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1 Philosophy Aesthetics, Ethics, and Logic Winter semester 2017/2018 Before choosing the courses read carefully the following notes: You can include the courses from the list below into your LAS for the winter semester 2017/18. The list is in alphabetic order consult the whole list before taking decision. All courses are prepared by professors of the Department of Philosophy University of Łódź (Poland). The courses are usually in English, but you can find also some courses in other languages (German, Spanish and Russian). The list does not comprise schedules of classes. In order to fix the schedule contact directly the lecturer (the e-mails are included). There are two forms of the courses: regular seminars for at least three students and tutorials for one or two students (more flexible form of classes). In both cases students receive the same number of ECTS points (6). This list is available on the webpage of the International Students Office University of Łódź and on the webpage of the Department of Philosophy (www.filozof.uni.lodz.pl). There will be available for you in 1917/18 also some courses in English for polish Philosophy students. The list will be published on the webpage of the Institute of Philosophy in June 2017. If there are any changes in the list below the information will be available as soon as possible on the webpage of the Department of Philosophy. In this case there will be no problem to change LAS. In case of any doubts do not hesitate to contact the Erasmus coordinator at the Department of Philosophy University of Łódź, prof. Janusz Maciaszek ([email protected]).

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Philosophy

Aesthetics, Ethics, and Logic

Winter semester 2017/2018

Before choosing the courses read carefully the following notes:

You can include the courses from the list below into your LAS for the

winter semester 2017/18.

The list is in alphabetic order – consult the whole list before taking

decision.

All courses are prepared by professors of the Department of Philosophy

University of Łódź (Poland).

The courses are usually in English, but you can find also some courses in

other languages (German, Spanish and Russian).

The list does not comprise schedules of classes. In order to fix the

schedule contact directly the lecturer (the e-mails are included).

There are two forms of the courses: regular seminars for at least three

students and tutorials for one or two students (more flexible form of

classes). In both cases students receive the same number of ECTS points

(6).

This list is available on the webpage of the International Students

Office University of Łódź and on the webpage of the Department of

Philosophy (www.filozof.uni.lodz.pl).

There will be available for you in 1917/18 also some courses in English

for polish Philosophy students. The list will be published on the

webpage of the Institute of Philosophy in June 2017.

If there are any changes in the list below the information will be available

as soon as possible on the webpage of the Department of Philosophy. In

this case there will be no problem to change LAS.

In case of any doubts do not hesitate to contact the Erasmus coordinator

at the Department of Philosophy University of Łódź, prof. Janusz

Maciaszek ([email protected]).

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List of courses

(descriptions are below the list)

1. Введение в философию процесса (prof. Marek Rosiak - [email protected])

2. A Comparative Analysis of Leibniz’s Monadology and Ontology of Wittgenstein’s

Tractatus logico-philosophicus (prof. Marek Rosiak - [email protected])

3. Agency and Free Will. An Introduction to Modern Philosophy of Action (prof. Janusz

Maciaszek – [email protected])

4. Art, Philosophy, Criticism. Aesthetic Dilemmas of Modernity (Agnieszka Rejniak-

Majewska, PhD - [email protected])

5. Basic Notions of Contemporary Ontology (prof. Marek Rosiak - [email protected])

6. Contemporary Murals – Performativity of Art and Place (Wioletta Kazimierska-Jerzyk,

PhD - [email protected])

7. Filosofía política de América Latina (Joanna Miksa, PhD - [email protected])

8. Formal Ontology (prof. Janusz Kaczmarek - [email protected])

9. Happiness – philosophy and science behind well-being (Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek,

PhD - [email protected])

10. Hauptströmungen der europäischen Ethik (prof. Andrzej Maciej Kaniowski –

[email protected])

11. History of Logic (Janusz Ciuciura, PhD – [email protected] )

12. Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology (prof. Marek Nowak -

[email protected])

13. Introduction to Phenomenological Ontology (Prof. Marek Rosiak - [email protected])

14. Introduction to Philosophy of Religion (Tomasz Sieczkowski, PhD -

[email protected], [email protected])

15. Introduction to Political Philosophy (Michał Zawidzki, PhD -

[email protected] )

16. Introduction to Process Philosophy (prof. Marek Rosiak - [email protected])

17. Issues in Philosophy of Religion (prof. Marek Gensler - [email protected])

18. John Searle`s philosophy of mind (Rafał Tryścień, MA - [email protected])

19. Mental experiments and personal identity (Rafał Tryścień, MA -

[email protected])

20. Metaphysics and Ontology (prof. Janusz Kaczmarek - [email protected])

21. Methodology of Social Research (Janusz Ciuciura, PhD - [email protected])

22. Modal logics - from a simple theory to a variety of possible applications (Michał

Zawidzki, PhD - [email protected] )

23. Mythology and Philosophy in Richard Wagner’s Musical Works Part I (prof. Marek

Rosiak - [email protected])

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24. Mythology and Philosophy in Richard Wagner’s Musical Works Part II (prof. Marek

Rosiak - [email protected])

25. New Atheism as a Worldview (Tomasz Sieczkowski, PhD -

[email protected], [email protected])

26. Paraconsistent Logic (Janusz Ciuciura, PhD – [email protected] )

27. Personal identity – contemporary discussions (Rafał Tryścień, MA -

[email protected])

28. Philosophical Antropology (prof. Janusz Kaczmarek - [email protected])

29. Philosophical Theories of Part and Whole (prof. Marek Rosiak - [email protected])

30. Philosophy of Cognitive Science (prof. Janusz Maciaszek – [email protected])

31. Philosophy of Language (prof. Janusz Maciaszek – [email protected])

32. Posthumanism and Human Nature (Dawid Misztal, PhD - [email protected])

33. Practical ethics (Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, PhD - [email protected])

34. Rhetoric and Argumentation (Michał Zawidzki, PhD - [email protected])

35. Speech Act Theory (prof. Marek Nowak - [email protected])

36. Theories of Metaphor (prof. Janusz Maciaszek - [email protected]))

37. Ut pictura poesis - street art between text and picture (Agnieszka Gralińska-Toborek,

PhD - [email protected]

38. Vegetarianism. Social and Cultural Aspects (Janusz Ciuciura, PhD -

[email protected])

Course title 1. Введение в философию процесса

(Introduction to Process Philosophy) Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

