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Philosophy

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Course ID:	2105-EPE-L-D1PHIL
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Philosophy
Name in Polish:	Philosophy
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Political Science and International Studies
Course groups:	(in Polish) European politics and economics - DZIENNE I STOPNIA 1 semestr 1 rok
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The course is aimed for the students of European Politics and Economics (first degree studies). It discusses selected problems in analytic philosophy.
Full description:	The course is devoted to discussing selected topics in the field of western analytic philosophy in a problem-oriented way with reference to their historical sources. It embraces the problems central to four branches of philosophy: logic, epistemology, metaphysics, and axiology, as well as an introduction to philosophy of politics. In part one, the following topics are discussed (among others): deduction and induction, types of deductive reasoning, formal and informal fallacies, the problem of induction. Part two, connected with epistemology, embraces: kinds of knowledge, history of the concept of knowledge (knowledge as justified true belief), Gettier problem, theories of justification (fundationalism, coherentism, infinitism), theories of truth (correspondence theory, coherence theory, pragmatic theory, and deflationism), necessary and contingent truths (elements of possible world semantics) and the problem of skepticism. Part three (metaphysics) discusses the identity problem, change in time, causality and determinism. In the part connected with axiology, some problems connected with moral philosophy will be discussed (disagreement between deontology and consequentialism) as well as practical ethics. In the part devoted to philosophy of politics, philosophical sources of democracy and democratic institutions will be discussed.
Bibliography:	Useful texts: - Hospers, J. (1997) Introduction to Philosophical Analysis - Ichikawa, J. J. & Steup, M. (2017) The Analysis of Knowledge - Grice, H.P. (1975) Logic and Conversation - Austin, J. L. (1962) How to Do Things With Words - Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2019) Consequentialism
Learning outcomes:	Upon finishing the course: Knowledge: - students know and understand basic stages of the European philosophical thought including the ideas of the state, power and social structures (K_W06) Skills: - students are able to observe and interpret diverse social phenomena happening in Europe and the UE in the context of philosophoical inquiries (K_U01) Social Competences: - students have the competence to correctly identify and solve dilemmas connected with their profession (K_K02)
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The course ends in a written exam.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO WYK TU W TH FR
Type of class:	Lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Natalia Karczewska
Group instructors:	Natalia Karczewska
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Examination Lecture - Examination

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