Philosophy

2021/2022

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

4

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Sociology

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

1 year, 1, 2 module

Instructors

Барышева Ольга Игоревна

Demin, Maxim

Kutuzova, Anna

Course Syllabus

Abstract

As a special mode of human rationality and creativity, philosophy has considerable intellectual value of its own but also underlies many accomplishments in science, art, religion and social organisation. The course introduces traditional philosophical topics such as logic, metaphysics, epistemology, language, right and wrong, justice and the vision for a good future for the humanity. The discussion centers on questions rather than on prominent figures and eras in the history of philosophy and aims to give a lucid and vivid introduction to complicated topics.

Learning Objectives

• Upon the completion of the course, the student is supposed to be able to explain and apply the basic tools of deductive and inductive reasoning, point out and avoid fallacies
• Upon the completion of the course, the student is supposed to be able to conceptualize the nature of philosophical enquiry as opposed to science, art, and religion
• Upon the completion of the course, the student is supposed to be able to point out some of the main domains and topics in philosophy and explain key positions on them
• Upon the completion of the course, the student is supposed to be able to evaluate the merits and demerits of philosophical viewpoints and apply philosophical theories to test cases

Course Contents

• Practical philosophy
• Theoretical philosophy

Assessment Elements

• Mid-term tests
• Final exam
  Tests pass in the LMS system, test variants are generated automatically from the database. For each task, 4 answers are given. The student needs to choose only one of the proposed answer options.
• In class participation

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 2nd module
  0.5 * Final exam + 0.25 * In class participation + 0.25 * Mid-term tests

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Pritchard, D. (2016). What Is This Thing Called Philosophy? London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1222339

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Chrisman, M., & Pritchard, D. (2017). Philosophy for Everyone (Vol. Second edition). New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1286862

Authors

• DEMIN MAKSIM ROSTISLAVOVICH
• BARYSHEVA OLGA IGOREVNA
• KUTUZOVA ANNA OLEGOVNA