Contemporary Methods of Philosophy

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Course ID:	1500-SZD-WMF
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Contemporary Methods of Philosophy
Name in Polish:	Współczesne metody filozofii
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Philosophy
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.
Language:	(unknown)
Type of course:	elective courses
Short description:	The course aims at introducing students to the most popular methods practiced by contemporary philosophers representing different schools and traditions, both in analytic and continental philosophy.
Full description:	The course aims at introducing students to the most popular methods practiced by contemporary philosophers representing different schools and traditions, both in analytic and continental philosophy. Special attention will be paid to such methods as conceptual analysis, ordinary language analysis, formalization using logical tools, thought experiment, empirical research (in experimental philosophy), phenomenological method (intuition of essences and phenomenological description), dialectical method, deconstruction. The introduction into each method will be based on reading and discussing texts providing representative samples thereof and on students’ own exercises in doing philosophy according to the method. As a result, students are supposed to achieve a better understanding of different methods, included ones they do not consider as theirs. This should promote intellectual flexibility and openness towards the methodological pluralism of philosophy.
Bibliography:	Edmund Husserl, Idea fenomenologii; The Idea of phenomenology E. Husserl, Filozofia jako nauka rygorystyczna; Philosophy as Rigorous Science Martin Heidegger, Bycie i czas; Being and Time Hans Georg Gadamer, Prawda i metoda; Truth and Method John L. Austin, Mówienie i poznawanie Ludwig Wittgenstein, Dociekania filozoficzne; Philosophical Investigations Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Epistemologia i semiotyka; Epistemology and Semiotics K. Ajdukiewicz, Problemat transcendentalnego idealizmu w sformułowaniu semantycznym; The Problem of Transcendental Idealism in Semantic Formulation Kurt Gödel, O pewnych zasadniczych twierdzeniach dotyczących podstaw matematyki i wnioskach z nich płynących; Some Basic Theorems in the Foundations of Mathematics and their Implications Volker Halbach, Aksjomatyczne teorie prawdy; Axiomatic Theories of Truth Alan M. Turing, Maszyna licząca a inteligencja; Computing Machinery and Intelligence John Searle, Umysły, mózgi i programy; Minds, Brains and Programs Saul Kripke, On Two Paradoxes of Knowledge Robert Nozick, Newcomb’s Problem and Two Principles of Choice Wilfrid Sellars, Empiryzm a filozofia umysłu; Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind Gyorgy Lukács, Historia i świadomość klasowa; History and Class Consciousness Jacques Derrida, Cogito i historia szaleństwa ; Cogito and the History of Madness Markus Kneer, Edouard Machery, No Luck for Moral Luck
Learning outcomes:	Wiedza: zna i rozumie P8S_WG.2: Is aware of the most important currents in contemporary philosophy, both analytic and continental, unerstands their sources and their dynamics. P8S_WG.3: Knows the most important methods of contemporary philosophy and is able to apply them. Umiejętności: potrafi P8S_UW.1: Is able to analyze philosophical problems according to the methodological principles characteristic of different schools of contemporary philosophy. P8S_UK.1: Is able to discuss basic problems of contemporary philosophy on an advanced level. Kompetencje społeczne: jest gotów do P8S_KR.1: Appreciates the methodological diversity of contemporary philosophy and is ready to understand and tolerate views and methodological attitudes different from her own.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Regular and active participation in the classes is required. Maximal number of absences – 2. Credits and grade depends on the performance during classes and the quality of exercise essays

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