Translation class of philosophical texts: Philosophy of mind WF-FI-212-TRA-P21
Classes (CW) Winter semester 2021/22

Selected references:

Clark, A. (2016). Surfing uncertainty. Prediction, action and the embodied mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Goff, P. (2019). Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness. New York, NY: Pantheon Books.

Veissière, S., Constant, A., Ramstead, M. J. D., Firston, K. J., Kirmayer, L. J. (2020). Thinking through other minds: A variational approach to cognition and culture. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43, 1–97. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X19001213.

Knowledge: the student knows the basic terminology of the philosophy of mind in English; the student knows the basic ideas of the philosophy of mind, including argumentation in its favor, on the basis of independent reading of philosophical texts and selected studies, in English.

Skills: the student independently translates from English into Polish a medium difficult philosophical text.

Competences: the student effectively organizes his own work and critically assesses its advancement

Knowledge:

Grade 2: the student does not know the basic English terminology of philosophy of mind in English, sufficient to understand the text; the student does not know the basic theses proclaimed by the authors read, including the arguments for them.

Grade 3: the student has little knowledge of the basic English terminology of the philosophy of mind in English, has a limited understanding of the analyzed text; the student hardly knows the basic theses proposed by the discussed authors and their arguments. He is not capable of reading a philosophical text on his own

Grade 4: the student satisfactorily knows the basic terminology of the philosophy of mind in English, understands the analyzed text to a large extent; the student knows the basic theses of the discussed authors and the arguments they use. The student is able to read a philosophical text on his own.

Grade 5: the student perfectly knows the basic terminology of the philosophy of mind in English, perfectly understands the analyzed text; the student knows exactly the basic theses presented by the discussed authors, including the knowledge and understanding of their arguments. He is able to read a philosophical text on his own

Skills:

Grade 2: the student is not able to independently translate the text of philosophy and mind from English into Polish

Grade 3: the student is hardly able to independently translate texts from the philosophy of mind from English into Polish

Grade 4: the student is able to satisfactorily translate texts from the philosophy of mind from English into Polish

Grade 5: the student is able to independently and without errors translate texts from the philosophy of mind from English into Polish

Competences:

Grade 2: the student is not able to effectively organize his own translation work and to critically assess the degree of its advancement

Grade 3: the student has a limited ability to organize his own translation work and is not able to critically assess the degree of its advancement

Grade 4: the student is able to satisfactorily organize his own work on the translation and is able to critically assess the degree of its advancement

Grade 5: the student effectively organizes his own translation work and critically assesses its advancement

The final grade consists of:

1. Class attendance

2. Active participation in classes

3. Translation of a philosophical text from English into Polish

4. Submission of a self-translated text from English into Polish at the end of the semester

1. Introduction to the course and discussion of graded assignment.

2-14. Reading and analyzing selected papers on the philosophy of mind.

15. Final classes: discussing the students' work and giving grades.

-elements of lecture;

-reading with explanation;

-self-reading;

-talk;

-discussion;

-synchronous distance learning and asychronic methods (e-learning, moodle).