Polish Philosophy in the European Tradition 3800-NZ-S8-25-ang
The main subject of consideration and discussion during the classes will be those selected achievements of Polish philosophers which proved significant from the point of view of the European tradition referred to in the title (due to the fact that they led to the crystallisation of new questions or even to new answers to philosophical problems), and at the same time (in most cases) were well received outside Polish culture. The achievements discussed will come from different periods of the development of the Polish philosophical tradition – we will begin the classes by focusing on the achievements of the creators of the so-called Polish school of international law in the early 15th century, and we will end in the 20th century. During the classes, which will be devoted to a joint reading of these texts, which are key from the point of view of European tradition and were written on the basis of Polish philosophy, the following issues will be discussed:
1. Paweł Włodkowic: the doctrine of the law of nations and just war.
2. Adam Mickiewicz: messianism and philosophy.
3. August Cieszkowski: historiosophy and the philosophy of action.
4. Stanisław Brzozowski: the philosophy of action and the philosophy of labour.
5. Florian Znaniecki's culturalism.
6. Leon Chwistek's theory of the pluralism of realities.
7. Kazimierz Twardowski: the content and object of representations, actions and products.
8. Jan Łukasiewicz and the philosophical context of the discovery of three-valued logic.
9. Tadeusz Kotarbiński: reism and praxeology.
10. Leszek Kołakowski: the presence of myth.
If we have enough time, the above list of topics will be expanded.
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
Efekty kształcenia
Acquired knowledge:
- students know main representatives of Polish philosophy and their fundamental achievements;
- students know the general content of the works which played main role in the development of Polish philosophy.
Acquired skills:
- students are able to analyse philosophical texts;
- students are able to conduct discussions on philosophical topics and use their knowledge of Polish philosophy during these discussions;
- students identify the relationships between the development of philosophical ideas and the socio-cultural and political context.
Acquired social competences:
- students use argumentation strategies learned through the analysis of philosophical texts in conversation;
- students are aware of the importance of humanistic and philosophical reflection for the formation of social bonds and ideas.
Kryteria oceniania
There are two possible paths to get a credit.
1. by taking 2 short tests during the semester and preparing 2 summaries of chosen papers;
2. by taking big final written exam in the end of the semester.
Number of absences: 2
Literatura
Chwistek L., The Plurality of Realities: Collected Essays, Kraków 2018.
Cieszkowski A., Selected Writings of August Cieszkowski, Cambridge 1979.
Kołakowski L., The Presence of Myth, Chicago 2010.
Kotarbiński T., Praxiology, Hull 1995.
Łukasiewicz J., Selected Works, North-Holland 1970.
Mickiewicz A., The Books and the Pilgrimage of the Polish Nation, London 1833.
Twardowski K., On Actions, Products and Other Topics in Philosophy, Amsterdam 1999.
Twardowski K., On the Content and Object of Presentations: A Psychological Investigation, The Hague 1977
Walicki A., Stanisław Brzozowski and the Polish Beginnings of “Western Marxism”, Oxford 1989.
Włodkowic P., Writings (1416–1432), Rome-Warsaw 2023.
Znaniecki F., Cultural Reality, Chicago 1919.
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