Fundamental Issues in European Philosophy 3106-PZFE-W

The lecture presents the history of European Philosophy in its historical and problematic development. The main questions, problems, most known figures and philosophical schools will be presented in clear and concise way. The lecture ends with pass with grade.

Topics:
1. The Problem of Knowledge and Wisdom: Sophists, Socrates and his method
2. Paideia: the probem of upbringing and ethical life (bios theoretikos): Pythagoreans, Plato
3. Wisdom and Philosophy, politics and aesthetics: Plato
4. Science and Philosophy: Aristotel
5. The Problem of a Good Life and Happyness (Fronesis): Stoics, Sceptics, Epicurean
6. Christian Philosophy, the relation between reason and faith: Augustin Aurelius & Thomas Aquinas
7. The Problem of Individuum and Free Will - rationalism: Descartes, Leibniz, Pascal & Schopenhauer
8. The Human Mind – empiricism: Locke, Berkeley, Hume
9. Paradoxes of Social and Political Life: Hobbs, Wolter, Rousseau
10. Epistemology and Judgment: Kant
11. Absurd and Faith, Individualism and Irrationalism: Pascal, Kierkegaard
12. Phenomenological Experience: Husserl, Ingarden, Merleau-Ponty
13. Existentz and Authentic Life: Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Simone de Beauvoire
14. Dialectics, Critical Theory and Postmodernism: Adorno, Marcuse, Derrida, Foucault