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Course code: RTSS10261f13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: History of Philosophy
Major: Agricultural and Forestry Engineering
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr Eugeniusz Sadziński
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: - understands the basic concepts and problems of philosophy; - understands the essence of philosophy as one of the key human sciences, has a basic knowledge of the place and importance of the philosophy in among the humanities and natural sciences; - knows the most important thinkers, trends and schools of western philosophical tradition. Skills: Student: - knows how to independently acquire knowledge and develop his skills by following the tutor’s instructions; - has the ability to analyze and critically comment on the statements formulated within the various schools of philosophy; - is able to place his own philosophical views in the context of a particular philosophical tradition; - can use the substantive arguments in order to support his own standpoint on selected philosophical issues.
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student: - deepen his understanding of the intellectual foundations of Western culture; - can define his own world view and one’s place in the world; - is aware of the current ideological diversity in culture and thus is able to take a constructive dialogue with people representing different ideological stances; - is aware of the responsibility for preserving the cultural heritage of Europe.
Prerequisites: (-)
Course content: Contestations about the notion of philosophy. Theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy. Philosophy as a search for a view about the world and a man’s place in the world. Platonic notion of the Eros’ way as a way of philosophy. Christian revelation and medieval philosophy. Carthesian turning point in philosophy. The myth of mind and demythologisation of the world in modern philosophy. Pascal’s philosophy of faith and emotions as a response to modern rationalism. The idea of progress and its fall. The aspects of nihilism in philosophy and literature. Ecological philososphy as a trial in search of new solutions for fundamental dilemmas of a contemporary man.
Recommended literature: 1. J. Domański, Metamorphoses of a notion of philosophy, Warsaw 1996 2. R. H. Popkin, A. Stroll, Philosophy, Poznan 1994 3. W. Tatarkiewicz, History of philosophy, volumes 1-3, Warsaw 1970
Assessment methods: Written exam pass note
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