Русский

No. of hours 30

Course content Систематическое и историческое введение

Монадолгия Лейбница

Элементы метафизики процесса А. Н. Уайтхеда

Assessment scheme Регулярное присутсвие и/или письменная работа

Lecturer

Contact

Marek Rosiak

[email protected]

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Scientific interests Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of

music

USOS code

Literature Leibniz, Monadology

Whitehead A. N.,.Process and Reality. An Essay in Cosmology,

Corrected Edition, The Free Press, N. Y. 1978

Christian W. A., An Interpretation of Whitehead’s Metaphysics, Yale

Univ. Press, New Haven 1959

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 2. A Comparative Analysis of Leibniz’s

Monadology and Ontology of Wittgenstein’s

Tractatus logico-philosophicus Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content Analysis of spiritualistic atomism of Monadology.and logical

atomism of Tractatus logico-philosophicus showing their systematic

correspondencies and basic differences

Assessment scheme Regular attendance, activity and/or written work

Lecturer

Contact

Marek Rosiak

[email protected]

Scientific interests Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of

music

USOS code 0200-ERAS123

Literature Leibniz, Monadology

Wittgenstein, Tractatus logico-philosophicus

Field of study Philosophy

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Course title 3. Agency and Free Will. An Introduction to

Modern Philosophy of Action

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content What is action?

Action and event

The problem of responsibility

Intentionality

The notion of agency

Reasons of actions

Causal approach to action

The problem of free will

Language and action

Are we free to act?

Assessment scheme Regular attendance, activity, and presentation or short essay

Lecturer

Contact

Janusz Maciaszek

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy of language, philosophy of action, theory of metaphor,

cognitive science

USOS code

Literature 1. Davidson, D. 2001 Essays on Actions and Events. Oxford:

Clerendon Press. Second edition.

2. Moya, C. 1990 Philosophy of Action. An Introduction. Polity

Press.

3. O'Connor, T and C. Sandis (eds.) 2010. A Companion to the

Philosophy of Action. Blackwell.

Field of study/

programme

Philosophy

Course title 4. Art, Philosophy, Criticism. Aesthetic Dilemmas

of Modernity Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

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Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content The course offers an overview of main philosophical problems of

modern and contemporary aesthetics, such as the function of art, the

meaning of aesthetic experience, aesthetic judgment, creativity,

originality, relations between art and politics.

The choice of readings comprises selected fragments from classical

texts as well as more recent critical essays and artists’ statements, in

order to point to the broader connections between modern aesthetic

theory and artistic practice

Assessment scheme Evaluation is based on: (1) students preparation for the class (reading

appointments), (2) active participation, (3) final essay on a chosen

topic

Lecturer

Contact

Agnieszka Rejniak-Majewska

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophical aesthetics, theory of art, critical theory (Frankfurt

School);

Avant-garde movements in Poland and Central-East Europe,

XXth century American art and criticism

USOS code 0200-ERAS059

Literature - Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgment, trans. James Creed Meredith,

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007 (fragments).

- Friedrich Schiller, Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man

(fragm.)

- Roger Fry, An Essay on Aesthetics; Art and Live, in: idem, Vision

and Design, London 1937

- Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, On Pure Form, in: Aesthetics in XXth

Century Poland, eds. J. Harrell, A. Wierzbiańska, New Jersey 1973;

- Between Words: A Sourcebook of Central European Avant-gardes,

1910-1930, eds. Éva Forgács, Th. Benson, Cambridge – London 2002

(fragm.)

- Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological

Reproducibility, in: idem, The Work of Art in the Age of Its

Technological Reproducibility and Other Writings on Media, ed.

Michael W. Jennings, Harvard University Press, 2008

- Theodor W. Adorno, On the Fetish-Character of Music and the

Regression of Listening, in: idem, Essays on Music, ed. R. Leppert,

Berkeley – Los Angeles – London 2002

- Theodor W. Adorno, Commitment, in: Aesthetics and Politics, ed. F.

Jameson, London 1980

- Stefan Morawski, On the Avant-garde, Neo-avant-garde and the

Case of Postmodernism, “Literary Studies in Poland” vol. 21, 1989

- Richard Shusterman, Aesthetic Experience and Popular Art, in:

idem, Performing Live: Aesthetic Alternatives for the Ends of Art,

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Cornell University Press 2000.

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 5. Basic Notions of Contemporary Ontology

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content An introductory course in systematic ontology. The course can

introduce more advanced notions and theories depending on the level

of competence of participants

Assessment scheme Regular attendance, activity and/or written work

Lecturer

Contact

Marek Rosiak

[email protected]

Scientific interests Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of

music

USOS code 0200-ERAS083

Literature Handbook of Metaphysics and Ontology, ed. H. Burkhardt

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 6. Contemporary Murals – Performativity of Art

and Place Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

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Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content The course offers an overview of main components of aesthetic

experience of contemporary large format outdoor painting, such as:

Inevitability of experience;

Experience of site and art medium;

Processuality, eventualisation and performativity of experience;

Polysensory nature of experience.

Assessment scheme Evaluation is based on: (1) students preparation for the class (reading

appointments), (2) active participation, (3) final essay on a chosen

work of art

Lecturer

Contact

Wioletta Kazimierska-Jerzyk

[email protected]

Scientific interests aesthetics, theory of art, performance studies, urban studies

USOS code

Literature Richard Shusterman, Aesthetic Experience and Popular Art,

in: idem, Performing Live: Aesthetic Alternatives for the Ends

of Art, Cornell University Press 2000.

Arnold Berleant, The Aesthetic in Place, [w:] Constructing

Place. Mind and Matter, red. Sarah Menin, Routledge,

London–New York 2004.

Boehm Gottfried, Mitchell W. J. T., Pictorial Versus Iconic

Turn. Two Letters, “Culture, Theory & Critique” 2009, no.

50(2–3).

Agnieszka Gralińska-Toborek, Wioletta Kazimierska-Jerzyk,

Doświadczenie sztuki w przestrzeni miejskiej. Galeria Urban

Forms 2011-2013/ Experience of Art in Urban Space. Urban

Forms Gallery 2011-2013, transl. Marta Koniarek,

Biblioteka/Fundacja Urban Forms, Łódź 2014

Aesthetic Energy of the City. Experiencing Urban Art And

Space, eds. A. Gralińska-Toborek, W. Kazimierska-Jerzyk,

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2016.

