MINISTRY OF HEALTH CARE OF UKRAINE

I.Ya.HORBACHEVSKY  TERNOPIL  STATE

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 

 

SYLLABUS

on the “Philosophy”course

the Department of Philosophy and  Social Studies

Speciality 7.110101 “Medical Affair”

1.       EXPLANATORY NOTE

The syllabus on the “Philosophy” course for the higher medical establishments of Ukraine with the ІІІ – ІV accreditation levels is designed for the Speciality  “Medical Affair” 7.110101 in accordance with the educational- qualification and eucational-professional program, confirmed by the order № 239 of the Ministry of Education since 16.04.03  and the curriculum by the order № 52 of the Ministry of Education since 31.01.05. The students of the speciality “Medical Affair” are trained for 6 years, 5 years of which make up the general doctor education.

According to the syllabus, philosophy is meant to be learnt in the III semester during the second year of studying.

The educational training process is organized according to the requirements of the Bologna process.

The curriculum structure on the Philosophy

 

			Number of hours				Semester Number of classes
Subject/module name	Compulsory or optional discipline	Number of hours/ credits	Lectures	Practical classes	Seminars	SIW
Philosophy	Compulsory	90 hours/     3 credits ECTS	20	–	30	40	5
Module I. Philosophical ontology and anthropology		38 hours/     1,3 credits ECTS	8	–	12	18	III semester 2 classes
Module II. Philosophical gnoseology		30 hours/     1credits ECTS	6	–	12	10	III semester 2 classes
Module III. Philosophy of Religion		22 hours/     0.7 credits ECTS	6	–	6	12	III semester 2 classes

 

Note:

1 credit ECTS – 30 hours

Classroom work  – 74%, IWS – 26%

Ternopil – 2013

2.     The structure of the course “Philosophy”

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. It is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument. The word “philosophy” comes from the Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia), which literally means “love of wisdom”.

The total hours of the theoretical course “Philosophy” make up 90 hours (20 hours of the lectures, 30 hours of practical seminars and 40 hours of srudent extracurricular activities.

The course is divided into 3 modules:

 

Module 1. Philosophy ontology and anthropology

1.      The Philosophy, its main categories and problems.

2.      The philosophy of the Ancient East.

3.     The philosophy of the Antique Greece.

4.      Philosophy of the Middle Ages, its peculiar features.

5.      Philosophy of the Renaissance period.

6.      West-European philosophy of New Age and Enlightenment.

 

Module 2. Philosophical gnoseology

1.     German classical philosophy.

2.     Origin and development of the non-classical philosophical doctrines in the XIX -XIX c.

3.     The traditions and peculiarities of the development of the Ukrainian philosophical thought.

4.     The classic Ukrainian Philosophy

 

Module 3. Philosophy of Religion

1.     The philosophy of religion. The origin and classification of the religious cults.

2. World religions. Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam.

3. Ontology, anthropology, gnoseology and axiology of religion.

 3.     The aim of the course “Philosophy” ( the objectives).

 The course “Philosophy” is an obligatory subject to study in the system of higher education in Ukraine. The subject is studied for one semester during the second year of study.

 The aim of the discipline is the following:

·    To give the idea about specific features of philosophy as a form of social consciousness, which unfolds the essence of the universe, existence, their interconnection and interrelation, the basis of existence of man and the universe, to create background for man to rationally realize the aims and sense of life;

·    To show the role of philosophy in the life activity of society and personality as a methodological basis of outlook;

·     To develop students’ critical thinking skills, independent analysis of complex phenomena of socio–cultural life, ability to associate general philosophical problems with solution of the human ones.

The aim of the suggested course is to help students to be aware of modern philosophy problems, determine directions, to understand the main questions of the discipline, contribute to selection of references to every theme by students.

On completion of the course the students should:

·    Know the subject of the discipline, its structure, categories, main stages of development of the world and Ukrainian philosophy, modern tendencies in the development of philosophical thought, the most famous authors of philosophical systems and their works;

·    Be able to analyze philosophical texts, transform philosophical knowledge in terms of problems of economic theory and practice, analyze social–economic problems of existence, participate in seminars and student scientific meetings;

·    Have skills to read and make abstracts from philosophical references, to tolerate different outlook systems, to hold disputes on different problems.

                      

 

 

 

 

 

 MODULE 1

Theme	Lectures		Seminars		SIW
Philosophy ontology and anthropology
1. The Philosophy, its main categories and problems.		1	2	2
2.    The philosophy of the Ancient East.		1	2	4
3.   The philosophy of the Antique Greece.		1	2	2
4.   The medieval philosophy.		1	2	4
5.   The philosophy of the Renaissance.		2	2	2
6.   The enlightenment philosophy.		2	2	4
Total		8	12	18

 

MODULE 2

Theme	Lectures		Seminars		SIW
Philosophical gnoseology
1. The German classic philosophy.		2	4	4
2. The Neoclassic philosophy.		1	2	2
Ukrainian Philosophy
5.     1. The traditions and peculiarities of the development of the Ukrainian philosophical thought.		1	4	2
6.     2. The classic Ukrainian Philosophy		2	2	2
Total		6	12	10

 

