Study programmes

The study of philosophy relates to the tradition of two-and-a-half thousand years, developing it in interdisciplinary contact with the findings of current research. Methodically cultivated philosophical reflection is of an increasing and invaluable importance for the open environment of our (and not only our) culture. As philosophy reflects on the relationship between knowledge and action, it can pose ethical, political as well as historical questions which, per definition, lie beyond the scope of both experimental and social sciences. The study of philosophy aims to introduce students to philosophical issues, style and methodology of philosophical work from two main perspectives: the historical and the systematic. The philosophical specialisations pursued at the Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University include, among others, history of ancient, medieval, renaissance, early-modern, modern and post-modern philosophy, systematic philosophy, philosophy of religion, phenomenology, analytic philosophy and ethics. Philosophy graduates have acquired knowledge and methods which provide a basic grounding in the field of philosophy.