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Translation class of philosophical texts: Alasdair MacIntyre ‘God, philosophy, universities’

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Course ID: WF-FI-123-TRA-C21
Erasmus code / ISCED: 08.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0223) Philosophy and ethics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Translation class of philosophical texts: Alasdair MacIntyre ‘God, philosophy, universities’
Name in Polish: Translatorium tekstów filozoficznych: Alasdair MacIntyre ‘God, philosophy, universities’
Organizational unit: Institute of Philosophy
Course groups: (in Polish) Gr przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - Obszar nauk humanistycznych (I stopień i jednolite magisterskie)
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - obszar nauk humanistycznych i społecznych (studia I st. i JM)
(in Polish) Translatorium tekstów filozoficznych - I stopień
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: Polish
Subject level:

elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:

FI1_W03; FI1_U06; FI1_U07;

FI1_U11; FI1_K06;
Short description:

The course will consist in close reading of selected fragments of A.MacIntyre's "God, Philosophy,Universities" along with the translation of those fragments into Polish.
Full description:

The series of classes will consist of three parts. In the first part, students will become acquainted with the general theory of virtue ethics as presented by A. MacIntyre. The second part of the course will consist in working on (i.e. analysis + translation of) fragments of A.MacIntyre's "God, Philosophy,Universities". In the third part of the course sudents will analyse/translate fragments of selected Polish articles ralated to the related to the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition. While analysing/translating fragments of the selected text, students will become familiarised withbasic problems raised in the contemporary metaethical debates. When translating the philosophical text, particular attention will be paid to the precise recognition and proper rendering of its original meaning, the lexical correctness of the translation, as well as the naturalness of the applied stylistic / idiomatic solutions.
Bibliography:

A. MacIntyre, "God, Philosophy,Universities. Selective History of the Catholic Philosophical Tradition", London, Continuum Books, 2009.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:

Students should

*develop the ability to analyse philosophical texts written in a foreign language as well as

*extend their competences in the translation of philosophical texts from English into Polish

*acquire the competences necessary to translate difficult philosophical texts from Polish into English

*acquire the skills of deepening their linguistic competences by use of available sources

Translating fragments of the philosophical texts will also give students the opportunity to

*become familiar with the general issues considered in the field of metaethics.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

The evaluation will be based on the active participation of students in classes, and a fragment of the analyzed text (500 words) individually translated into Polish by individual students.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span: 2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31
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Type of class:
Classes, 30 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators: Adam Cebula
Group instructors: Adam Cebula
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - graded credit
Classes - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Type of subject:

obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) PO/H1 - obszar nauk humanistycznych - I stopień/JM
Short description:

The course will consist in close reading of selected fragments of A.MacIntyre's "God, Philosophy,Universities" along with the translation of those fragments into Polish.
Full description:

The series of classes will consist of three parts. In the first part, students will become acquainted with the general theory of virtue ethics as presented by A. MacIntyre. The second part of the course will consist in working on (i.e. analysis + translation of) fragments of A.MacIntyre's "God, Philosophy,Universities". In the third part of the course sudents will analyse/translate fragments of selected Polish articles ralated to the related to the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition. While analysing/translating fragments of the selected text, students will become familiarised withbasic problems raised in the contemporary metaethical debates. When translating the philosophical text, particular attention will be paid to the precise recognition and proper rendering of its original meaning, the lexical correctness of the translation, as well as the naturalness of the applied stylistic / idiomatic solutions.
Bibliography:

A. MacIntyre, "God, Philosophy, Universities. Selective History of the Catholic Philosophical Tradition", London, Continuum Books, 2009.
Wymagania wstępne:

General knowledge of issues debated in the field of moral philosophy. The knowledge of English at level B2.
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