Field of study Philosophy, Art history

Course title 7. Filosofía política de América Latina

(Political Philosophy of Latin America) Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s)

El grado / el master

2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

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Language of

instruction

Español

No. of hours 30

Course content 1. La descripción y el análisis de la situación geopolítica de América

Latina en la obra de Eduardo Galeano.

2. Los movimientos guerrilleros latinoamericanos en los reportajes de

Kapuscinski.

3. El proyecto pedagógico de Paulo Freire.

4. El proyecto de la transformación de la sociedad en la obre de Paulo

Freire.

Assessment scheme Un trabajo escrito relacionado con uno de los temas tratados a lo largo

del curso.

Lecturer

Contact

Dr Joanna Miksa

[email protected]

Scientific interests Filosofía política de América Latina, neocolonialismo, marxismo.

USOS code

Literature - Freire P., Pedagogía del oprimido, Buenos Aires 2009.

- Galeano E., Las venas abiertas de América Latina, Buenos Aires

2012.

- Kapusciński R., Cristo con un fusil al hombro, Anagrama 2014

Field of study Filosofía

Course title 8. Formal Ontology

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course graduate (master’s) / postgraduate (doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content classical and formal ontology, Wittgensein’s ontology of state of

affairs, formal ontology of ideas and individuals, topological ontology

Assessment scheme short paper on chosen ontological problem; discussion on main

problems of formal ontology

Lecturer

Contact

[email protected]

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Scientific interests Ontology, formal ontology, cognitive science, human will, God in

philosophy, philosophy of language

USOS code

Literature Arystoteles, Kategorie, ( Categories), [różne wydania (different

editions), m.in. ]:

Tenże (1990), Dzieła wszystkie, t. 1, tłum. wstęp i komentarz K.

Leśniak, PWN, Warszawa.

Fine K. (1995), The Logic of Essence, Journal of Philosophical Logic,

s. 241–273.

Fine K. (2000), Semantics for the Logic of Essence, Journal of

Philosophical Logic, s. 543–584.

Kaczmarek J. (2002), On the Porphyrian Tree Structure and an

Operation of Determination,

Bulletin of the Section of Logic, vol. 31/1, s. 37–46.

Kaczmarek J. (2003), Positive and negative Properties. A Logical

Interpretation, Bulletin of

the Section of Logic, vol. 32/4, s. 179–189.

Kripke S. (1972), Naming and Necessity, [w]: Dawidson, Harman

(eds), Semantics of Natural

Language, Reidel, Dordrecht, s. 253–355. [Wyd. pol. 2001,

Nazywanie a konieczność,

Wyd. Aletheia, s. 228].

Wittgenstein L. (1997), Tractatus logico-philosophicus, tłum. i wstęp

B. Wolniewicz, BKF,

PWN, Warszawa, s. 109. [Wyd. I, oryg., 1921), Logisch –

philosophische Abhandlung,

Annalen der Naturphilosophie].

Wolff Ch. (1789), Philosophia prima sive Ontologia methodo

scientifica pertractata qua omnis cognitionis humanae principia

continentur, Veronae, por. Pars I, Caput III: De notione

entis, tłum. M. Rosiak, par. 142.

Zalta E. N. (1983), Abstract Objects. An Introduction to Axiomatic

Metaphisics, Dordrecht,

Boston, Lancaster.

Field of study Philosophy, Ontology, Metaphysics

Course title 9. Happiness – philosophy and science behind

well-being

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

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Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content 1. Happiness as a philosophical concept – from ancient Greece to

modern times

a) what is happiness?

b) how does happiness differ from pleasure?

c) is happiness the opposite of pain?

c) arguments for and against hedonism

2. What can neuroscience tell us about happiness, pleasure and pain?

3. Happiness, psychology and economy – how our knowledge can

influence our economic choices.

Assessment scheme active participation, presentation or essay

Lecturer

Contact

Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek

[email protected]

Scientific interests Practical ethics, moral problems of globalization, animal rights,

bioethics, utilitarianism, philosophy of Henry Sidgwick and Peter

Singer

USOS code

Literature G. Fletcher, Well-being, Routledge, 2016.

Well-being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology, ed. D.

Kahneman, Russell Sage Foundation (February 13, 2003)

J. Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis, Basic Books, 2006.

Field of study Philosophy/Ethics

Course title 10. Hauptströmungen der europäischen Ethik

(Main currents of the european ethics) Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / doctoral degree

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

German

No. of hours 30

Course content Im Rahmen des Tutorials werden Grundtypen ethischer Theorien

sowie Grundformen moralischer Argumentation besprochen. Für das

europäische Denken sind zwei Modelle normativer Ethik von

grundlegender Bedeutung: ein teleologischer und ein deontologischer

Ansatz. Die Lektüre von Auszügen aus klassischen Texten von

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Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Kant und Mill wird einen Einblick in

Paradigmen des ethischen Denkens und ein besseres Verständnis in

den Sinn und die Ursachen vieler zeitgenössischen

Auseinandersetzungen ethischer Art.

Assessment scheme Aktive Teilnahme (erbracht durch Referat etc.)

Lecturer

Contact

Andrzej Maciej Kaniowski

andrzej.kaniowski@ uni.lodz.pl

Scientific interests Geschichte der Ethik, Sozialphilosophie und politische Philosophie,

Bioethik, Jürgen Habermas und die Frankfurter Schule, Ethik als

Schulfach, Kants Ethik und Rechtsphilosophie

USOS code 0200-ERAS084

Literature Ausgewählte Passagen und Auszüge aus den Schriften von Aristotle,

Thomas Aquinas, Kant und Mill.

Field of study/

programme

Philosophy

Course title 11. History of Logic

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content The history of logic studies the development of logical ideas from pre-

Socratic philosophers to the present. The intent of the course is to

provide students with a thorough knowledge of the development.

