(in Polish) Problemy filozofii współczesnej 1 2.1-PFW-CF

Hegel's dialectical scheme.
Hegel's philosophy of history.
Hegel explained by Kolakowski.
Religious alienation and its abolition (Feuerbach vs. Marx).
Types of alienation (Marx).
Unity of knowledge and action.
Naturalist and transcendental fallacies.
Basis and superstructure.
Lenin's revision of Marxism.
Anarchist critique of Marxism.
Contemporary problems of capitalism (Piketty, Mazzucato).
Personalism: alienations of Narcissus and Hercules.
Individualism vs. collectivism/communitarianism
Comte's positivism.
Mill's empiricism.
Frege's and Husserll's anti-psychologism.
Russell's paradox and its impact on the question of objectivity of mathematics.
Dilthey: sciences vs. humanities.
Naturalism vs. anti-naturalism in the social sciences (Durkheim, Winch).
Principle of maximization of expected utility.
Names of fictitious objects (Frege, Russell, Strawson).
Wittgenstein's language games.
Maxims of conversation (Grice). Performatives (Austin).
Pre-existentialism of Nietzsche.
Existentialism of Sartre.
Freud's sublimation and theory of culture.
Love as a solution of the existential problem (Fromm).
Pathology of love.
Love and patriotism analogy.
Nation and political body (Maritain).

Supplementary literature

Hegel G., Philosophy of History, Introduction. Kołakowski L., Main Currents of Marxism, vol. I. Marks K., Theses on Feuerbach Lenin W., Report On Party Unity and The Anarcho-Syndicalist Deviation Comte A., Course of positive philosophy. Mill J.S., System of Logic Frege G., Sense and Reference Winch P., The Idea of Social Science Russell B., On Denoting Stawson P., On Referring Wittgenstein L., Philosophical Investigations Sartre J-P., Existentialism is Humanism Freud Z., Civilization and Its Discontent/ Fromm E., The Art of Loving Maritain J., Man and State

Type of course

obligatory courses

Course coordinators

Term 2022/23-L:

Henryk Benisz

Term 2022/23-Z:

Stanisław Kijaczko

Bibliography

Copleston, History of Philosophy, vol. 7, 8, 9, 11.

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