Summary of literature of compulsory and optional subjects of the study program Didactics of Philosophy relevant to the content of the subject of the state exam.

Šuch, J.: Vybrané problémy z vyučovania filozofie, Prešov, Metodicko-pedagogické centrum, 2002. Petersen, W.H.: Učebnica všeobecnej didaktiky. Bratislava, 1993. Petlák, E.: Všeobecná didaktika. Bratislava, 1997. Petty, G.: Moderní vyučování. Praha, 1996. Kyriacou, Ch.: Klíčové dovednosti učitele, Praha, 1996. Novotný, Z.: Jak (se) učit filosofii. Olomouc, 2004.

Thematic areas:

1. A. Specific objectives in philosophy classes; B. Lesson presentation on a selected problem or figure in pre-Socratic philosophy.

2. A. Critical thinking in philosophy classes - affective strategies (description, explanation); B. Lesson presentation on a selected problem in Plato's philosophy.

3. A. Critical thinking in philosophy classes - cognitive strategies (description, explanation); B. Lesson presentation on a selected problem in Aristotle's philosophy.

4. A. Critical thinking in philosophy classes - cognitive strategies (description, explanation); B. Lesson presentation on a selected problem or a personality from medieval philosophy.

5. A. Organisation of teaching in the philosophy class; B. Lesson presentation on a selected problem or figure in Renaissance philosophy.

6. A. Classification and alternative forms of assessment in philosophy classes; B. Lesson presentation on a selected problem in modern rationalist philosophy.

7. A. Structure and writing philosophic papers and essays; B. Lesson presentation on a selected problem in modern empirist philosophy.

8. A. Criteria for assessment of written papers, essays in philosophy;

B. Lesson presentation on a selected problem in Kant's philosophy.

9. A. Material resources in philosophy classes; B. Lesson presentation on a selected problem or figure in19th century philosophy.

10. A. The personality of the philosophy teacher, graduation examination and secondary school professional activity in philosophy; B. Lesson presentation on a selected problem or figure in 20th century philosophy.

The students can take the state exam

a) After obtaining at least such number of credits that after obtaining credits for successful completion of state exams, they achieve the necessary number of credits for the proper completion of studies,

b) After successful completion of compulsory subjects, compulsory elective subjects, and elective subjects in the composition determined by the study program,

c) After fulfilling the student's obligations arising from § 71, par. 3 letter b of the Higher Education Act, d) If no disciplinary action is taken against them.

Successful completion of the state exam is one of the conditions for successful completion of the study program. The subject of the state exam is evaluated by the committee for state exams using the grading scale A-FX. The evaluation of the state exam or its part is decided by the exam committee by consensus. If the exam committee does not reach a consensus, the evaluation of the state examination or its part is decided by voting.

On the basis of the wording of the study regulations of the faculty (Internal Rules and Regulations 5/2020, Art. 15), the framework dates of state exams are set by the dean in accordance with the faculty’s academic schedule. Departments are obliged to publish the dates of their state exams on the website no later than 5 weeks before they take place. The student registers for the state exam through the academic information system (AIS) at least three weeks before it takes place.

The student is entitled to one regular and two resit attempts of the state exam. The regular attempt is the one for which the student applied for the first time within the deadline set for state exams. If the student was evaluated with the FX mark on the regular attempt of the state exam, the student may take resits of the state exam

a) on the following dates assigned for state exams in the relevant academic year, or

b) on the dates assigned for state exams in one of the following academic years in accordance with § 65, par. 2 of the Higher Education Act.

If the student is unable to come on the day of the state exam for which they have registered on serious grounds, they are obliged to apologize in writing to the chairman of the exam committee in advance or no later than three working days after the date of the state exam or its part, if there were serious obstacles that prevented them to do so in advance. If the student does not attend the state exam or its part without an excuse within the specified period, or if the chairman of the exam committee does not accept their excuse, they are assessed with the FX grade from that attempt of the state exam.

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1. The student arrives on the registered date of the state exam according to the schedule set by the department.