Details:

1. Logic in Ancient Philosophy (Pre-Socratic philosophers; Soctares

and Plato; Aristotle's logic; Megarians, Stoics and Skepticism)

2. Medieval Logic (Boethius; 2. St. Anselm and Peter Abelard; James

of Venice; William of Ockham and his Summa logicae; Modalities in

the Middle Ages)

3. Renaissance (Petrus Ramus and his Dialectics; Juan Luis Vives and

the logical symbolism)

4. Post-Renaissance (Port-Royal Logic; G.W. Leibniz and symbolic

logic; J.H. Lambert and L. Euler)

5. The 19th century logic (A. De Morgan; G. Boole and mathematical

logic; G. Frege and classical symbolic logic; G. Cantor’s set theory)

6. Logic of the 20th centuary (Principia Mathematica; Zermelo-

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Fraenkel Set Theory; Lvov-Warsaw School of Logic; K. Goedel;

Non-classical Logics)

Assessment scheme Marked paper

Lecturer

Contact

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy, Logic, Psychology

USOS code 0200-ERAS061

Literature 1. Bochenski, I.M., A History of Formal Logic, Notre Dame press,

1961.

2. Gabbay, Dov and John Woods, (eds), Handbook of the History of

Logic, Elsevier, 2004.

3. Haaparanta, Leila (ed.), The Development of Modern Logic Oxford

University Press, 2009.

4. Kneale, William and Martha, The development of logic, Oxford

University Press, 1962.

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 12. Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content The JTB account of knowledge.

A priori and a posteriori knowledge.

The analytic-synthetic distinction (with application to mathematics).

Epistemic versus traditional deontological justification.

Internalism: foundationalism and coherentism.

Externalism: reliabilism

Assessment scheme Active participation

Lecturer

Contact

Marek Nowak

[email protected]

Scientific interests Mathematical logic and set theory,

Philosophy of language: pragmatics

Epistemology

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USOS code

Literature R. Chisholm, The Foundations of Knowing, University of

Minnesota Press 1982

R. Chisholm, Theory of Knowledge (3rd ed.), Prentice-Hall

1989

Steup M., An introduction to contemporary epistemology,

Prentice-Hall 1998

R. Audi, Epistemology. A contemporary introduction to the

theory of knowledge (2nd ed.), Routledge 2003

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 13. Introduction to phenomenological ontology

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content Basic course in phenomenological ontology

Assessment scheme Regular attendance, activity and/or written work

Lecturer

Contact

Marek Rosiak, PhD

[email protected]

Scientific interests Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of

music

USOS code 0200-ERAS066

Literature Ingarden R., The Controversy over the existence of the world vol. I

Mitscherling J., Roman Ingarden’s Ontology and Aesthetics, Univ. of

Ottawa Press, 1997

Field of study Philosophy

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Course title 14. Introduction to Philosophy of Religion

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of

course

Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course

content

The program of the class will cover the following topics:

- General idea of philosophy of religion

- The question of the existence of deities

- Contemporary atheistic ideologies

Assessment

scheme

Active participation

Lecturer

Contact

Tomasz Sieczkowski

[email protected]

[email protected]

Scientific

interests

Philosophy of Religion, Epistemology, Social and Political

Philosophy, Philosophy of Popular Culture.

USOS code

Literature Chad Meister, 2009, Introducing Philosophy of Religion, London:

Routledge.

Michael Murray, Michael Rea, 2008, An Introduction to the

Philosophy of Religion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Richard Dawkins, 2006, The God Delusion.

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 15. Introduction to political philosophy

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

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Course content The course is devoted to major problems of political philosophy (such as: the nature

of justice, source of the law, obligations of a state, the extent of personal freedom

etc.) answered from the viewpoint of different philosophers (like, inter alia, Plato,

Aristotle, Machiavelli, Smith, Bentham, Marx, Rawls, Nozick) and major political

ideologies (such as, inter alia, liberalism, conservatism, socialism, communism).

As an important part of the course students, together with the lecturer, will attempt

to answer the question of how adequately concrete elements of these philosophies

fit in the contemporary political reality.

During the course the following topics will be discussed:

1. Liberty as a political value

Problems:

- various definitions of liberty

- optimal scope for personal freedom

- concepts of „negative” and „positive” liberty

- mutual relations between personal freedom and public opinion/government

- liberty's dependency on power

- ways of coordinating different people's liberties

Literature:

- J.S. Mill, On liberty, Introductory chapter.

- I. Berlin, Two concepts of liberty.

Supplementary literature:

- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu), entry: Positive

and negative liberty (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/liberty-positive-negative/).

2. Securing justice as a state's duty

Problems:

- the notions of distributive and retributive justice

- justice as „fairness”

- various criteria of just distribution of goods

- consistency of the concept of „veil of ignorance”

- „goals” of justice

- justice as a basis of law

Literature:

- J. Rawls, Justice as fairness.

- R. Nozick, Distributive justice.

Supplementary literature:

- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu), entries: Justice as

a virtue (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice-virtue/), Distributive justice

(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice-distributive/).

3. Justification of the state

Problems:

- the concept of the „state of nature”

- the concept of the „social contract”

- the liberty-security opposition

- the problem of state's coercion

- possibility of abandoning a state

- mutual relations between state and society

Literature:

- T. Hobbes, Leviathan (excerpts).

- J. Locke, Second treatise of civil government (excerpts).

- J.J. Rousseau, The social contract (excerpts).

- D. Gauthier, The social contract as ideology.

Supplementary literature:

- J. Wolff, An introduction to political philosophy, chapter 2: Justifying the state.

4. Democracy and its alternatives

Problems:

- contemporary alternatives to democratic systems

- division between public and private sphere

- desired „weights” of individual votes in democratic systems

- the problem of proportional representation

- admissible forms of clashing opposed views in democracy

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- the problem of maturity of democracy

Literature:

- C. Sunstein, Preferences and politics.

- A. Phillips, Dealing with difference: A politics of ideas or a politics of presence.

- Plato, The republic (excerpts).

Supplementary literature:

- J. Wolff, An introduction to political philosophy, chapter 3: Who should rule.

Assessment scheme 1 end of course reflective essay

Lecturer

Contact

[email protected]

Scientific interests I am mainly interested in formal logic, with particular focus on

modal, description and hybrid logics, decidability and computational

complexity. However, my interests also comprise theory of

argumentation, political philosophy, philosophy of mind and various

fields of mathematics.

USOS code 0200-ERAS052

Literature

Textbook:

J. Wolff, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Oxford University

Press 2006.

Anthology of original texts:

S. Cahn, Political Philosophy: The Essential Texts, Oxford University

Press 2010.

