Course outline
Course unit title
Name(s), surname(s) and title
of lecturer(s)
Level of course
Semester
ECTS credits
Student’s work hours
Philosophy
Assoc. Prof. dr. Arūnas Mickevičius
Cycle 1
2
5
Contact hours
48
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16
Work placement
Prerequisites
Language of instruction
Objectives of the course
Lectures
Seminars
Practical classes
Laboratory hours
Consultations
Independent work
Total
None
General education
Lithuanian, English
Learning outcomes
Should match study program
objectives
A student’s knowledge,
comprehension and skills
While presenting the problems
dealt with and developed
theories by the most prominent
representatives of the Western
philosophical tradition, it is
attempted to expand students'
cultural and intellectual
horizons, develop their
competencies to adequately
understand and consider the
general and professional
cognition problems related to
and faced by modern societies.
An attempt is also made to
develop in students the skill to
theoretically analyse and
evaluate the modern world, to be
capable to synthesize the
acquired knowledge and apply it
in daily activities.
Knowledge: know the key
During lectures – by providing the
strategies of self-interpretation conditions and encouraging
of modern Western culture;
students to raise questions and give
answers to them or answer
presented questions.
At seminars – by reporting the
analysed text, providing answers to
raised questions and arranging
presentations.
Tests.
Comprehension: aim at
During lectures – by providing the
students’ evident perception
conditions and encouraging
of the modern world
students to raise questions and give
complexity in terms of
answers to them or answer
examples of gained skills in
presented questions.
problem identification and the At seminars – by reporting the
capacity to explain their
analysed text, providing answers to
nature;
raised questions and arranging
presentations.
Tests.
Analysis: locate and perceive
During lectures – by providing the
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A student’s assessments methods
In which activity study results are
demonstrated and proved
paradigm cultural differences
in the history of Western
culture, be able to
differentiate, compare and
critically evaluate them;
conditions and encouraging
students to raise questions and give
answers to them or answer
presented questions.
At seminars – by reporting the
analysed text, providing answers to
raised questions and arranging
presentations.
Tests.
Assessment: critically and
During lectures – by providing the
analytically assess one’s
conditions and encouraging
cultural practice, be capable of students to raise questions and give
its evaluation from the point
answers to them or answer
of view of a broader context
presented questions.
of Western culture;
At seminars – by reporting the
analysed text, providing answers to
raised questions and arranging
presentations.
Tests
Synthesis: have skills to
During lectures – by providing the
synthesize accumulated
conditions and encouraging
theoretical knowledge by
students to raise questions and give
outlining one’s cultural state
answers to them or answer
and apply the gained
presented questions.
knowledge into practice.
At seminars – by reporting the
analysed text, providing answers to
raised questions and arranging
presentations.
Tests.
Teaching methods
Course unit content
Study forms: lectures – problem-related teaching, theoretical material
presentation, seminars – analysis of the material in groups. At
lectures and seminars students are encouraged to discuss problems
and apply gained theoretical knowledge in practice. Independent
study of theoretic literature. Individual consultations.
Introductory topic: problems related to the nature of philosophy,
problems of structure and research fields. Philosophy and special
sciences. Philosophy, art, religion and the problem of their
relationship. Metaphysics: essence of things. Things and ideas.
Nominalism and realism. Problem of substance in the philosophy of
modern times. Problems of being and existence in the contemporary
philosophy. Metaphysics and post-positivism. Finalism and
causalism. Determinism and indeterminism. Theory of cognition and
philosophy of science: problem of the cognition source. Rationalism
and empiricism. Deductionism and inductionism. Disciplinary
structure of science and the structure science knowledge.
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Development actions of science. Cognition of truth and probability
theory.
Topic title
Contact
hours
1. Introductary topic: problems
related to the nature of
philosophy, problems of structure
and research fields problems of
philosophy.
2. Problem of being and existence
in the pre-Socratic philosophy of
antiquity.
3. The philosophy of Plato and
Aristotle: cognition theory, ethics,
aesthetics. Hierarchical
legitimation of the world.
4. Nominalism and realism.
Problem of the evidence for the
God’s existence.
5. Problem of substance in the
philosophy of modern times.
6. Problems of being and
existence in the contemporary
philosophy.
7. Problem of the cognition
source: rationalism and
empiricism.
8. Philosophy of science:
disciplinary structure and the
structure of science knowledge,
development actions of science.
9. Cognition of truth and
probability theory.
Reading list
2
List of Topics
Year of
publishing
Assignments and
independent study
hours
4
2
4
2
4
2
4
2
4
2
4
2
4
2
2
2
Authors and title of the publication
Publishing house
1993; 2004
E.Nekrašas. Filosofijos įvadas
Mokslo ir enciklopedijų
leidykla
2007
Rager Caratini, Filosofijos įvadas
Additional reading
Kronta
Year of
publishing
1994
1995
1978
Authors and title of the publication
R.H.Popkin, A.Strall. Philosophy
T.Honderich (Ed) The Oxford Companion to Philosophy Oxford
A.Maceina. Filosofijos kilmė ir prasmė
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Publishing house
Oxford
Oxford
Roma
Assessment requirements
Assessment criteria
The composition of final
accumulative mark
Course outline arranged by
A written examination (answers to two randomly selected questions)
During the assessment process the following skills are measured:
1. Knowledge: know the key theories of modern Western culture and
the skill to apply them.
2. Comprehension: the skill to clearly indicate and delineate the
problem and on the grounds of relevant arguments to identify the
ways of their solution.
3. Analysis: the skill to perceive and identify paradigm differences
among the theoretical models to differentiate, compare and critically
evaluate them.
4. Synthesis: the skill to synthesize accumulated theoretical
knowledge by outlining one’s cultural state.
5. Assessment: the skill to critically and analytically assess one’s
cultural practice, be capable of its evaluation from the point of view
of a broader context of Western culture.
The final assessment of a student’s results is based on the system of
accumulative mark which consist of: 1. two midterm tests assessed
on a 10-point scale and account for 80 % of the final mark; 2. A
student’s performance at seminars (answers to the lecturer’s
questions, problem formulation, analysis in reports and presentations
of seminar material) is also assessed during the semester and
receives 20 % of the final grade.
Students deliver topic assignments in a written form.
Having successfully completed the course and received positive test
results, a student is given an overall rating.
Assoc. Prof. dr. Arūnas Mickevičius
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