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Philosophy from the British Isles - course description

General information
Course name Philosophy from the British Isles
Course ID 08.1-WH-UZ-F-PhBI-2
Faculty Faculty of Humanities
Field of study WH - oferta ERASMUS / Philosophy
Education profile -
Level of studies Second-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2018/2019
Course information
Semester 2
ECTS credits to win 10
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr Adam Trybus
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Class 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

Introduction to the philosophical ideas developed by thinkers connected to the British Isles.

Prerequisites

none

Scope

This is a companion course to 'English Philosophy Outside the Isles'. This course aim is to introduce the most fundamental contributions to philosophy made by British thinkers over the centuries. The term 'British' is treated here loosely and is used to indicate a strong connection with the philosophical ideas developed in what is now the United Kingdom and Ireland rather than implying any sort of national affiliation. The time span stretches from the Middle Ages to the first half of the last century. The philosophers covered include: Roger Bacon, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Adam Smith, Charles Darwin, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick, G. E. Moore, J.M.E McTaggart, Bertrand Russell, L. Wittgenstein, A. J. Ayer, J. L. Austin, Gilbert Ryle, Peter Strawson and Karl Popper.

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

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. A. C. Grayling et. al (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy, Continuum 2006.

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

  3. R. Bacon, On Experimental Science

  4. J. Duns Scotus, Treatise on God as First Principle

  5. W. Ockham, Summa of Logic

  6. F. Bacon, Novum Organum Scientarum

  7. T. Hobbes, Leviathan

  8. G. Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

  9. J. Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

  10. D. Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature

  11. A. Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

  12. Ch. Darwin, On the Origin of Species

  13. J. S. Mill, On Liberty

  14. G. E. Moore, Principia Ethica

  15. K. Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies

Further reading

Notes


Modified by dr hab. Piotr Bylica, prof. UZ (last modification: 30-10-2018 10:40)