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 16. Introduction to process philosophy

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content Systematical and historical introduction

Leibniz’s Monadology

Elements of A. N. Whitehead’s process metaphysics

Assessment scheme Regular attendance, activity and/or written work

Lecturer

Contact

Marek Rosiak

[email protected]

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Scientific interests Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of

music

USOS code 0200-ERAS067

Literature Leibniz, Monadology

Whitehead A. N.,.Process and Reality. An Essay in Cosmology,

Corrected Edition, The Free Press, N. Y. 1978

Christian W. A., An Interpretation of Whitehead’s Metaphysics, Yale

Univ. Press, New Haven 1959

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 17. Issues in Philosophy of Religion

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content The objective of the course is to acquaint participants with the main

areas of study in philosophy of religion, its important problems and

concepts, presenting opinions addressing the issues from various

perspectives, both historic and doctrinal.

1. The problems of God Talk

2. The characteristics of God

a) Omniscient

b) Omnipotent

c) Eternal

3. Religion and Morality

4. Eschatological problems

Assessment scheme 3 - 3+ (E-D) - participation in classes based on knowledge of assigned

texts

4 - 5 (C-A) - participation in classes based on knowledge of assigned

texts plus a positively graded semester paper.

Evaluation criteria for semester papers:

1. Coherent, lucid and consitent presentation of material

2. Independent opinions

3. Complete and precise argumentation

4. Selection of relevant source materials (both primary and secondary)

and their correct use.

5. Proper construction of the text: good proportions of introduction

and conclusions to the main part, sufficient and correct

references/notes.

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Lecturer

Contact

Marek Gensler [email protected]

Scientific interests Ancient & Medieval philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Philosophy

of nature

USOS code 0200-ERAS043

Literature Brian Davis (ed.), Philosophy of Religion. An Anthology, Oxford

2000

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 18. John Searle`s philosophy of mind

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content John Searle is one of the most famous and honorable contemporary

philosopher. In order to solve the puzzles mind-body relationship he

has proposed an original concept - biological naturalism. During the

course we will verify John Searle assumptions and we will

concentrate on his propositions regarding following topics:

materialism, consciousness, the mind-body problem, intentionality,

mental causation, free will, and the self.

Assessment scheme Active participation

Lecturer

Contact

Rafał Tryścień

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy of mind, Analytic philosophy, Analytic philosophy of

religion

USOS code

Literature Searle J., Mind: A Brief Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Field of study/

programme

Philosophy

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Course title 19. Mental experiments and personal identity

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content The problem of personal identity through time is one of the most

significant for human beings. Researchers done by philosophers

regarding logical analysis identity problem, ontological

considerations the possibility of part-whole relation are enriched by

mental experiments. During the course we will deal with several

prominent mental experiments and based in it we will consider its

useful to solve personal identity problem.

Assessment scheme Active participation

Lecturer

Contact

Rafał Tryścień

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy of mind, Analytic philosophy, Analytic philosophy of

religion

USOS code

Literature 1. Garret, B. Personal identity and self-consciousness, Routledge,

London and New York 1998.

2. Noonan H. W., Personal Identity, Routledge, London and New

York 2003.

3. Coleman S.. Thought experiments and personal identity,

Philosophical Studies 98, 2000, 53–69.

Field of study/

programme

Philosophy

Course title 20. Metaphysics and Ontology

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

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No. of hours 30

Course content 1) metaphysics, ontology and prote philosophia,

2) categories,

3) objects, state of affairs, events

4) whole and parts

5) analytical metaphysics and formal ontology

Assessment scheme active participation, term paper

Lecturer

Contact

Janusz Kaczmarek

[email protected]

Scientific interests Ontology, formal ontology, cognitive science, human will, God in

philosophy, philosophy of language

USOS code

Literature Aristotle, Metaphysics (fragments),

Copleston F., A History of Philosophy (fragments),

Kim J., Sosa E., A companion to Metaphysics (different

entries),

Wittgenstein L., Tractatus Logico – Philosophicus,

Wolniewicz B., Logic and Metaphysics,

and other fragments from ontological papers

Field of study/

programme

Philosophy

Course title 21. Methodology of Social Research

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course Content I. What is Methodology of Social Research? - and What is Research?

1. Objectives and Motivation of Social Research

2. Types of Social Research

4. Significance of Research

II. Research and Scientific Method

1. Research Process

2. Components of Research

3. Criteria of Good Research

4. Purposes of Research

- exploration (formulative research)

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- description (descriptive research)

- explanation (causal research).

III. Methods: one or many?

IV. Ethical issues

V. Units of Analysis and Potential errors involving misuse of unit of

analysis

Assessment scheme Marked paper

Lecturer

Contact

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy, Logic, Psychology

USOS code 0200-ERAS031

Literature 1. Leonard Bickman, Debra J. Rog, Handbook of Applied Social

Research Methods, SAGE, 1998.

2. Earl R. Babbie, The Practice of Social Research, Wadsworth, 2010

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 22. Modal logics: from a simple theory to a

variety of possible applications

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content Contemporary modal logic is a powerful formal tool for grasping a whole plethora

of areas of reasoning. Contrary to its very beginning, when modal operators ◊ and □

stood for, respectively, “it is possible” and “it is necessary”, today, by means of

modal logics, we can represent knowledge, flow of time, spatial relations, games

etc. During the course students will be familiarized with modal logic as a rather

general theory of relational systems. The first part of the course will cover basic

theoretic topics, such as:

− modal semantics (relational semantics: Kripke structures, models; other types of

semantics);

− modal axioms;

− decidability and computational complexity of modal logics.

In the second part, we will focus on concrete modal logics and we will discuss how

accurately they formalize particular areas of reasoning. We will take a closer look at

the following logics:

− modal logic of knowledge (epistemic logic, doxastic logic);

− modal logic of time (temporal logic);

− modal logic of games;

− modal logic of computer programs and dynamic systems (propositional dynamic

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logic, dynamic epistemic logic).

The final part of the course will bring some discussion on how to develop new

modal logics, which would appropriately formalize desirable phenomena and, at the

same time, would remain computationally tractable.

Assessment scheme 2 courseworks, each one consisting of a set of logical problems to

solve

Lecturer

Contact

[email protected]

Scientific interests I am mainly interested in formal logic, with particular focus on

modal, description and hybrid logics, decidability and computational

complexity. However, my interests also comprise theory of

argumentation, political philosophy, philosophy of mind and various

fields of mathematics.

USOS code 0200-ERAS092

Literature Textbook:

1. J. van Benthem, Modal Logic for Open Minds, CSLI Lecture

Notes, No. 199, Apr. 2010.

