during seminar 4 (i.e., after the mid-term exam) since the students need to accumulate enough knowledge to be able to work efficiently on the essay.
SEMINAR ESSAY INSTRUCTION SEMINAR ESSAY INSTRUCTION EXAM INSTRUCTION The course includes a mid-term written test/exam and a final written exam. The exams will include TWO types of assignments: (a) writing short essays devoted to the topics selected by the students from a list of topics covering the reading material of "CLASS READINGS"; (b) brief explanations of a few "seminar ARGUMENTS" or "CASE studies". In both cases, the point of the exam will be to test the understanding of the MAIN philosophical issues explored at BOTH the lectures AND the seminars. NB: The Mid-term test will cover ONLY the material of classes 1-5 and Seminars 1-2, while the Final Exam will cover the material explored in the REMAINING lectures and seminars. GRADING SCALE:
Poslední úprava: Salamon Janusz, Ph.D. (05.12.2024)
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