Tropes of pleasure: pleasure in the modern world WF-FI-OGUN-PLO23
The aim of the course is to familiarize the student with the philosophical issue of pleasure both in the historical and systematic course. The lecture will include an overview of historical positions on the nature of pleasure, its functions in the psychological and moral life of a human being. The histotic part of the lecture will concern, first of all, the ancient period, Plato in particular, as well as Aristotle and Epicurus. Additionally, the lecture will present an overview of the positions discussed today, especially within Anglo-Saxon analytical philosophy and cognitive science. Among the systematic issues, the following problems will be discussed: intentionality, motivation, pleasure as emotions, pleasure as beliefs and others. In addition, the lecture will also present the issue of pleasure in the social and cultural context.
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Term 2023/24_L:
The aim of the course is to familiarize the student with the philosophical issue of pleasure both in the historical and systematic course. The lecture will include an overview of historical positions on the nature of pleasure, its functions in the psychological and moral life of a human being. The histotic part of the lecture will concern, first of all, the ancient period, Plato in particular, as well as Aristotle and Epicurus. Additionally, the lecture will present an overview of the positions discussed today, especially within Anglo-Saxon analytical philosophy and cognitive science. Among the systematic issues, the following problems will be discussed: intentionality, motivation, pleasure as emotions, pleasure as beliefs and others. In addition, the lecture will also present the issue of pleasure in the social and cultural context. |
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS
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Preliminary Requirements
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Learning outcomes
The graduate knows and understands the advanced ideas and arguments of selected philosophical authors and the methods of interpreting a philosophical text. In addition, knows and understands the subject and methodological specificity of philosophy as well as the basic research methods and argumentation strategies specific to the main philosophical sub-disciplines. Knows and understands how to use search tools focused on philosophical issues. A graduate is able to reconstruct and construct various types of arguments, referring to the basic normative premises of a given position, or to philosophical assumptions or cultural ideas.
Assessment criteria
Written exam in the form of test.
50% + 1 - 60 = 3
60-67% - 3 +
68-80% - 4
81-90% - 4 +
91- 100% - 5
Bibliography
1. W. B. Zieliński, Przyjemność jako źródło wspólnoty
2. A. Lowen, Przyjemność : kreatywne podejście do życia
3. P. Bloom, Przyjemność. Dlaczego lubimy to, co lubimy?
4. Przyjemność „instant” w formatach rozrywkowych z perspektywy procesów poznawczych i emocjonalnych, red. Urszula Woźniak.
5. Homo, qui sentit : ból i przyjemność w średniowiecznej kulturze Wschodu i Zachodu / pod red. Jacka Banaszkiewicza i Kazimierza Ilskiego
6. Przyjemność w kulturze epoki rozumu / pod red. Teresy Kostkiewiczowej.
7. K. Kekes, Enjoyment : the moral significance of styles of life
9. Archibald D. Hart, Thrilled to death : how the endless pursuit of pleasure is leaving us numb
10. B. Levin, Enthusiasms
11. O rozkoszach wszelakich... : od przyjemności do ekstazy w kontekstach kultury / pod red. Katarzyny Łeńskiej-Bąk, Magdaleny Sztandary ; Uniwersytet Opolski.
12. Platon, Fileb
13. P. Martin, Seks, narkotyki i czekolada,
14. K. de Lazari-Radek, Godny pożądania stan świadomości : o przyjemności jako wartości ostatecznej
15. M. Smolak, Peri hēdonēs czyli O przyjemności w Etyce nikomachejskiej (VII 11-14) Arystotelesa : studium egzegetyczne
16. A. Pacewicz, Hedone: koncepcja przyjemności w filozofii Platona
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