Supplementary literature:

2. P. Blackburn, M. de Rijke, Y. Venema, Modal Logic, Cambridge

University Press 2002.

3. P. Blackburn, J. van Benthem, F. Wolter (eds.), Handbook of Modal

Logic, Elsevier 2007.

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 23. Mythology and Philosophy in Richard

Wagner’s Musical Works, part I Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content Analysis of ideological and philosophical contents of Richard

Wagner’s operas and musical dramas:

The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Ring of Niblung.

The course contains musical illustrations aimed at showing how

abstract ideas have been expressed in music.

Assessment scheme Regular attendance, activity and/or written work

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Lecturer

Contact

Marek Rosiak

[email protected]

Scientific interests Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of

music

USOS code 0200-ERAS096

Literature Dahlhaus C., Wagner

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Newman E, The Life of Richard Wagner

Shaw G. B., The Perfect Wagnerite

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 24. Mythology and Philosophy in Richard

Wagner’s Musical Works, part II Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content More detailed analysis of ideological and philosophical contents of

Richard Wagner’s works:

Tristan and Isolde, Meistersingers of Nuremberg, Parsifal.

The course contains musical illustrations aimed at showing how

abstract ideas have been expressed in music.

Assessment scheme Regular attendance, activity and/or written work

Lecturer

Contact

Marek Rosiak

[email protected]

Scientific interests Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of

music

USOS code 0200_ERAS097

Literature Dahlhaus C., Wagner

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Newman E, The Life of Richard Wagner

Shaw G. B., The Perfect Wagnerite

Field of study Philosophy

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Course title 25. New Atheism as a Worldview

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content Philosophical overview of the so called neoatheistic worldview,

concentrating on figures such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris,

Daniel C. Dennett and A.C. Grayling. Analysis of the three main

dimensions of neoatheistic thinking: the supremacy of science, the

political agenda, and the ethical project of humanism.

Assessment scheme Active participation

Lecturer

Contact

[email protected]

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy of Religion, Epistemology, Social and Political

Philosophy, Philosophy of Popular Culture.

USOS code

Literature Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

A.C. Grayling, The God Argument

Daniel Dennett, Breaking the Spell. Religion as Natural Phenomena

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 26. Paraconsistent Logic

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content 1. Paraconsistent Logics (PL): Philosophical background

2. PL as non-classical logics

3. Imaginary Logic ans Orlov's system

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4. Discursive logic

5. Da Costa's Idea of paraconsistency

6. Adaptive logics

7. Many-valuedness and PL

8. Relevant logics and PL

9. Dialetheism

10. Logics of Formal Inconsistency

11. Methodology of PL

Assessment scheme Marked paper

Lecturer

Contact

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy, Logic, Psychology

USOS code 0200-ERAS032

Literature 1. Priest, G., Routley, R., and Norman, J. (eds.) (1989). Paraconsistent

Logic: Essays on the Inconsistent, München: Philosophia Verlag.

2. Priest, G. (2002). “Paraconsistent Logic,” Handbook of

Philosophical Logic (Second Edition), Vol. 6, D. Gabbay and F.

Guenthner (eds.), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

3. Beziau, J.-Y., W. Carnielli, D. Gabbay (eds.) (2007). Handbook of

Paraconsistency, London: College Publications.

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 27. Personal identity – contemporary discussions

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content The problem of personal identity through time is one of the most

significant for human beings. Am I the same person that I was when I

was a 5 year old child, or maybe today I am a completely different

person? If I am the same person, what connect me with the previous

person - the same body, the continuity of memory or maybe the

substantial soul? During the course we will analyze selected texts on

personal identity in time, especially criteria of personal identity -

body, memory, psychological continuity, substantial soul. Our

approach will start with seeing differences between Simple View,

Complex View and Not-so-simple View (also called The Constitution

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View) as fundamental positions in discussion.

Assessment scheme Active participatio

Lecturer

Contact

Rafał Tryścień

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy of mind, Analytic philosophy, Analytic philosophy of

religion

USOS code

Literature 1. Ayer A. J., The Problem of Knowledge, Penguin Books Ltd.

Chapter V, points1, 2.

2. Baker L. R., Personal identity: a not-so-simple simple view, [in:]

Gasser G. Stefan M. (Red.), Personal identity: Complex or

Simple?, Cambridge University Press 2012.

3. Parfit D., Reason and Persons, Chapter 10, 11.

4. Quinton A., The Soul, The Journal of Philosophy, July 1962, 53-

72.

5. Robinson J., Personal identity and Survival, [in:] The Journal of

Philosophy, June 1988, 319-329.

6. Shoemaker S., Personal identity and Memory, [in:] S. Shoemaker,

J. Perry J., Personal identity, University of California Press,

Berkeley, 1975, 119-134.

7. Swinburne R., Personal Identity, [in:] Proceedings of Aristotelian

Society, May 1974, 231-247.

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 28. Philosophical Anthropology

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content 1. The ideas of anthropology and human being given by Aristotle,

Thomas, Kant, Scheler, Hartmann and other will be presented and

discussed, (and also):

2. Anthropology and ontology

3. Anthropology and ethics

Assessment scheme active participation, term paper or oral presentation

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Lecturer

Contact

Janusz Kaczmarek

[email protected]

Scientific interests Ontology, formal ontology, cognitive science, human will, God in

philosophy, philosophy of language

USOS code

Literature Eike Hinz, Outline of a Philosophical Anthropology, 2006

Gilson E., History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages,

1985

Aristotle, Thomas, Kant, Scheler and others – fragments of

writtings

Field of study/

programme

Philosophy

Course title 29. Philosophical Theories of Part and Whole

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content Presentation and analysis of most important contemporary

philosophical part-whole theories. Contains theories of Franz

Brentano, Casimir Twardowski, Edmund Husserl and Roman

Ingarden

Assessment scheme Regular attendance, activity and/or written work

Lecturer

Contact

Marek Rosiak

[email protected]

Scientific interests Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of

music

USOS code 0200-ERAS087

Literature The Handbook of Mereology, ed. Hans Burkhardt and oths

Field of study Philosophy

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Course title 30. Philosophy of Cognitive Science

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content 1. What is cognitive science

2. Developement of cognitive science

3. Main topics in cognitive science: artificial intelligence, neural

networks, neurophysiology, brain mapping, perception,

memory, problem solving, deficit studies, models of mind, etc.