2. The student receives a question from the subject of the state exam, which is submitted in writing and anonymously in the form of a random selection from printed questions or a generator.

3. The exam committee will provide the student with reasonable time to prepare an oral answer to the question.

4. The student presents the prepared answer to the question in front of the exam committee and answers the additional questions.

5. After the student finishes their answer, the exam committee decides on the results of the state exam in a closed session of the exam committee.

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After successfully passing the state final examination in the subject Didactics of Philosophy, students have adequate theoretical knowledge in the field of didactics of philosophy, as well as practical skills in conceiving, conducting and organizing a teaching lesson in philosophy at secondary school. On the basis of an oral answer to one selected question, consisting of two sub-questions from the subject Didactics of Philosophy (one question concerning theoretical knowledge would use in the design of a model lesson in the teaching of philosophy), the student demonstrates the ability to interpret and practically demonstrate the acquired knowledge on the subject, as well as to respond promptly in the course of the discussion to the questions raised.

1. Kolář, Peter - Svoboda, Vladimír. Logika a etika. Úvod do metaetiky. Praha: Filosofia, 1997. ISBN: 80-7007-100-1.

2. BRÁZDA, Radim: Ethicum. Zlín: VeRBuM, 2010. ISBN: 978-80-904273-9-6.

3. LONGINO, Helen. Usmerňovanie sociálneho obratu vo filozofii vedy. Filozofia. 2009. roč. 64, č. 4, s. 312-324. ISSN 0046-385X (Available on: http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/filozofia/2009/4/312-323.pdf).

5. SZAPUOVÁ, Mariana, NUHLÍČEK, Martin, CHABADA, Michal (eds). Veda, spoločnosť a hodnoty. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2019. ISBN 978-80-223-4749-5

(selected chapters)

6. GAHÉR, František. Logická sémantika a všeobecná teória prekladu. Bratislava: Stimul, 2010. ISBN 978-80-89236-97-8. Available on: https://stella.uniba.sk/texty/fg-lsavtp.pdf

7. GAHÉR, František, ŠTEVČEK, Marek, BRAXATORIS, Martin. Nástroje a pravidlá produkcie a interpretácie koncízneho textu (s osobitným zreteľom na normativitu). In: Jazykovedný časopis. 2019, roč. 70, č. 1, s. 75-94. ISSN (online) 1338-4287.

8. GAHÉR, František. Vetné operátory: ich interakcie (s vektormi času, kauzality a epistemickej relevancie) a ich konštrukcie. In: Jazykovedný časopis. 2020, roč. 71, č. 2, s. 197-212. ISSN (online) 1338-4287.

9. BIELIK, Lukáš. Metodologické aspekty vedy. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2019. ISBN 978-80-223-4788-4

10. DALY, Chris. An Introduction to Philosophical Methods. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-55111-934-2.

11. H. Holzhey, W. Röd: Filosofie 19. A 20. století. II. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2006.

12. R. Thurnher, W. Röd, H. Schmidinger: Filosofie 19. A 20. století. III. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2009.

13. J. Bodnár, P. Cmorej, I. Hrušovský, A. Riška, ed.: Logický empirizmus a filozofia prírodných vied. Antológia z diel filozofov, 9. zv. Bratislava: VPL, 1968.

Thematic areas: History of Philosophy:

1. Phenomenological method, the phenomenological understanding of consciousness and intentionality, and the phenomenological critique of naturalism and historicism (Husserl, Heidegger).

2. Existentialism and its view of the authentic form of the life of the human individual and the philosophical approach to existence and being. The issue of freedom and the meaning of human existence (Sartre, Jaspers).

3. Heidegger's philosophy of being and his analysis of the structures of human existence. The concept of the existential and ontological differentiation.

4. Theory of knowledge and understanding of truth and science in classical pragmatism (Peirce, James, Dewey).

5. Critical theory of the Frankfurt School: neo-Marxist critique of Western civilization and the theory of communicative rationality (Horkheimer, Adorno, Habermas).

6. Radical critique of metaphysics and different conceptions of metaphysics in 20th century philosophy (logical positivism, Heidegger, pragmatism, Frankfurt School, Derrida).

