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Philosophy - course description

General information
Course name Philosophy
Course ID 08.1-WP-SOCDA-FIL
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study Sociology
Education profile academic
Level of studies Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree
Beginning semester winter term 2018/2019
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 2
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 15 1 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

General knowledge in the issues of history of philosophy covering the period from ancient times to present. To familiarize students with the basic concepts in philosophy, to present their historical development. Presentation of the views of the most important thinkers and the main philosophical movements.

 

Prerequisites

-

Scope

Genesis, subject and main areas of philosophy. Ancient philosophy (presocratics, sophists, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic schools and neoplatonism). Medieval philosophy (Saint Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas). Modern philosophy (Descartes, B. Pascal, F. Bacon, J. Locke and J. J. Rousseau). Classical German philosophy and disputes over the problems of sources of cognition, the essence of the historical process and the sense of human existence (I. Kant, A., Schopenhauer, G. W. Hegel, L. Feuerbach). Basic currents of contemporary philosophy (neopositivism, existentialism, personalism)..

Teaching methods

conventional lecture, problem lecture

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

 

Form of assessment of lectures

Remarks

Grade

Yes

Written assessment

Open questions, open and closed questions (test), closed questions (test).

The minimum requirements threshold is to obtain 50% of points from written work.

Scope of the material on passing.

In accordance with the Syllabus presented in the first meeting .

Criteria for grade assessment
 of a lecture.

Lecture grade is the pass grade.

The final grade is the grade of the lecture.

Recommended reading

  1. Roark D. M. (1985), Introduction to Philosophy, Emporia State University.
  2. Solomon R. C., Higgins M. K. (2010), The Big Questions. A Short Introduction to Philosophy, Wadswoth.

 

Further reading

Payne W. R. (2015), An Introduction to Philosophy, Bellevue College.

Notes


Modified by dr Dorota Bazuń (last modification: 02-05-2018 09:58)