1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Humanities
3. winter term 2018/2019
4. WH - oferta ERASMUS / Philosophy - Second-cycle Erasmus programme
5. English Philosophy Outside the Isles

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English Philosophy Outside the Isles - course description

Aim of the course

Introduction to the philosophical ideas developed by thinkers related to English-speaking countries outside the British Isles.

Prerequisites

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Scope

This is a companion course to 'Philosophy from the British Isles'. This course aim is to introduce the most fundamental contributions to philosophy made by non-British English-speaking thinkers over the centuries. The time span stretches from the seventeenth century to the first half of the last century. The philosophers covered include: John Winthrop, Roger Williams, Samuel Johnson, Jonathan Edwards, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Withersopoon, G. H. Howison, Josiah Royce, R. W. Emmerson, H. D. Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, John Fiske, Chauncey Wright, W. G. Sumner, C. S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey, Emma Goldman, W. V. O. Quine, Saul Kripke, D. K. Lewis, Ayn Rand, M. Bookchin, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Hilary Putnam, Peter Singer and Richard Rorty.

Teaching methods

Each meeting comprises the following parts:

1. A general description of a given philosopher or a philosophical system related to the reading assignment for the current meeting.

2. A presentation given by selected students describing the reading assignment for the current meeting.

3. A discussion of the ideas presented in 1., 2. and in the reading assignment.

4. A reading assignment for the next meeting. This will be a text representative of a given philosophical system or a specific philosopher.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND assessment criteria:

Students will be evaluated in relation to each of the parts 1.-4. as follows:

 

1. General knowledge of the presented philosophical systems (a test at the end of the term).

2. Student contribution to the preparation of the assigned presentation (evaluation during presentation).

3. Activity during discussion (evaluation during discussion).

4. Knowledge of the assigned reading (evaluation during meetings).

 

The final grade is a weighted sum of the above partial grades.

Recommended reading

Recommended reading:

1. E. T. Marsoobian et. al (eds), The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy, Blackwell 2003.

2. The Problems of Philosophy, B. Russell, various editions

3. B. Franklin, A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain

4. C. S. Peirce, Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking

5. H. D. Thoreau, Resistance to Civil Government

6. W. James, Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking

7. M. Bookchin, Spontaneity and Utopia

Further reading

Notes

Modified by dr hab. Piotr Bylica, prof. UZ (last modification: 30-10-2018 10:43)