Fundamental Notions of Philosophy

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Course ID:	4003-111-K-PPF
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. / (unknown)
Course title:	Fundamental Notions of Philosophy
Name in Polish:	Podstawowe pojęcia filozofii
Organizational unit:	Centre for Europe
Course groups:
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:	obligatory courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The aim of this course is a discussion of the main notions and trends in philosophy.
Full description:	1. The beginning of the Western Philosophy and the most important philosophies of the East: Hinduism, Taoism, Arabic Philosophy and Jewish Philosophy. A comparison of philosophy with religion and science. 2 hours. 2. Being. The main ontological conceptions: idealism, realism, solipsism, materialism, theism, atheism, pantheism, deism. 2 hours. 3. Truth and Knowledge. The main problems of epistemology. Classical definition of truth. Non-classical definitions of truth. Semantic definition of truth. Moral and aesthetic truths. Rationalism and empiricism. Truth and probability. 2 hours. 4. Goodness and Evil as categories of metaphysics and ethics. Moral goodness. The notion of moral law. Moral norm and moral value. Egoism and altruism. Nihilism and affirmation. Pessimism and optimism. 4 hours. 5. Beauty as a category of metaphysics and aesthetic. Beauty and the other aesthetic values. Ugliness as a aesthetic category. 6. Happiness. The main definitions of happiness. Happiness and moral values. Eudaimonism and hedonism. Happiness and fate.Happiness and liberty and psychical health. Happiness and affirmation. 6 hours 7. Love. Platonic and Christian conception of love. The notion of universal love. Love and compassion. Love and benevolence. Love and forgivness. Buddhist conception of benevolence. 4 hours. 8. Friendship. Kinds of friendship. Aristotelian and Epicurean conception of friendship. 2 hours. 9. Ethical virtues, intellectual and theological. Aristotelian Golden Middle. Justice and other main ethical virtues. Wisdom. Faith, Hope and Love as theological virtues. 2 hours. 10. Liberty and Determinism. The notion of free will. Christian and Buddhist philosophy and Existentialism. 2 hours. 11. Human being. The notion of human nature. Soul, body and mind as philosophical categories. Contribution of psychology to philosophical theories. 2 hours. Student's workload: seminar - 30 h proparation to the seminar - 60 h total - 90 h
Bibliography:	1. K. Ajdukiewicz, „Zagadnienia i kierunki filozofii” 2. W. Tatarkiewicz , „O szczęściu” , rozdz. II „Cztery pojęcia szczęścia” 3. W. Tatarkiewicz, „Dzieje sześciu pojęć”, rozdz. II „Piękno” 4. M. Ossowska, „Normy moralne”, rozdz. II 5. Platon, „Uczta” i „Fedon” (fragmenty) 6. Arystoteles, „Etyka Nikomachejska”, ks. I-II 7. Marek Aureliusz, „Rozmyślania”, ks. IV –V 8. Epikur, „Główne myśli”, w: Diogenes Laertios „Żywoty i poglądy słynnych filozofów”. 9. Św. Augustyn, „O naturze dobra” , rozdz. II 10. Schopenhauer, „Aforyzmy o mądrości życia”, rozdz. II 11. Spinoza, „Etyka w porządku geometrycznym dowiedziona” 12. Kant, „Uzasadnienie metafizyki moralności”, rozdz. II 13. Mill, „Utylitaryzm”, rozdz. II 14. Sartre, „Egzystencjalizm jest humanizmem” 15. Nietzsche, „Z genealogii moralności”, rozdz. I
Learning outcomes:	1. Knowledge: Students acquire knowledge as to Main philosophical notions, trends, and philosophical theories belonging to metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and philosophical psychology. 2. Accomplishments: acquisition of philosophical language development of critical thinking and argument development of abstract thinking 3. Social competence: Practical competence of participation in a discussion. Development of respect for rational argumentation.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The criterion of gradation is student’s activity in discussions concerning the source texts. Gradation with respect to active participation in a class

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