Philosophy of Culture 08-FLDL-FKU

During the course a student is being acquainted with the idea of the cultural relativism, which is implemented in the philosophical thinking. What is emphasized is not only the presence of the variety of incommensurable cultures. The student is proposed to take the distinguished epochs and the relevant philosophies in the European culture in terms of incommensurability too. In the postmodern culture, where outlook is pluralized and the styles of life are differentiated, the idea of the cultural relativism is proposed to be referred to the worlds individuated on a personal level. During the course the student is being encouraged to reflect on their comprehension of the world and analysis of the relation towards the other, be it the historical or the contemporary one. The course is aimed at the student's improvement of the habit of refraining from the naïve attributing their beliefs to the culture investigated or the philosophy studied.