COURSE CONTENT

1. Philosophy and happiness (eudaemonia) in ancient Greek philosophy
2. Practical Philosophy: Socrates and the question of appropriateness – Aristotle and the concept of virtue – modern theoretical approaches: theories of freedom (Kant-Hegel), utilitarianism (J. Bentham, J. Mill, J.St. Mill)
3. Epistemology: Socratic self-knowledge – eros and knowledge in Plato. Modern era: rationalism – empiricism
4. Ontology: basic ontological distinctions (unity – plurality, identity – change) – the concept of “transcendence” – being – appearance – the concept of “phaenomenon” (Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Kant)

LEARNING OUTCOMES

It is expected that students:

1. acquire knowledge about the fundamental systematic philosophical questions, and
2. the way of philosophical inquiry,
3. understand the methodological and semantical difference between philosophy and the empirical sciences, and
4. acquire basic historical orientation in the central issues of Ethics, Epistemology and Ontology/Metaphysics

Estimation of the level of the expected course learning outcomes:
In respect to theoretical competences: level 1 and 2 (Bloom’s ranging)
In respect to practical skills: promoting the ability to abstract thinking