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Selected Issues in the History of Philosophy - course description

General information
Course name Selected Issues in the History of Philosophy
Course ID 08.1-WH-UZ-F-SIHPh- 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
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
Lecture 30 2 - - Exam
Class 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The course is aimed at presenting and discussing selected issues in the history of philosophy according to the
interests of the course participants, but the emphasis will be preferably put on the issues of ancient philosophy
and its reception (resp. Platonic tradition) and/or on the history of philosophy in Poland and its relations to
European philosophical tradition.

Prerequisites

any course on the history of philosophy (ancient, mediaeval, modern etc.)

Scope

Lectures’ material comprises of these issues of the history of philosophy which combine the fundamental
philosophical problems in their historical development with the cultural and chronological focus shared by
the participants.
Classes complement the lectures’ material and exemplify philosophical issues as they were expressed and
discussed in works of selected philosophers.

Teaching methods

various forms of lecture; various forms of text-based classes; discussion on student’s papers

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Classes: active participation in discussions on the texts, presentation; final test.
Lecture: test.

Recommended reading

The detailed list of primary sources will be arranged according to the participants’ interests, and it may
include e.g.: The Great Thinkers on Plato, ed. B. Gross, 1968

Further reading

1. Cavarero A., In Spite of Plato. A Feminist Rewriting of Ancient Philosophy, transl. S. AnderliniD’Onofrio,
Á. O’Healy, 2010.
2. History of Platonism. Plato Redivivus, ed. J. Finamore, R. Berchman, 2005.
3. Hyland D. A., Questioning Platonism. Continental Interpretations of Plato, New York 2004.
4. Klibansky R., The Continuity of the Platonic Tradition. Outlines of a Corpus Platonicum Medii
Aevi, 1939.
5. Kim A., Plato in Germany. Kant – Natorp – Heidegger, „International Plato Studies” vol. 27, 2010.
6. Metaphysical Patterns in Platonism. Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern Times, ed. J.
F. Finamore, R. M. Berchman, 2007.
7. Muirhead J. H., The Platonic Tradition in Anglo-Saxon Philosophy. Studies in The History of
Idealism in England and America, 1965.
8. Novotný F., The Posthumous Life of Plato, 1977.
9. The Platonic Tradition in the Middle Ages, ed. S. Gersch et al., 2002.
10. Platonism at the Origins of Modernity. Studies on Platonism and Early Modern Philosophy, ed. D.
Hedley, S. Hutton, „Archives Internationales d’Histoire des Idées” 196, 2008.
11. Shorey P., Platonism Ancient and Modern, „Sather Classical Lectures” vol. 14, 1938.
12. Tatarkiewicz W., Outline of the History of Philosophy in Poland, „The Polish Review” Vol. 18, No.
3 (1973), pp. 73-85.
13. Taylor A. E., Platonism and its Influence, 1927.
14. Tigerstedt E. N., The Decline and Fall of the Neoplatonic Interpretation of Plato. An Outline and
Some Observations, „Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum” 52, 1974.
15. Tigerstedt E. N., Interpreting Plato, „Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis. Stockholm Studies in
History of Literature” 17, 1977.
16. Zuckert C. H., Postmodern Platos. Nietzsche – Heidegger – Gadamer – Strauss – Derrida, 1996.

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Modified by dr hab. Tomasz Mróz, prof. UZ (last modification: 06-05-2018 00:02)