Study Programme: Philosophy

The doctoral study of philosophy at the Faculty of Theology JU is four-year long, completed with obtaining the degree Ph.D. The program is accredited in Czech and English language.

The program orientation derives from the scholarly activity of the staff of the Department of philosophy and religious studies TF JU, which focuses on both the history of philosophy and systematic philosophy. It is above all the scholastic of the High Middle Ages, philosophy of the modern period (second scholastic, Kant), philosophical anthropology, ethics and philosophy of religion.

The study takes place in several seminary groups (basic seminar common to all students of the given program, specialization seminar for small groups according to the focus of dissertation thesis and individual seminar consisting in concrete work on the dissertation under the advisor?s supervision). All activities in the doctoral study are aimed at scholarly work whose the goal is the doctoral dissertation.

In realizing the doctoral program the Faculty of Theology JU cooperates with the Faculty of Philosophy JU and Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences.