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Philosophy of God

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Course ID: WT-SBL-FB
Erasmus code / ISCED: 08.2 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. / (0221) Religion and theology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Philosophy of God
Name in Polish: Filozofia Boga
Organizational unit: Higher Theological Seminary in Białystok
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ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 4.00 OR 3.00 (differs over time) 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.

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Short description:

level of course:

Elementary

objectives of the course:

Acquaintance with different views (especially presently lively debated) concerning the nature and existence of God. Ability to indicate their merits and difficulties.

prerequisites:

Elementary knowledge of history of philosophy, metaphysics and logic.

Full description:

course contents:

- Religious language.

- Religious epistemology.

- Attributes of God (omnipotence, omniscience, eternality, transcendence, immanence, goodness, providence, personhood).

- Arguments for the existence of God (ontological arguments, cosmological arguments, arguments from religious experience, arguments from reports of apparent miracles, the argument to design).

- Arguments against the existence of God ( the argument from evil, the argument from divine hiddeness).

- Pascal's wager.

assessment methods:

Oral exam

Bibliography:

- Bocheński J. M., Logika religii, w: tegoż, Logika i filozofia. Wybór pism, Warszawa: PWN 1993, s. 325-468.

- Bocheński J. M., Pięć dróg, w: tegoż, Logika i filozofia. Wybór pism, Warszawa: PWN 1993, s. 469-468-503.

- Chwedeńczuk B. [red], Filozofia religii, Warszawa: Fundacja Aletheia 1997.

- Plantinga A. C., Bóg, wolność i zło, Kraków: Znak 1995.

- Swinburne R., Czy istnieje Bóg?, Poznań: wydawnictwo “W drodze” 1999.

- Swinburne R, Spójność teizmu, Kraków: Znak 1995.

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

Time span: 2022-02-01 - 2022-06-30
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Coordinators: Adam Matan
Group instructors: Adam Matan
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Examination: Course - examination
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obligatory

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

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Classes in period "Summer semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span: 2023-02-01 - 2023-06-30
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Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-31
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Coordinators: Adam Matan
Group instructors: Adam Matan
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