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History of Philosophy

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Course ID:	3202-S1OHF11o
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.1 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. / (0223) Philosophy and ethics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	History of Philosophy
Name in Polish:	Historia filozofii
Organizational unit:	Institute of Russian Studies
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla I roku stacjonarnych studiów I stopnia (wg Ust. 2.0)
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	2.00 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:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Short description:	I. Preliminary issues II. Ontology (metaphysics) III. Epistemology (theory of knowledge) IV. Axiology (ethics)
Full description:	I. Preliminary issues 1. The concept of philosophy; its historical and psychological beginnings. 2. Philosophy and other forms of human intellectual activity (science, art, religion, colloquial knowledge). 3. Branches of philosophy (ontology, epistemology, axiology); the era of philosophy development. II. Ontology (metaphysics) 4. The problem of existence (being). 5. Materialism as a philosophical position (Tales and Ionic philosophy of nature; Heraclitus; Democritus and Epicurus; Enlightenment; Rousseau; Marx; positivism). 6. Philosophical idealism (Plato, Christian philosophy and the question of God - Augustine, Anselm, Thomas, Christian heresies; modern subjective idealism - Berkeley; contemporary human philosophies - Nietzsche, psychoanalysis). III. Epistemology (theory of knowledge) 7. Empiricism (F. Bacon); rationalism (Descartes); irrationalism (Bergson). 8. Skepticism; Kant's criticism. 9. A matter of truth. IV. Axiology (ethics) 10. The problem of value and duty. 11. Main ethical positions (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, epicureanism, stoicism, Christianity, Kant, utilitarianism
Bibliography:	1. Selected and selected fragments from classical texts. 2. W. Tatarkiewicz, Historia filozofii, t. 1-3 (selected authors and issues). 3. A. Sikora, Od Heraklita do Husserla. 4. L Kołakowski, O co nas pytają wielcy filozofowie. Trzy serie. 5. A. Miś, Filozofia współczesna. 6. W. Tatarkiewicz, Droga do filozofii. 7. Tales, Heraklit, Demokryt, w: Filozofia starożytna Grecji i Rzymu, red. J. Legowicz. 8. Platon, Państwo, ks. VII. 9. Św. Augustyn, Wyznania, ks. X. 10. Z. Kuderowicz, Nietzsche (wybór tekstów). 11. R. Descartes, Medytacje (Medytacja I, II). 12. Epikur i neostoicy, w: Filozofia starożytna Grecji i Rzymu, red. J. Legowicz.
Learning outcomes:	The student is aware and understand the holistic (philosophical) interpretation of the world; diversity of approaches to ideological issues; perceiving the premises and effects of different views; rational interpretation and justification of beliefs; perceiving the bond between the present and previous historical eras; consistent, logical thinking; sensitivity to ideological and moral issues; became acquainted with: the specificity of philosophy towards other forms of consciousness (science, religion, art, colloquial knowledge); main branches of philosophy; the most important philosophical positions of the past and present; the most important worldview and moral disputes of modern times; with "difficult" and often encountered concepts of modern language.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Assessment test; 25 questions with four answers to choose for each question; pass half of the correct answers, and then the "ladder" up to the excellent mark for all correct answers. If it is not possible to conduct classroom classes, classes will be conducted using distance communication tools, most likely Google Classroom and others recommended by the University of Warsaw.
Practical placement:	not applicable

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 TU WYK W TH FR
Type of class:	Lecture, 30 hours, 69 places more information
Coordinators:	Janusz Dobieszewski
Group instructors:	Janusz Dobieszewski
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Lecture - Grading
Short description:	As in the part "General information on the course (independent of a term)".
Full description:	As in the part "General information on the course (independent of a term)".
Bibliography:	As in the part "General information on the course (independent of a term)".

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span:	2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU WYK W TH FR
Type of class:	Lecture, 30 hours, 78 places more information
Coordinators:	Janusz Dobieszewski
Group instructors:	(unknown)
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Lecture - Grading
Short description:	As in the part "General information on the course (independent of a term)".
Full description:	As in the part "General information on the course (independent of a term)".
Bibliography:	As in the part "General information on the course (independent of a term)".

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