Philosophical Anthropology WT-DTE-AFl
Course contents:
1. History of understanding of man from ancient to contemporary philosophy.
2. Philosophical anthropology and psychology; is philosophical approach to human being still necessary?
3. Structural approach to human being, principles of human being, body and soul relations.
4. Human being as a person (classical and personalistic approach).
Powers of human soul in general (division and differences between vegetative, sensual and intellectual powers).
5. Cognitive powers (sensual and intellectual), and their role in the cognitive process.
6. Appetitive powers (emotions, acts of will, freedom of will).
7. Beginning of human being (external principles and their role in a man’s creation)
8. Theoretical and practical habits of intellect and virtues of will.
9. Introduction to the philosophical approach to understanding communities.
10. Summary, classical and contemporary approach to philosophical anthropology.
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Preliminary Requirements
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Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students should:
E1. know basic anthropological terms and concepts of man in their problematic and historical context.
E2. be able to compare and show differences between anthropological models as proposed by different philosophical concepts
E3. assess the value of anthropological proposals from a praxeological viewpoint
Assessment criteria
E1. know basic anthropological terms and concepts of man in their problematic and historical context.
Grading policy for this assignment:
2 (unsatisfactory) for unacceptably low knowledge of basic terms and systematization;
3 (satisfactory) for correctly using basic terms and presenting essential concepts of Philosophical Anthropology;
4(good) for adequate presentation of the basic problems including the systematic and historical context;
5 (very good) is able to competently use acquired knowledge of historical concepts and terms expressed in the assessment of various modern problems.
E2. be able to compare and show differences beteen anthropological models as proposed by different philosophical concept
Grading policy for this assignment:
2 (unsatisfactory) for a very poor presentation
of research results;
3 (satisfactory) for correctly introducing basic
problems of the history of philosophy;
4 (good) for an adequate presentation and analyses of the acquired knowledge;
5 (very good) for effective presentation of knowledge, analysis and comparisons;
E3. assess the value of anthropological proposals from a praxeological viewpoin
Assessment methods: Test.
Work during the semester - a colloquium in the history of anthropology
Bibliography
Św. Tomasz z Akwinu, Traktat o człowieku, Poznań 1956.
M. Gogacz, Człowiek i jego relacje, Warszawa 1985.
T. Stępień, Człowiek jako maszyna. Uwagi na temat początków rozumienia człowieka jako maszyny,
w: Nauki humanistyczne i sozologia, red. J.W. Czerski, Warszawa 2010, s. 483-943.
R. Spaemann, To, co naturalne, Eseje antropologiczne, Łódź 2022
R. Scruton, O naturze ludzkiej, Warszawa 2020.
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