History of modern philosophy II

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Course ID:	3501-HFN220-M-OG
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 modern philosophy II
Name in Polish:	Historia filozofii nowożytnej II (wykład)
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Philosophy
Course groups:	General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) 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. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective monographs general courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	We will discuss the most important early modern philosophical theories of mind (17th and 18th centuries), eg. Descartes’, Spinoza’s, Locke’s, Leibniz’, Berkeley’s, Hume’s and Kant’s, more thoroughly than on basic course of History of Modern Philosophy.
Full description:	We will discuss most important early modern philosophical theories of mind (17th and 18th centuries), eg. Descartes’, Spinoza’s, Locke’s, Leibniz’, Berkeley’s, Hume’s and Kant’s, more thoroughly than on basic course of History of Modern Philosophy. Main topics: - relations between philosophy of mind, metaphysics and epistemology in discussed period, - early modern interpretations of the body-mind dualism; - transition from concepts such as: „anima”, „spiritus”, „ratio”, „intellectus” to „mind”, „understanding”, „reason”, „raison”, „entendement”, „Verstand”, „Vernunft”, „Intelligenz”; - faculties of mind: early modern theories of will, senses, imagination, dreams etc., - theories of affects; - beginnings of associationist theory of mind; - links between development of anatomy and philosophical theories in discussed period; emerging early modern psychology from philosophical theories of mind.
Bibliography:	Descartes, Principles of Philosophy, Descartes, Passions of the Soul, Hobbes, Elements of Philosophy, Pascal, Thoughts, Spinoza, Ethics, Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Leibniz, New Essays on Human Understanding, Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Berkeley, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, Hume, A Treatise on Human Nature, Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Kant, Critique of Judgement,
Learning outcomes:	Gained Knowledge: Student knows and understands basic philosophical terminology of discussed period. He/she knows views of the authors by reading their texts. He/she understands historical character of philosophical ideas, which emerged in discussed period. Gained Skills: Student can analyze philosophical texts of discussed period. He/she can comment philosophical theses. He/she confronts concepts from various texts. He/she can analyze philosophical arguments and apply philosophical terminology correctly. Gained social abilities: Student is able to apply gained knowledge. He/she is able to act and to interact in a group. He/she is prepared to further education and self-education.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	an essay Permissible number of absences: 2 in a semester

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