Jiří Chotaš CV

I. Present position

The founder and the head of the Department for the Studies of Modern Rationality at the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Jilská 1, 110 00 Prague 1). – The department was founded in 2001.

II. Education

Ph.D. – Philosophy, Charles University in Prague 1998

M. Phil. – Philosophy, Charles University in Prague 1994

Eng. – Electrotechnology, Czech Technical University in Prague 1987

III. Grants and Fellowships

2009-present – Research Grant of the Czech Science Foundation (for producing a book-length study on Freedom and Right in Kant and Hegel)

2001 – Earhart Graduate Fellowship in Social Thought, University of Chicago (U.S.A.)

2000-2002 – Research Grant of the Czech Science Foundation (for producing an edition of studies and translations of German classical philosophy)

1995-97 – Fellowship. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (Germany)

1994-95 – Fellowship. Katholisher Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst (Germany)

1993 – Fellowship. Freie Universität Berlin (Germany).

IV. Areas of Specialization

Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel; 17^th and 18^th Century European Philosophy: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Political Philosophy

V. Teaching Experience

2009-2010: Faculty of Arts, University, Ustí nad Labem: Assistant Professor

1998-2001, 2002-2004, 2008-2009: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague: Assistant Professor

1998-2001, 2002-2003: Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague: Assistant Professor

VI. Courses Taught

Hayek, Rawls&Communitarians; T. Hobbes: De cive; Kant’s cosmology; I. Kant: Toward Perpetual Peace; Kant’s theory of ethics; Beauty and the sublime in Kant; J. J. Rousseau: The Social Contract; Hegel’s theory of state; Labour and property in modern philosophy; Modern political and social philosophy; Enlightenment, revolution and romanticism; Introduction to political philosophy.

VII. Publications

VII.1 Articles

13. “Význam slova ‘metafyzika’ u Kanta” [The Meaning of the Word “Metaphysics” in Kant], in: Návrat metafyziky? Diskuse o metafyzice ve filosofii 20. a 21. století [The Comeback of Metaphysics? The Discussion on metaphysics in philosophy of 20^th and 21^th century], ed. by M. Šimsa, P. Sousedík and M. Nitsche (Prague: Filosofia, 2010), pp. 29-48.

12. “Einleitung” [Introduction] (with J. Karásek and J. Stolzenberg), “Das Ich als transzendentales Subjekt” [The I as a Transcendental Subject], “Bibliographie” [Bibliography], in: Metaphysik und Kritik: Interpretationen zur Transzendentalen Dialektik der Kritik der reinen Vernunft [Metaphysics and Critique: Interpretations of the “Transcendental Dialectic” in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason], ed. by J. Chotaš, J. Karásek and J. Stolzenberg (Würzburg: Königshausen&Neumann, 2010), pp. 7-16, 117-139, 283-308.

11. “Berkeley a Locke o loajalitě občanů k vládě” [Berkeley and Locke on the loyalty of the citizens to their government], in: George Berkeley: Průvodce jeho filosofií. [George Berkeley: A Guide to his Philosophy.], ed. by P. Glombíček and J. Hill (Prague: Filosofia, 2009) pp. 319-342.

10. “Návrh ústavy pro Korsiku a Úvahy o polské vládě” [Project for a Constitution for Corsica and Considerations on the Government of Poland], in: J. J. Rousseau: 230 let od úmrtí [J. J. Rousseau: 230 years since his death], ed. by M. Loužek (Prague: Centrum pro ekonomiku a politiku, 2008), pp. 95-106.

9. “Svět jako lidský svět u Kanta” [The World as A Human World in Kant], in: Člověk a jeho svět: Filosofický pojem světa od novověku po dnešek [Man and His World: from Descartes to Merleau Ponty], ed. by J. Kuneš and M. Vrabec (Prague: Filosofia, 2008), pp. 53-72.

8. “Kant v analytické a kontinentální filosofii” [Kant in analytical and continental philosophy], in: Schizma filosofie 20. století [Schism of the 20th Century Philosophy], ed. by M. Nitsche, P. Sousedík, M. Šimsa (Prague: Filosofia, 2005), pp. 79–98.

7. “Locke o revoluci” [Locke on Revolution], Filosofický časopis, 53/1 (2005), pp. 85–98.

6. “Kant o prostoru jako čistém smyslovém názoru” [Kant on Space as a Pure Sensible Intuition], in: Prostor a jeho člověk [Space and its Man], ed. by M. Ajvaz, I.M. Havel and M. Mitášová  (Prague, Vesmír, 2004), pp. 97–114.

5. “Kantova idea věčného míru a její kritici” [Kant’s Idea of the Perpetual Peace and its Critics], in: Kant redivivus, ed. by B. Horyna  (Brno, Masarykova Univerzita, 2004), pp. 104–120.

4. “Subjekt a objekt myšlení u Kanta” [Subject and Object of Thought in Kant], in: Hegelovskou stopou. K poctě profesora Milana Sobotky [On Hegel's Path. In Honour of Professor Milan Sobotka], ed. by M. Znoj (Prague, Karolinum 2003), pp. 39–48.

3. “Hegelova teorie mravního státu” [Hegel’s Theory of the Ethical State], Filosofický časopis, 51/2 (2003), pp. 275-291.

