History of Philosophy WH-FW-I-2-HistFilo-L
1. General introduction to modern philosophy.
1.1. The problem of sources of knowledge. Psychological and epistemological version of the issue. Apriorism and empiricism (extreme and moderate). The dispute of empiricism and apriorism over the nature of mathematical theorems. Conventionalism. Kant's moderate apiororism. A priori cognition according to phenomenologists. Rationalism and irrationalism.
1.2. The problem of the limits of cognition. Two understandings of transcendence. The problem of immanent limits of cognition. Epistemological immanent idealism (Berkeley, Hume). Epistemological immanent realism. Epistemological transcendental idealism. Kant's transcendental idealism. Realism. Positivism. Neopositivism.
1.3 Metaphysical issues. The problem of ideal objects. The dispute over universals. A modern version of the dispute over universals. Subjective idealism. Objective idealism. Hegel's dialectic. Hegel's dialectics and Marx's dialectics. Metaphysical realism. Naive and critical realism.
2. Selected representatives of modern philosophy.
2.1 Descartes. Descartes method. The truth criterion. Getting to know God and the world. Epistemology. Philosophy of nature. Anthropology. The issue of freedom. Descartes' successors. Melabranche. Melabrache's occasionalism and ontologism. Spinoza. Spinoza's rationalism and pantheism. The identity of the spiritual and corporeal being. Spinoza's Anthropology and Ethics.
2.2 Francis Bacon. Bacon's new method.
2.3 Galileo. The Scientific Method of Galileo.
2.4 Tomasz Hobbes. Materialism and sensualism. Determinism. Naturalistic theory of society.
2.5 Edward Herbert of Cherbury and the concept of natural religion.
2.6 John Locke and empiricism. The science of the formation of concepts. Locke's theory of ideas. Locke's Political Philosophy.
2.7 Anthony Ashley Cooper and the concept of natural morality.
2.8 Kant. Kant's Criticism. Criticism of pure reason. Criticism of practical reason. Philosophy of law. Philosophy of Religion. Frederick Henryk Jacobi as a critic of Kant.
2.9 German idealism. Fichte. Pure subjective idealism of Fichte. Hegel. The subject and general principles of Hegel's philosophy. Hegel's dialectic. Logic. Philosophy of nature. Philosophy of spirit. Hegelian philosophy of law and state.
2.10 Jan Fryderyk Herbart and the critique of idealism. Herbart's realism.
3. Modern socio-economic philosophy.
3.1 Social philosophy of mercantilism.
3.2 Socio-economic philosophy of physiocrats.
3.3 Adam Smith's socio-economic philosophy. The concept of "homo oeconomicus".
4. Elements of contemporary philosophy.
4.1 The issue of directness and indirectness of cognition. The theory of direct cognition in phenomenology. Cartesian idea of methodological doubt and Husserl's transcendental reduction.
4.2 Criticism of the idea of direct cognition, Cartesian doubt, and phenomenological reduction in contemporary philosophy. Peirce's theory of indirect cognition. Sign theory. Criticism of the idea of epoche (assumptionlessness of cognition). Peirce's pragmatism. Cassirer's philosophy of symbolic forms.
4.3. Hermeneutics. Friedrich Schleiermacher. Johan Gustaw Droysen. Wilhelm Dilthey. Gadamer. Bettie's realistic hermeneutics.
4.4 Konrad Lorenz's cognitive realism.
4.5 Scheler and Hartmann's phenomenological philosophy of values.
5. Existentialism.
5.1 Kierkegard. The principal existential problem of Kierkegard. The Socratic paradox and the Kierkegard solution. Skepticism and faith.
5.2 Nietzsche.
5.3 Contemporary existentialism. Heideger. Sartre.
Term 2021/22_L:
1. General introduction to modern philosophy. |
Term 2022/23_L:
1. General introduction to modern philosophy. |
Term 2023/24_L:
1. General introduction to modern philosophy. |
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS
Term 2021/22_L: (in Polish) Punkty ECTS:
30 godz. - wykład - 1 punkt
30 godz. - przygotowanie do egzaminu - 1 punkt
| Term 2022/23_L: ECTS credits:
30 h - lecture - 1 point
30 h - exam preparation and reading - 1 point | Term 2023/24_L: ECTS credits:
30 h - lecture - 1 point
30 h - exam preparation and reading - 1 point |
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Learning outcomes
Educational outcomes:
FW1_W04:
The student knows the studied area of philosophy, also in terms of its influence on Italian culture.
FW1_W06:
The student knows and understands the links between philological sciences and the history of philosophy
FW1_U03:
The student is able to formulate, specify and work out research problems, independently select the appropriate methods, justify the selection of the problem and research methods, using the correct scientific terminology.
FW1_K01:
The student is aware of the need to constantly expand his knowledge and to critically evaluate it,
FW1_K03:
The student has the ability to recognize and resolve scientific and ethical dilemmas related to the performance of a philologist's work, both in individual and team work, taking into account philosophical aspects.
Assessment criteria
Classes in the semester end with an exam. The exam is in writing. Sample questions will be given in advance. Lecture notes can be used during the exam. Each student will receive a card with topics. The assessment is influenced by the substantive level of answers and the number of questions-topics. Details will be provided in the test.
ECTS credits:
30 h - lecture - 1 point
30 h - preparation for the exam - 1 point
Bibliography
K. Ajdukiewicz, Zagadnienia i kierunki filozofii, Warszawa 2003
W. Tatarkiewicz, Historia filozofii, wyd. dowolne
R.H. Popkin, Filozofia, Poznań 1994
D. Collinson, Pięćdziesięciu wielkich filozofów, Poznań 1997
Z. Kuderowicz red., Filozofia XX wieku, Warszawa 2002
A. Miś, Filozofia współczesna, Warszawa 2003
Term 2021/22_L:
K. Pawłowski: skrypt do wykładu w wersji elektronicznej (podawany w częściach na platformie Moodle) W. Tatarkiewicz, Historia filozofii, wyd. dowolne |
Term 2022/23_L:
K. Pawłowski: skrypt do wykładu w wersji elektronicznej K. Ajdukiewicz, Zagadnienia i kierunki filozofii, Warszawa 2003 |
Term 2023/24_L:
K. Pawłowski: skrypt do wykładu w wersji elektronicznej K. Ajdukiewicz, Zagadnienia i kierunki filozofii, Warszawa 2003 |
Notes
Term 2021/22_L:
None |
Term 2022/23_L:
None |
Term 2023/24_L:
None |
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