4. Philosophy of cognitive science: identity theories,

functionalism, mind-body problem, problem of intentionality

5. Cognitive linguistics: conceptual metaphor theory and

metaphorical thinking.

Assessment scheme Regular attendance, activity, and presentation

Lecturer

Contact

Janusz Maciaszek

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy of language, philosophy of action, theory of metaphor,

cognitive science

USOS code

Literature Bechtel, W. and G. Graham (eds.) 1999 A Companion to

Cognitive Science.

Blackwell Publishers.

Clark, A. 2001 Mindware. An Introduction to the philosophy of

Cognitive Science. Oxford University Press.

Evans, V. and M. Green 2006 Cognitive Lingusitics. An

Introduction. Edinburgh University Press.

Field of study/

programme

Philosophy

Course title 31. Philosophy of Language

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

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ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content The aim of the couse is to present brief history and main problems of

the philosophy of language:

Plato and Aristotle on language

J. Locke and psychological theory of meaning

J. S. Mill on denotation and connotation

G. Frege on sense and denotation

B. Russell and definite descriptions

The problem of proper names: descriptionism versus

millianism

Causal theory of naming (S. Kripke and H. Putnam)

Pragmatisc of natural language – L. Wittgenstein on linguistic

games

J. Austin and speech acts theory

P. Grice and rules of conversation

Literal versus non-literal use of language

Assessment scheme Regular attendance, activity, and presentation or short essay

Lecturer

Contact

Janusz Maciaszek

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy of language, philosophy of action, theory of metaphor,

cognitive science

USOS code 0200-ERAS041

Literature Austin, J. L. 1962 How to Do Things with Words. Oxford:

Clerendon Press.

Grice, H. P. 1975 Logic and Conversation. W: P. Cole i J.

Morgan (red.) Syntax and Semantics, vol. 3, Academic Press:

London.

Hale, B. and C. Wright (eds.) 1997 A Companion to the

Philosophy of Language. Blackwell Publishing.

Kripke, S. 1980 Naming and Necessity. Oxford. Blackwell

Lycan, W. G 2000 Philosophy of Language. A Contemporary

Introduction. London and New York: Routledge.

Martinich, A. P. (ed.) 2001 The Philosophy of Language. New

York: Oxford University Press.

Field of study/

programme

Philosophy

Course title 32. Posthumanism and Human Nature

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Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content 1. Dystopic posthumanism

2. Liberal posthumanism and transhumanism

3. Transhumanism and religion

4. Political transhumanism

5. Radical posthumanism

Assessment scheme Oral assessment

Lecturer

Contact

Dawid Misztal, PhD

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophical anthropology, Posthumanism (especially

transhumanism), philosophy of culture, social philosophy

USOS code

Literature 1. Sharon, T. (2014), Human Nature in an Age of Biotechnology.

The Case for Mediated Posthumanism, Dodrecht: Springer.

2. Fukuyama, F. (2003), Our Posthuman Future. Consequences

of the Biotechnology Revolution, New York: Farrar, Straus and

Giroux.

3. Hughes, J. (2007), Compatibility of Religious and

Transhumanist Views of Metaphysics, Suffering, Virtue and

Transcendence in an Enhanced Future,

http://ieet.org/archive/20070326-Hughes-ASU-

H+Religion.pdf

4. Hughes, J. (2012). The Politics of Transhumanism and the

Techno-Millennial Imagination 1629-2030, W: Zygon: Journal

of Religion and Science, vol. 47, no. 4, s. 757-776.

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 33. Practical ethics

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

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ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content The course will cover the most interesting problems in contemporary

ethics debate:

Life and death issues: abortion, euthanasia, killing at war

Enhancing evolution: human genetic enhancement

Effective altruism: our obligation to help those in need

New technology: should we worry about superinteligence?

Climate change and ethics

Assessment scheme active participation, presentation or essay

Lecturer

Contact

Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek

[email protected]

Scientific interests Practical ethics, moral problems of globalization, animal rights,

bioethics, utilitarianism, philosophy of Henry Sidgwick, philosophy

of Peter Singer

USOS code

Literature P. Singer, Practical Ethics, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Bioethics: An Anthology, ed. H. Kushe, Blackwell, 2015.

J. McMahan, Ethics of Killing, OUP 2003.

W. MacAskill, Doing Good Better - Effective Altruism And a

Radical Way to Make a Difference . Guardian Faber, 2015.

N. Bostrom, Superinteligence, OUP 2014.

D. Jamieson, Ethics and the Environment, CUP, 2008.

Field of study Philosophy/ Ethics

Course title 34. Rhetoric and argumentation

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content In everyday life we often find ourselves in a situation in which we discuss certain

issues with our interlocutor and even though we feel that (s)he is wrong with her

statements, we cannot tell why. Frequently it is the case that the interlocutor is only

rhetorically more skillful than us and despite the fact that we are substantially right

in our opinions, it suffices for him (her) to win a discussion.

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During the course we are going to learn how to identify unfair arguments in a

discussion. We will also investigate the structure of arguments and distinguish these

constituents of an argument, whose violation results in a fallacy (or an unfair trick).

In the end, we will get to know different classifications of (both correct and

incorrect) arguments and we will name and discuss the most important types of

them.

A substantial part of the course will be devoted to thought errors we tend to commit

in everyday reasoning (which is one of the causes of our vulnerability to unfair

arguments exploited in discussions). One of them is known under the name of

conjunction fallacy and was primarily described by Daniel Kahneman in his book

“Thinking fast and slow”, in which he presented the following experiment: a

fictional figure, Linda, was pictured to a group of students as follows: “Linda is 31

years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a

student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice,

and also participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations.” Afterwards, the students were

asked which is more probable:

a) Linda is a bank teller

b) Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement.

Even though a) is correct by the sole structure of both answers, and we do not need

to refer to our knowledge about the external world to find it out, 90% of

respondents picked the second option!

It turns out that in everyday reasoning we tend to make a lot of such thinking errors.

Some of them are of logical nature – we draw conclusions from premises

improperly, other consist in, e.g., not paying enough attention to premises one

accepts.

During the course we will systematically track and classify different kinds of

fallacies committed in everyday reasoning, and will learn how to avoid them.

