History of Sociological Thought and Social Thought

elementary

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Course level: basic

Objectives of the course:

1. Knowledge of social and ethical thought, human conception and culture in the philosophical tradition.

2. Acquiring basic concepts, categories, metaphors, models and orientation in the main theoretical approaches and directions with their representatives.

3. Development of the ability to critically study sociological literature and awakening the sociological imagination by referring to the previous achievements of philosophical thought.

4. Understanding the broader context of sociology and links between sociological thought and philosophy.

5. Understanding the historical character of social thoughts and processes.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

1. Greek philosophical thought: A master who knew he knew nothing, and a student who knew more than he had seen- 2 h.

2. Aristotle's "golden mean" philosophy

3. Humanistic philosophy of the Middle Ages: St. Augustine, St. Tomasz - 2h.

4.Philosophy of humanism. Descartes, Hobbes - 2h.

5. The shadows of the philosophy of enlightenment (1): Locke, Hume - 2h.

6. The shadows of the philosophy of enlightenment (2): Immanuel Kant, Hegel 2h.

7. The unfortunate "Columbus" of philosophy: Jan Jacob Rousseau - 2h.

8. Positivism and empiricism: Comte, Mill 2h.

9. Two kinds of Materialism: Marx and Marxists, pragmatism - 2h.

10. Blaise Pascal: the swaying reed- 2h.

11. Artur Schopenhauer's the Passion of Life 2 h.

12. Friedrich Nietzsche's The crazy ship - 2h.

13. Either Soren Kierkegaard or? - 2h.

14. Henri Bergson's intuition - 2h.

15. The phenomenon of Cardinal Newman's philosophy - 2h.

1. Frederic Coplestone, History of Philosophy - 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 v, (excerpts related to the lecture)

2. Bertrand Russel, A History of Western Philosophy - (excerpts related to the lecture)

Knowledge:

1. Identifies the earlier achievements of philosophic thought, with particular emphasis on social philosophy and their relationship with sociological thought.

2. Recognizes the main theoretical approaches of early philosophic thought (basic concepts, categories, metaphors, models) and their representatives; sees the impact on sociology.

3. Is aware of the historical context of the development of certain theoretical approaches and their disappearance.

Skills:

4. Uses a philosophical perspective to view social facts and their interpretation.

5. It refers to the achievements of various currents of early philosophical thought in perceiving and explaining social facts.

Competences:

1. Is able to use his knowledge and philosophical skills in the framework of various theoretical approaches.

2. Is able to apply knowledge and philosophical skills within various theoretical approaches in his professional career, especially during sociological studies and in his personal life.

3. Maintains openness to points of view different from his own.

The student has a choice of three forms of completing the course

• oral exam - knowledge of the basics of the material - dst; full knowledge and elements of understanding the material - db; full knowledge of the material, advanced understanding - very good; independent and creative understanding and full knowledge of the required material - very good plus

• translation of approx. 20-25 pages of text from English, French, German or Russian indicated by the lecturer, in a field related to the subject (note, only for students who missed at most one lecture per semester): complete, comprehensible, faithful , translation in very good Polish - very good; as above, but with a few deficiencies - db; reliable translation with lack of understanding of the text - dst. Written and electronic version: at least one month before the last lecture! In the text of the e-mail and on the title page of the translation, it is NECESSARY! is supposed to count.

• presentation (power point) on a given topic within the scope of the subject, volume approx. 50 frames) attention! Only for students who miss at most one lecture per semester; work done with full understanding, honestly - very good; work done with understanding of not less than 75% of the material, honestly - db; work done with understanding about 50 - 74% of the material, basically fairly - dst. Electronic version: one month before the last lecture at the latest!

Electronic version: one month before the last lecture at the latest!

Attention! We send the translation together with the original. The translation head must include: name and surname, year and field of study of the author of the translation as well as the name and surname of the original author, title, publisher, place and year of publication of the work, translated pages

Power point presentation: ppt or pptx. In the body of the e-mail and in the first frame of the presentation you MUST! provide: name and surname, year and field of study of the author of the presentation as well as name and surname of the author of the work, title, publisher, place and year of publication, pages from which the presentation covers, and the subject the presentation is to include.

Attention! Written papers, in electronic version, should be sent no later than one month before the date of the last lecture on this subject!

ATTENTION! POSSIBLE RESERVATIONS TO ENTRY IN USOS MUST BE SUBMITTED to the lecturer's e-mail address no later than one week after the oral exam!