Syllabus
1. The birth of philosophy; basic concepts. Mythos and logos; the concept of physis.2. The peak period of Greek philosophy: Socrates - Plato - Aristotle.3. Stoicism and Epicureanism. Augustine.4. Medieval philosophy. Renaissance philosophy and F. Bacon.5. The beginnings of modern philosophy. Rationalism (Descartes) and British empiricism (Locke - Berkeley - Hume).6. Comenius - his "Labyrinth", "The Way of Light" and "The General Council..." as the philosophical and theological basis of his pedagogicalimplications.7. Kant and the basic concepts of his doctrine. Hegel and German classical philosophy.8. Schopenhauer and Nietzsche: will - power - freedom "from" and "to" - the superman.9. Philosophy of existence (Kierkegaard - Marcel - Jaspers - Sartre - Camus).10. Authentic mode of existence. "Having" and "being". Philosophy of dialogue (Buber). Philosophical dimension of the relationship between "I" and "You".11. Anthropological paradigms (the so-called "patterns of humanity") - a historical cross-section.12. Phenomenology and hermeneutics (Husserl - Heidegger - Patočka - Gadamer).13. Olympic philosophy.14. Philosophy of sport - phenomena of play and experience.
Annotation
Aim of the subject is to acquaint students with key persons of the history of philosophy and basic concepts of the fundamental philosophy and esp the anthropological line (time, truth, movement, being, game etc). Understanding and meaning of philosophical reflections of sport is the second aim.
Students will be acquainted also with some proper methodological instruments and wider background of their study discipline.