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Digital Climate II.
Sidlárová, Kristýna ; Jansa, Jakub (referee) ; Šrámek, Jan (advisor)
In the diploma thesis Digital Climate II. I'm dealing with the representation of the relationship between physical and virtual matter. The final presentation will take place via video installation in a non-gallery environment. In the work process, I record my own experience of gradual work with the processes of influencing the physical mass of ceramic clay and virtual mass software interfaces. The subject of the work is a remediation of physical ceramic material, whose raw materiality is supported by its absence of glaze or any other noble surface treatment, which could be considered a certain metaphor of today, beautifying AR face filters on social media, Photoshop and unattainable standards of beauty and falsely promoted products.
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Unqualified Change in Aristotle's Natural Philosophy
Roreitner, Robert ; Karfíková, Lenka (advisor) ; Thein, Karel (referee)
We start with the question, whether and in how far the distinction between "unqualified" and "qualified" predication of change (i.e. predication of "coming to be" and of "becoming") provides a sound clue for understanding of reality. Firstly, we focus on methodological assumptions of Aristotle's natural philosophy and science, namely on their relation to everyday language. In the next step we ask, whether and how the general conclusions about the character of any change made in Physics are valid also for any change (i.e. for "qualified" and "unqualified" change) separately. Last two chapters, then, are concerned with some consequences of Aristotle's endeavor to make justice to everyday distinction of "unqualified" and "qualified" changes for his conception of nature, namely with the character of matter and the circularity of change.
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Running away from and towards form: About form and matter in the works of Witold Gombrowicz and Bruno Schulz
Blažková, Hana ; Benešová, Michala (advisor) ; Gál, Eugen (referee)
Witold Gombrowicz and Bruno Schulz - two Polish authors of the decades between the two world wars - are regarded as prime examples of the Polish avant-garde. The main focus of this thesis, as well as of the work of these two authors, is their approach to form and matter. Schulz describes a world in motion, where matter loses its original form and gains another, everything flourishes, disintegrates and forms again. Gombrowicz's approach is rather socio-psychological, he uses form to reflect on human relations, societal flaws and the creation of a person's identity. The thesis is divided into two parts - "Analysis" and "Synthesis". The Analysis offers a detailed study of the themes of "the absolute girl" and "travel back in time". In this part, I analyze these two motifs as they appear in Gombrowicz's "Ferdydurke" and Schulz's short stories "Spring" and "A Pensioner" as well as in other works by these authors. In Synthesis I argue that both Schulz and Gombrowicz created extraordinarily active literary characters - it is them who cause the disintegration and formation of the world. The final chapter of this thesis called "Analysis and Synthesis and the Beating World" searches for a world not limited by form - its pulse, or rhythm.
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A Comparison of Plotinus's and St. Augustine's Conception of Evil
Košová, Michaela ; Němec, Václav (advisor) ; Novák, Lukáš (referee)
This bachelor thesis is concerned with Plotinus's and Augustine's conception of evil and its main aim is to compare both views and reveal which Plotinus's thoughts inspired Augustine and at which points he had to divert from Plotinus. The key question is in what way both philosophers attempt to answer the question about ontological status and origin of evil. While examining the differences between both conceptions it will be importatnt to explain them with regard to different metaphysical concepts which constitute Plotinus's and Augustine's thinking. First part of the thesis investigates in what sense in Plotinus's theory matter - the last point of emanation of reality from the One - is the principle of evil. Later we encounter tolma, certain illegitimate audacity to become independent from the higher levels which is present in the soul and also at the very emergence of reality as such from the One. However, since soul has a divine origin, it cannot really sin. Plotinus ascribes the ultimate responsibility for evil to matter, utter privation and form of non-being, which can act as a sort of trap for the soul. In the second part we will see that thanks to neoplatonic thinking Augustine too perceives evil as privation but he ascribes its origin to a free decision of created, and thus mutable rational...
