- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Ancient Philosophy 3501-FST19-M-OG
The course focuses on a topic-oriented presentation of the history of philosophy, which allows the student to look from a new perspective at the way in which key problems of philosophy (ethical, ontological and cosmological problems, the relations of the soul and body, relations between thought, language and reality) and the most important philosophical concepts (such as philosophy, beauty, goodness, being, God, idea, will, intellect, virtue, creativity, nature, time) have been taken up in the period of ancient philosophy. The formation and interactions of philosophical schools in ancient philosophy will also be presented form the perspective of the topic-oriented approach. An important part of the course is to show the specific character of particular eras of ancient philosophy, especially the ones which are relatively less known, such as Hellenistic philosophy and the philosophy of late antiquity.
Type of course
general courses
Mode
Learning outcomes
Acquired knowledge:
- the student knows and understands the historical character of the formation of philosophical ideas;
- the student knows the general relationship between formation of philosophical ideas and the changes in culture and in society;
- the student knows the methods of interpretation of the philosophical text;
- the student has a comprehensive knowledge and an in-depth understanding of the role of philosophical reflection in development of culture;
- the student knows philosophical terminology in Polish at a advanced level in a selected philosophical subdiscipline;
- the student knows basic philosophical terminology in a selected foreign language;
- the student comprehensively knows and thoroughly understands selected directions of research in the field of the history of ancient philosophy;
- the student has a thorough knowledge of the research methods and argumentation strategies of the selected philosophical subdiscipline and a thorough knowledge of the methods of interpreting a philosophical text;
- the student has in-depth and expanded knowledge of the complex nature of language and the historical variability of its meanings.
Acquired skills:
- the student correctly applies acquired philosophical terminology;
- the student is able to describe the relationship between the formation of philosophical ideas and social and cultural processes;
- the student constructs and reconstructs arguments from the perspective of various philosophical positions, taking into account the types of argumentation proper to each of them and recognizing the convergences and differences between them.
Acquired social competences:
- the student knows the scope of knowledge and skills he possesses, understands the need for continuous education and professional development;
- the student is open to new ideas and ready to change opinions in the light of available data and arguments;
- the student is aware of the importance of the European philosophical heritage for understanding social and cultural processes and is aware of the responsibility for its preservation;
- the student is aware of the importance of humanist reflection for the existence of social connections.
Assessment criteria
- attendance
- written test checking student’s knowledge of the topics discussed during the lecture
Bibliography
Pimary texts (selection):
Gorgiasz, O niebycie
Platon, Protagoras
Platon, Gorgiasz
Platon, Fileb
Platon, Parmenides
Platon, Polityk
Platon, Sofista
Platon, Prawa
Arystoteles, Kategorie
Arystoteles, Etyka Nikomachejska, ks. III-IX
Arystoteles, Fizyka, ks. I-II
Arystoteles, Retoryka
Arystoteles, Poetyka
Arystoteles, Polityka
Epikur, Listy
Arejos Didymos, Podręcznik etyki
Cyceron, Księgi akademickie
Cyceron, O najwyższym dobru i złu
Cyceron, Paradoksy stoików
Seneka, Listy do Lucyliusza
Seneka, Dialogi
Aleksander z Afrodyzji, O przeznaczeniu, O duszy
Plotyn, Enneady
Porfiriusz, List do Marcelli
Proklos, Elementy teologii
Proklos, Komentarz do Parmenidesa (ks. III i IV)
Klemens z Aleksandrii, Kobierce
Secondary texts:
A Companion to Socrates, ed. S. Ahbel-Rappe, R. Kamtekar
The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle, ed. Christopher Shields
The Oxford Handbook of Plato, ed. Gail Fine
The Cambridge Companion to Plato, ed. R. Kraut
The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus, ed. Lloyd P. Gerson
Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy, ed. Keimpe Algra
Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, ed. Lloyd P. Gerson
B. Dembiński, Późna nauka Platona
A. Dihle, The Theory of Will in Classical Antiquity
E.R. Dodds, Pogaństwo i chrześcijaństwo w epoce niepokoju
Filozofia przedsokratejska, (red.) G.S. Kirk, J.E. Raven, M. Schofield
W.K.C. Guthrie, A History of Greek Philosophy, vols. I-VI
The Hellenistic philosophers, ed. A.A. Long and D.N. Sedley, vols. I-II
W. Jaeger, Teologia wczesnych filozofów greckich
Ch. Kahn, Plato and the Socratic Dialogue
Language and Learning. Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age, ed. D. Frede and B. Inwood
G. Reale, Historia filozofii starożytnej, t. I-V
E. Voegelin, Platon
A.Wilson Nightingale, Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy. Theoria in its Cultural Context
P. Zanker, The Mask of Socrates
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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