History of Contemporary Philosophy

Lecture:

FI1_W09; FI1_U03; FI1_K08

Workshops:

FI1_W10; FI1_W18; FI1_U03; FI1_K08

Level of course: basic.

Objectives of the course: The subject of the lecture is related to the presentation of the main thinkers, currents, schools, philosophical directions in the present time. The presentation will be made by emphasizing the main philosophical problems (their starting points and consequences) important in a given period of philosophy and at the same time unchanging for all its development.

Prerequisites: knowledge of the history of ancient, medieval and modern philosophy.

The purpose of the course is to present the mainstream, selected currents in contemporary philosophy, to define their sources and to indicate the links within contemporary philosophical thought. The main theses, methods and representatives of such currents as neo-avant-garde, analytical philosophy, phenomenology, hermeneutics, existentialism, Marxism, poststructuralism and pragmatism are planned. The closer objective of the course is to assimilate the main ideas and concepts characteristic of the selected disciplines of contemporary philosophy. Another aim is to try to embrace contemporary philosophy as a pluralistic intellectual movement that grows out of the collapse of Hegelianism and presents an inconceivable narrative about the world and man. Despite the heteronomy of these narratives, they engage in mutual dialogue or criticism. Accordingly, the lecture serves to show the tangent points of various philosophical traditions, their interpenetration and possible influences.

F. Copleston, "Historia filozofii", t. 8-11, Warszawa 2006

A.J. Ayer, "Filozofia w XX wieku", przeł. T. Baszniak, Warszawa 2003

A.J. Noras, "Historia neokantyzmu", Katowice 2012

J. Woleński, "Kierunki i metody filozofii analitycznej" w: "Jak filozofować? Studia z metodologii filozofii", red. J. Perzanowski, Warszawa 1989, s. 30-77

"Wprowadzenie do fenomenologii. Interpretacje, zastosowania, problemy", red. W. Płotka, Warszawa 2014

D. Zahavi, "Self-Awareness and Alterity. A Phenomenological Investigation", Evanston 1999

A. Przyłębski, "Gadamer", Warszawa 2006

L. Kołakowski, "Bergson", Warszawa 1997

L. Kołakowski, "Główne nurty marksizmu, Część I, Powstanie", Poznań 2001

L. Kołakowski, "Główne nurty marksizmu, Część II, Rozwój", Poznań 2001

L. Kołakowski, "Główne nurty marksizmu, Część III, Rozkład", Poznań 2001

A. Malinowski, "Szkoła frankfurcka a marksizm", Warszawa 1979

V. Descombes, "To samo i inne. Czterdzieści pięć lat filozofii francuskiej (1933-1978)", przeł. B. Banasiak i K. Matuszewski, Warszawa 1997

J.-F. Lyotard, "Kondycja ponowoczesna. Raport o stanie wiedzy", przeł. M. Kowalska i J. Migasiński, Warszawa 1997

"Filozofia amerykańska dziś", red. T. Komendziński i A. Szahaj, Toruń 1999

R.P. Tong, Myśl feministyczna. Wprowadzenie, przeł. J. Mikos, B. Umińska, Warszawa 2002

Knowledge: a student knows what is the discipline of the history of modern philosophy, how it is formed, knows its main streams and the rules of its practice, as well as its representatives. Student knows the rules of interpretation of texts from the history of philosophy.

Skills: A student reads and interprets philosophical texts in the history of philosophy, listens to oral comprehension of philosophical ideas and arguments, and assesses their cognitive value. He can justify the importance of dealing with the contemporary history of philosophy.

Competence: It is open to rational interpretations of the history of contemporary philosophical problems.

credits:

participation in the lecture: 30

preparation for lecture (participation in excercises) and reading texts: 60

consultations: 5

exam preparation: 15

HOURS HOURS: 110 [110: 30 (25) = 4]

NUMBER OF ECTS: 4

Verification of knowledge and skills acquired during the course takes place in the form of a written exam (test questions) in the field of material presented at the lecture.

The following rating scale is expected for the written exam:

5.0 - 100 - 91% points

4.5 - 90 - 81% points

4.0 - 80 - 71% points

3.5 - 70 - 61% points

3.0 - 60 - 51% points

2.0 - 0 - 50% points

In the case of classes: work with text and activation methods: a talk, work in groups. As part of the classes during the following classes, students will become familiar with other texts important for understanding the changes in contemporary philosophy. Working with the text consists in identifying the main concepts for a given philosophical current or author, indicating the basic features of the applied method and possibly summarizing selected fragments of the discussed works.

The final mark of the classes is influenced by two elements:

1) Presence.

2) Assessment from written colloquium.

In the case of presence (confirmed by an entry in the attendance list), the following scale applies:

15 presence - 5.0

14 attendance - 4.5

13 presence - 4.0

12 attendance - 3.5

11 attendance - 3.0

0-10 attendance - 2.0

Classes end with a written test in the form of a colloquium. Closed questions (80%) and open questions (20%) concern issues discussed during classes and texts processed during the course.

The final grade is the average of both grades, with the presence being 1/4 of the final grade, and the test being 3/4.