Mgr. Jakub Trnka, Ph.D.

Research interests:

Classical phenomenology (Husserl, Heidegger, Scheler); German Classical Philosophy (Kant); Modern Czech philosophy (Kosík, Kohák); Some issues in social and political thought

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My work is concerned primarily with the question of unthematised presuppositions which delimit the general framework of our understanding and with it also of our orientation in the world. I focus on the issue of the so-called fundamental structures of experience, their various levels, their possible modification in history and the possibility of their perversion or collapse. The work is endeavouring to find a normative foundation which could serve not only as a starting point for philosophical consideration of the fullness of human life, but also for a transcendental anchoring of political standpoint which comes critically to terms with concrete social phenomena.

Education

2008-14 Doctoral study at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at The School of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague. Dissertation: Kant and Husserl on the transcendental nature of experiences (adviser doc. RNDr. Josef Moural, CSc)

2005-7 Attendance in courses at the Department of Philosophy, Freiburg University, Germany

2002-2005 Bachelor study at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at The School of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague.

1999-2004 Master study at the School of Sport Sciences, Charles University, Prague. Thesis: The benefit and the good in sport from phenomenological point of view (adviser prof. PhDr. Anna Hogenová, CSc)

Publications

Books

Kant and Husserl on Experience. (Kant a Husserl o zkušenosti). Filosofia, Praha 2017, 348 pages, ISBN 978-80-7007-511-1.

Articles

2017 “Historicity and Rationality in Husserl’s Later Thought” (Dějinnost a racionalita v Husserlově pozdním myšlení) In: Filosofický časopis, 65, 2017, Nr. 5, pp. 721-738.

2016 “Husserl’s Absolute Consciousness” (Husserlovo absolutní vědomí). In: Filosofický časopis, 64, 2016, Nr. 1, pp. 45-57.

2013 "From Praxis to the Concrete. The Thought of Karel Kosík" (Od praxe ke konkrétnosti. K myšlení Karla Kosíka). In: Bendová, M., ‒ Borovanská J. ‒ Vejvodová D. (eds): Filosofie v podzemí, filosofie v zázemí. Podoby filosofie v době normalizace a po sametové revoluci. Nomáda, Praha 2013, pp. 204-212.

2013 "Home and the Human World" (Domov a svět člověka. Mezi Kosíkem a Kohákem). In: Kohák E. ‒ Trnka J. (eds): Hledání české filosofie. Collection of articles. Special edition of Filosofický časopis, Filosofia, Praha, 2013, pp. 321-337.

2012 „Experience between Sense and Value" (Zkušenost mezi smyslem a hodnotou). In: Filosofický časopis, 58, 2013, Nr. 3, pp. 361-376.

2010 "Phenomenology's Metaphysical Commitment" (Metafysický závazek fenomenologie). In: Filosofický časopis, 58, 2010, Nr. 5, pp. 645-661.

Books edited

Kohák E. ‒ Trnka J. (eds): Hledání české filosofie. Collection of articles. Special edition of Filosofický Časopis, Filosofia, Praha, 2013, 385 pp.