7. The notion of structure and the basic features of the structural method in French structuralist and post-structuralist philosophy (Lévi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, Althusser).

8. The turn to language and the role of modern logic in early analytic philosophy (Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein). Conceptual analysis as a method of philosophy. Fregean semantics.

9. The concept of philosophy and the philosophy of science in logical positivism and logical empiricism (Vienna Circle, Berlin Society for Empirical Philosophy).

10. Philosophical reflection on the postmodern situation in society and science (Lyotard). Deconstructive reading of texts as a way of philosophizing (Derrida)

Social and ethical problems of science:

1. The social turn in the philosophy of science, its assumptions and consequences

2. Values in science and the problem of value neutrality of scientific knowledge

3. Feminist epistemology and the problem of the social nature of scientific knowledge

4. Science as a social institution and the normative structure of science

5. Ethics in science and ethics of science (internal and external ethics of science)

Methods of science and philosophy

1. Sources of knowledge and classification of statements

2. Thought experiments and their function in science and philosophy

3. Conceptual analysis and definition

4. Testing: scientific hypotheses and philosophical theses

5. Scientific theories: structure and functions

The students can take the state exam:

a) After obtaining at least such number of credits that after obtaining credits for successful completion of state exams, they achieve the necessary number of credits for the proper completion of studies,

b) After successfully completing the compulsory subjects, compulsory elective subjects, and elective subjects in the composition determined by the study program,

c) After fulfilling the student's obligations arising from § 71, par. 3 letter b of the Higher Education Act, d) If no disciplinary action is taken against them.

Successful completion of the state exam is one of the conditions for successful completion of the study program. The subject of the state exam is evaluated by the committee for state exams using the grading scale A-FX. The evaluation of the state exam or its part is decided by the exam committee by consensus. If the exam committee does not reach a consensus, the evaluation of the state examination or its part is decided by voting.

On the basis of the wording of the study regulations of the faculty (Internal Rules and Regulations 5/2020, Art. 15), the framework dates of state exams are set by the dean in accordance with the faculty’s academic schedule. Departments are obliged to publish the dates of their state exams on the website no later than 5 weeks before they take place. The student registers for the state exam through the academic information system (AIS) at least three weeks before it takes place.

The student is entitled to one regular and two resit attempts of the state exam. The regular attempt is the one for which the student applied for the first time within the deadline set for state exams. If the student was evaluated with the FX mark on the regular attempt of the state exam, the student may take resits of the state exam

a) On the following dates assigned for state exams in the relevant academic year, or

b) On the dates assigned for state exams in one of the following academic years in accordance with § 65, par. 2 of the Higher Education Act.

If the student is unable to come on the day of the state exam for which they have registered on serious grounds, they are obliged to apologize in writing to the chairman of the exam committee in advance or no later than three working days after the date of the state exam or its part, if there were serious obstacles that prevented them to do so in advance. If the student does not attend the state exam or its part without an excuse within the specified period, or if the chairman of the exam committee does not accept their excuse, they are assessed with the FX grade from that attempt of the state exam.

Slovak

1. The student arrives on the registered date of the state exam according to the schedule set by the department.

2. The student receives a question from the subject of the state exam, which is submitted in writing and anonymously in the form of a random selection from printed questions or a generator.

3. The exam committee will provide the student with reasonable time to prepare an oral answer to the question.

4. The student presents the prepared answer to the question in front of the exam committee and answers the additional questions.

5. After the student finishes their answer, the exam committee decides on the results of the state exam in a closed session of the exam committee.

The course of the state exam and the announcement of its results are public.

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In the final state examination in the subject Philosophy, the students demonstrate adequate knowledge of the history of philosophy (history of philosophy of the 20th century), as well as of the profile, compulsory elective and elective subjects. On the basis of an oral answer to two selected questions from the subject Philosophy (one question from the history of philosophy and the other from systematic philosophy), the students demonstrate the ability to interpret the acquired knowledge on a given issue, as well as respond promptly in the discussion to the questions raised.