2. “Locke a Kant o právu na soukromé vlastnictví” [Locke and Kant on the Right to Private Property], Filosofický časopis, 50 (2002), pp. 47-70.

1. “Kantova reflexe ‘O vnitřním smyslu’” [Kant’s Fragment ‘On Inner Sense’], Reflexe, 20 (2000), pp. 21-23.

VII.2 Ph.D. Thesis

 Kant a reflexivní teorie sebevědomí [Kant and the Reflection-Theory of Self-Consciousness] (Prague: Institute of Philosophy, 1998), 164 pp.

VIII. Translations

14. Hobbes, Thomas, Leviathan aneb Látka, forma a moc státu církevního a politického [Leviathan, Or The Matter, Form, and Power of A Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil], co-translated by K. Berka, J. Chotaš, Z. Masopust and M. Barabas (Prague: OIKOYMENH, 2009), 513 pp.

13. Iber, Christian, “Logos, fysis a dialektika u Hérakleita” [Logos, Fysis and Dialectic in Heraclitus], Filosofický časopis, 58/ 1 (2010), pp. 65-76.

12. Wieland, Wolfgang, “Poznámky k začátku Hegelovy logiky” [Comments on the Beginning of Hegel's Logic], co-translated by J. Chotaš and J. Kuneš, Reflexe, 36 (2009), pp. 77-92.

11. Hegelova dialektika [Hegel's dialectics], edited by J. Chotaš and J. Karásek, and co-translated by J. Chotaš, J. Karásek, J. Kuneš and M. Petříček (Prague: OIKOYMENH, 2007), 126 pp.

10. Fichtova teorie subjektivity [Fichte’s Theory of Subjectivity], edited by J. Karásek and J. Chotaš, and co-translated by J. Chotaš, J. Karásek, J. Kuneš and M. Petříček (Prague: OIKOYMENH, 2007), 147 pp.

9. Korsgaard, Ch. M.: Kantova formule obecného zákona [Kant's Formula of Universal Law], Reflexe, 31 (2006), pp. 77-105.

8. Kantův kategorický imperativ [Kant’s Categorical Imperative], edited by J. Chotaš and J. Karásek, and co-translated by J. Chotaš, J. Karásek, J. Kuneš and M. Petříček (Prague: OIKOYMENH, 2005). 149 pp.

7. Dedukce, kategorie, sebevědomí. O hlavním důkazu “Kritiky čistého rozumu” [Deduction, Categories, Self-consciousness: the Main Argument of the “Critique of Pure Reason”], edited by J. Chotaš and J. Karásek, and co-translated by Š. Blahůšek, J. Chotaš and J. Karásek (Prague: OIKOYMENH 2002), 127 pp.

6. Hegel, G. W. F., “Pojem státu” [The Notion of the State], Filosofický časopis, 51/2 (2003), pp. 317-325.

5. Kant, I., Kritika čistého rozumu [Critique of Pure Reason], co-translated by J. Loužil, J. Chotaš and I. Chvatík (Prague: Oikoymenh 2001), 567 pp.

4. Kant, I., “Dopisy o zrození Kritiky čistého rozumu” [Letters about the Genesis of the ‘Critique of Pure Reason’], Filosofický časopis, 50/1 (2002), pp. 147-156.

3. Kant, I., “Oznámení o programu přednášek v zimním semestru 1765-1766” [Announcement of the Programme of his Lectures for the Winter Semester 1765-1766], Reflexe, 20 (2000), pp. 1/1-12.

2. Picht, G., “Kantovo transcendentální založení mezinárodního práva” [Kant’s Transcendental Foundation of the International Law], Reflexe, 20 (2000), pp. 7/1-33 (co-translated by J. Chotaš and D. Petříčková).

1. Vlastos, G.: “Poznámka o “paulinských predikacích” v Platónovi” [A Note on Pauline Predications in Plato.], in: Idea a třetí muž, ed. by P. Rezek (Prague: OIKOYMENH, 1993) pp. 68-73.

IX. Subeditor and Consultant on Translations

5. Arendt, H., Přednášky o Kantově politické filosofii [Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy], translated by V. Pokorný and M. Ritter  (Prague: OIKOYMENH 2002), 201 pp.

4. Kant, I., K věčnému míru; O obecném rčení: Je-li něco správné v teorii, nemusí se to ještě hodit pro praxi [Toward Perpetual Peace; On the Common Saying: That May Be Correct in Theory, But Is of No Use in Practice], translated by K. Novotný and P. Stehlíková (Prague: OIKOYMENH 1999), 101 pp.

3. Twenty-one volume edition of Plato’s Works, translated by F. Novotný, second, revised edition (Prague: OIKOYMENH 1992-1997).

2. Spravedlnost jako zdatnost [Justice as Virtue], ed. by P. Rezek (Prague: OIKOYMENH 1996), 109 pp. (with M. Pokorný)

1. Akvinský, T.: Bytí a esence [Being and essence], translated by S. Sousedík (Prague: Křesťanská akademie 1992), 56 pp.

X. Selected Professional Activity

A. Member of the European Society for Early Modern Philosophy (2010-)

Member of the Czech Plato Society (1997-)

B. Member of the Board for Postgraduate Studies in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Charles University in Prague (2007-)

C. Member of the Institutional Council, Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (2005-)

Member of the Library Board,  Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (2006-)

D. Reviewer for various journals and presses