(in Polish) Modern Philosophy B

obligatory courses

The course will cover the history of Modern Philosophy from the late 18th to the end of the 19th century. Among the topics to be included in the course are: Kant and German Idealism, romanticism, Feuerbach and Marx, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, American Transcendentalism and Pragmatism, Utilitarianism and Neokantianism, as well as the beginnings of modern logic and philosophy of mathematics (Frege, Cantor).

Modern Philosophy B course is devoted to history of philosophy from the second half of XVIIIth century until the end of XIXth century including Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx and Kierkegaard.

The course consists of reading, discussion and commentary of pivotal philosophical texts of late modernity. We involve a great deal od historical context while constantly referring to the contemporary philosophical debates. The course assumes the hermeneutical tradition of Warsaw School of history of ideas.

I. Immanuel Kant

1. Critique of Pure Reason: Preface and Introduction, Transcendental Aesthetic (second edition, par.1-8)

2. Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Logic: Introduction, Analytic of Concepts (chapter: I,II)

3. Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Dialectic (introduction, book I, book II: chapter I)

4. Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Dialectic (book II: chapter II,III)

5. Critique of the Power of Judgement (Preface and Introduction)

II. Johann Gottlieb Fichte (optional)

6. Concerning the Concept of the Wissenschaftslehre

III. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

7. Phenomenology of Spirit: Introduction, Part A: Consciousness

8. Phenomenology of Spirit: Part B: Self-Consciousness

9. Lectures on the Philosophy of History¬: Introduction

IV. Arthur Schopenhauer

10. The World as Will and Representation: § 1-5, § 17-23, § 53-54, § 56-57

V. Adam Smith and Karl Marx

11. A. Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, chapter: 1-3

A. Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (chapters: The social passions, The selfish passions, Justice and Beneficence)

K. Marx Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts 1844: Preface, Wages of Labour, Estranged Labour, Private Property and Communism, The Power Of Money, Critique of the Hegelian Dialectic and Philosophy as a Whole

12. K. Marx German Ideology: Feuerbach, Capital: The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret thereof

K. Marx, F. Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party

VI. Søren Kierkegaard

13. Fear and Trembling: A Dialectical Lyric by Johannes de Silentio

VII. Auguste Comte

14. A Discourse on the Positive Spirit

Students know basic facts about the period covered by the course;

Students identify main problems of the period

Students understand main lines of development of modern Philosophy.

Students are able to understand highly complicated philosophical texts;

Students are able to critically interpret their contents and to assess the value of the arguments contained therein;

Students are ready for team work on texts and problems;

Students are open towards diverse standpoints and ways of thinking.

Oral exam, active participation in the tutorial (including public presentation) is required in order to acces exam

Acceptable number of missed classes without formal explanation: 2