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From Intuition to Cosmology: Henri Bergson's Philosophy of Movement
Zhang, Ziyue ; Montebello, Pierre (advisor) ; Miquel, Paul - Antoine (referee)
In Bergson's philosophy, movement is not only an important notion, but Bergson's philosophy itself is presented as a thought-movement: The movement has a metaphilosophical dimension in Bergson, which shows us a movement of enlargement to the universe. Therefore, our research aims at studying Bergson's philosophy dedicated to the theme of movement. More specifically, we want to grasp this movement in its two dimensions as a double unity in « Matter and memory » : the unity of all dimensions of reality unified by movement, and the Bergsonian philosophy as a great unity. Key-words: Bergson, movement, intuition, cosmology, matter
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BRNO – NEW SOUTH CENTRE LOCATION – POŘÍČÍ, BRIDGES TRINITY, THE AREA OF COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION, MULTIFUNCTIONAL OBJECT AND SPACE
Prokešová, Markéta ; Bindr, Tomáš (referee) ; Kiszka, Josef (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with understanding the place, its analysis, reflections on future development and then the design of a new part of the city, buildings, renovations and modifications. It's necessary to think about social and cultural functions to ensure a comfortable life of the population, social interaction in the already existing community and support for incoming residents in the new part of the city. The semester work follows the proposal of revitalization of Svratka by prof. Ing. arch. Ivan Ruller, develops its potential and considers further expansion
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Painting as matter
Nováková, Kateřina ; Velíšek, Martin (advisor) ; Kornatovský, Jiří (referee)
Kateřina Nováková- Painting as matter ABSTRACT In my thesis I focus on painting and its material overlap. I no longer only observe paintings by sight, alone, I also use touch. As a result, the optical smoothness of the painting is disrupted and emphasis is placed on matter, structure and relief. I focus on the distinctive painter's footprint, impasto and gestic painting. I reflect on different approaches to landscape painting, and in the context of work I accentuate those who work with color as matter. I present the specifics using examples of artwork of selected artists. It is evident from the overview that the 20th century paved the way for material experimentation. In it, is the focus of the practical section of my thesis, i.e. my own piece of artwork. The series of images is a painting that extends from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional, giving the images a plastic character. For this purpose, I use painting and non-painting materials. I adhere to the theme of an abstractly conceived landscape inspired by everyday objects. In the didactic section of the thesis, I propose and then undertake three varied tasks, connecting painting and a landscape element in an artistic function.
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Privation concept of evil from Plotinus to Thomas Aquinas
TOMANDL, Antonín
The questions about the origin of evil in the world were often a secondary product of the great philosophical systems. One of the first thinkers to deal with that problem systematically was neoplatonic scholar Plotinus. He developed a theory which he considered to be only a continuation of Plato´s thinking. It became an original theory, which in its core, has influence to this day. This theory was, mostly thanks to St. Augustine, applied to christian theology and became the living doctrine. The goal of this thesis is to demonstrate in what Plotinus´ theory of evil was "christianized" through the hand of Augustin. In other words, how it trasformed from a pagan philosophy to a theological one and how it was preserved for rediscovery in the scholastic era and became a new-again topic of scholastic scholars.
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Konstrukce a architektonický prostor
Kuda, Daniel
The architectural work is the synthesis of three fundamental determinants: space, form, and matter that interact with one another. The current modern architecture is based on the design of space, where the design is based on different rules than the structural ones. In the space-matter-form relationship, the resulting space should be greatly influenced by the choice of material (matter) and consequently of the structural system (form). For the analysis of internal architectural space, I chose buildings that were structurally new at the time of their creation. These buildings use only one main material to create space, from which the construction system comes out. The results of the analysis show the importance of the spatial aspect of the structural system and indicate the natural design of each material.
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Matter in Plotin's philosophy
Zajíček, Samuel ; Chlup, Radek (advisor) ; Němec, Václav (referee)
The diploma thesis attempts to present a consistent conception of matter in the philosophy of Plotinus. Its first part therefore contains a presentation of his own ideas about matter employing the interpretation of three key treatises dealing with this topic (Ennead II, 4 (12) "On the Two Kinds of Matter", Ennead III, 6 (26) "On Impassibility of Things Without Body" and Ennead I, 8 (51) "On What Are And Whence Come Evils"), the second part is dedicated to the overview and criticism of major modern interpretations of Plotinian matter. The third part then introduces my own approach, consisting of splitting Plotinus' hypostatis of soul into two hypostases, and identifying matter with the procession (i.e. proodic aspect) of the ontologically lower of the two. Arguments are offered for these nonstandard interpretive choices; the resulting conception is shown both as self-consistent as well as consistent with Plotinus' metaphysics as such, and it is demonstrated to be able to reconstruct the features that Plotinus attributes to matter.
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