Assessment scheme 2 courseworks, each one consisting of a set of argumentation

problems to solve

Lecturer

Contact

[email protected]

Scientific interests I am mainly interested in formal logic, with particular focus on

modal, description and hybrid logics, decidability and computational

complexity. However, my interests also comprise theory of

argumentation, political philosophy, philosophy of mind and various

fields of mathematics.

USOS code 0200-ERAS069

Literature K. Ajdukiewicz, Pragmatic Logic, Reidel 1974.

D. Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

2012.

A. Schopenhauer, The Art of Always Being Right, Gibson Square

Books 2009.

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 35. Speech Act Theory

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

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Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content Performative sentences. Locutionary, perlocutionary and illocutionary

acts due to Austin.

Illocutionary force according to Searle. A taxonomy of illocutionary

acts.

Illocutionary logic of Vanderveken

Assessment scheme Active participation

Lecturer

Contact

Marek Nowak

[email protected]

Scientific interests Mathematical logic and set theory,

Philosophy of language: pragmatics

Epistemology

USOS code

Literature J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with Words, Clarendon Press

1962

J.L. Austin, Performative Utterances [in:] Philosphical Papers,

Oxford UP 1979, 233-292

J. R. Searle, Speech Acts, Cambridge 1969

J.R. Searle, Expression and Meaning, Cambridge UP 1979

J. R. Searle, D. Vanderveken, Foundations of illocutionary

logic, Cambridge UP 1985

D. Vanderveken, Meaning and Speech Acts, Cambridge UP

1990-91

Field of study Philosophy

Course title 36. Theories of Metaphor

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

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Course content 1. What is metaphor?

2. Metaphor as a problem of philosophy of language, philology

and rhetorics

3. Metaphor versus other figures of speech (metonymy, irony,

allusion)

4. Traditional approches to metaphor

5. Theory of metaphorical communication (P. Grice, J. Searle, and

A. P. Martinich)

6. M. Black and theory of metaphorical meaning (nteraction

theory of metaphor)

7. Causal theory of metaphor (D. Davidson and R. Rorty)

8. Conceptual metaphor theory and its applications

9. Extralinguistic metaphors

Assessment scheme Class attendance, active participation, presentation or essay.

Lecturer

Contact

Janusz Maciaszek

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy of language, philosophy of action, theory of metaphor,

cognitive science

USOS code 0200-ERAS042

Literature 1. Davidson, D. 1978 What Metaphors Mean. „Critical Inquiry”

5, 31 - 47. Przedruk w: Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation.

Oxford: Clerendon Press., 2001: 245 – 64.

2. Kövecses, Z. 2010 Metaphor. A Practical Introduction. Oxford

University Press.

3. Lakoff, G. i M. Johnson 1980 Metaphors We Live By. Chicago:

Chicago University Press.

4. Martinich, A. P. 1984 A Theory of Metaphor. „Journal of

Literary Semantics”, 13, 35 – 56. Przedruk w: Martinich The

Philosophy of Language. New York: Oxford University Press,

2001: 447 – 58

5. Searle, J. R. 1979 Metaphor. W: Expression and Meaning:

Studies in the Theory of Speech Acts. Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press, 76 – 116.

Field of study/

programme

Philosophy

Course title 37. Ut pictura poesis - street art between text and

picture Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

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ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content The course offers an overview of urban art movement in context of

words and pictures relationships. Separately will be discussed issues

of graffiti tags, political stencils in Poland, visual poetry in street art.

The basis for the analysis of urban art will be a classic concepts in the

theory of art: ut pictura poesis, emblems, synaesthesia.

Assessment scheme Evaluation is based on: (1) students preparation for the class (reading

appointments), (2) active participation, (3) final presentation (Power

Point) of street art pieces.

Lecturer

Contact

Agnieszka Gralińska-Toborek

[email protected]

Scientific interests Aesthetics, theory of art, critical theory; urban art

USOS code

Literature Baudrillard Jean, Kool Killer or The Insurrection of Signs,

[in:] idem, Symbolic Exchange and Death, Sage, London

1993.

Benjamin Juarez, The visual and social indeterminacy of

pixação: the inextricable moods of São Paulo, Street Art &

Urban Creativity Scientific Journal, vol.2 (2-16),no.1

Gombrich E.H., Image and Word in Twentieth-Century Art.,

[w:] Topics of Our Time.Twentieth-Century issues in Learning

and in Art., Oxford 1994, p.163-187

Park R., „Ut Pictura Poesis”: The Nineteenth-Century

Aftermath, „Journal of Aesthetics and Art. Criticism”, vol. 28

(Winter 1969), p. 155-69

Petrucci A., [in] Public Lettering: Script, Power, and Culture,

chapter one: Writing and the city, The University of Chicago

press, 1993.

Saisselin R.G., Ut Pictura Poesis: Dubos to Diderot, „Journal

of Aesthetics and Art. Criticism”, 20 (1961) p. 145-156

Field of study Philosophy, Art history

Course title 38. Vegetarianism. Social and Cultural Aspects

Form Seminar or tutorial

Level of course Undergraduate (bachelor’s) / graduate (master’s) / postgraduate

(doctoral)

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Year/semester 2017/2018 winter semester

ECTS 6

Language of

instruction

English

No. of hours 30

Course content Introduction to Wegetarianism (philosophical background, the history

of development, ethical and social aspects, etc.)

Details:

I. Vegetarianism (general introduction)

- Definition

- Philosophy

- Pros and cons of vegetarianism

II. History of Vegetarianism

- Origins in the West

- Vegetarianism and Orthodox Christianity

- European Renaissance and Christian vegetarianism

- Vegetarianism vs. Cartesian Thought

- Vegetarianism in the Age of Enlightenment

III. Vegetarianism and the Environment

IV. Speciesism

V. Issue of Animal Rights

- Peter Singer and Utilitarism

- Tom Regan and Subjects-of-a-life

- RG Frey

- Carl Cohen's arguments against animal rights

Assessment scheme Marked paper

Lecturer

Contact

[email protected]

Scientific interests Philosophy, Logic, Psychology

USOS code 0200-ERAS033

Literature 1. Tristram Stuart, The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of

Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times, W. W. Norton & Co.,

2007

2. Peter Singer, Animal Liberation

3. Colin Spencer, Vegetarianism: A History, Da Capo Press, 2004

4. Andrew Linzey, Animal Theology, University of Illinois Press,

1995.

Field of study Philosophy