MODULE 3 

Theme	Lectures		Seminars		SIW
Philosophy of religion
1.  The philosophy of religion. The origin and classification of the religious cults. World religions. Buddhism, Christianity, Islam. Ontology, anthropology of religions. Bioethics and religion.		2	2	4
2.  World religions. Buddhism, Christianity, Islam.		2	2	4
3.  Ontology, anthropology of religions. Bioethics and religion.		2	2	4
Total		6	6	12

 

5. Sample tests for the final module evaluation

Exam questions

1.     Outlook, its essence, structure and significance for human life.

2.     Philosophy of Aristotle.

3.     Space and time as forms of existence of a matter.

4.     Movement as a way of existence of a matter. The basic forms of movement of a matter and their interrelation.

5.     Origin of philosophy. The basic problems of philosophy.

6.     Atomic doctrine of Democitus.

7.     Philosophical concept of Plato. The doctrine about ideas.

8.     Philosophical understanding of the life.

9.     Structure of practice. Kinds of practical activities.

10.Concept of practice. Practice, activity and labor activity, their interrelations.

11.“Philosophy of heart” of P. Yurkevych.

12.Specificity of philosophical being.

13.Mythology as the first type of outlook.

14.Sources and features of philosophical idea of the Kievien Rus.

15.The essence of anthroposociogenethis as a concept of the person origin.

16.Categories of essence and phenomenon. Dialectics of individual and common.

17.Neothomism – a mainstream of modern religious philosophy.

18.Consciousness as a display of the validity. Unity of the cognitive, spiritual and practical relations to the world.

19.Problem of the man in philosophy. The question of the man origin and different variants of its decision.

20.I. Franko’s philosophical concept.

21.Categories of necessity and accident, opportunity and validity.

22.The unity of scientific-objective and valuable aspects in philosophy.

23.Philosophy of russes during the period of feudalism.

24.Historical necessity and freedom of the man.

25.Essence of knowledge. The subject and object of knowledge.

26.G.S. Skovoroda – famous representative of the Ukrainian Enlightenment.

27.Categories of dialectics. Concept of determinism. Cause and effect.

28.Philosophy of Ancient India: “Vedic philosophy”.

29.Material and spiritual bases of unity of the human civilization.

30.Concept “society” in philosophy.

31.Historical stages of development of the society. Concept of the socioeconomic structure and a civilization.

32.The Buddhism as the philosophical concept.

33.Concept of creativity. Cultural-historical conditionality of creativity.

34.The basic methods of rational knowledge.

35.General characteristic of the Ancient philosophy.

36.Man as a natural, social and spiritual unity.

37.Categories of the matter, its world outlook and methodological value.

38.Philosophy of Confucius.

39.Objection law. Dialectic and metaphysical understanding of objection.

40.Law of mutual transition of quantitative and qualitative changes. Categories of quality, quantity and measure.

41.Problem of the man in Existentialism.

42.Idea of progress in the history. Problem of history sense.

43.Philosophical concept of Daoism.

44.Public–practical and cultural–historical conditionality of consciousness.

45.The basic content of the law of unity and conflict of opposites.

46.Essence of dialectics and dogmatism. Main principles of dialectics.

47.Philosophy of the Millet’s school.

48.Philosophical understanding of the culture.

49.Specific features of culture of the East and their display in philosophy.

50.Social structure of the society.

51.The doctrine about substance in philosophy of New Age.

52.Problem of the man in philosophy of Enlightenment.

53.Sensitive and rational knowledge, their specificity and interrelation.

54.Religious outlook.

55.Philosophy of Elliats.

56.Basic methods of sensitive knowledge.

57.T. Shevchenko, M. Kostomarov, G. Dragomanova’s social–philosophical viewpoints.

58.Philosophy in Kievo-Mohylanska academy.

59.Global problems of mankind. Environmental problem and different variants of its decision.

60.Ontology of human life in psychoanalysis.

61.“Philosophy of life”.

62.Interrelation of “individual”, “individuality”, “person”.

63.General characteristic of the Middle Ages philosophy. Apologetics and patristic.

64.Philosophy of I. Kanta’s.

65.Socialization of the person. Interrelation of the society and the person.

66.Philosophy of Neopositivism.

67.Hegel’s dialectic idealism.

68.The basic levels of public consciousness. Empirical and theoretical level. Public psychology and ideology.

69.F. Akvinsky’s philosophy.

70.L. Fejerbaha’s anthropological materialism.

71.Major factors of development and their interrelation.

72.The basic forms of public consciousness.

73.Problem of the method in philosophy of New Ages.

74.Individual and public consciousness and their interrelation.

75.Social–practical orientation of Marxism philosophy.

 

Multiple choice test samples

1.     How many periods are there in the Greek philosophy?

A.   3 *

B.   2

C.   4

D.   1

E.    5

2.     Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Zeno of Elea are the representatives of …

A.   the classic period

B.   the pre-Socratic period *

C.   the Roman period

D.   the Christian period

E.    the Greek period

3.     Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Democritus are the representatives of …

A.   the classic period *

B.   the pre-Socratic period

C.   the Roman period

D.   the Christian period

E.    the Greek period

4.     Pyrrho, Epicurus, Cicero, Seneca are the representatives of …

A.   the classic period

B.   the early Greek period

C.   the Roman period *

D.   the Christian period

E.    the Greek period

5.     The philosophers of which period are called PRE-SOCRATICS?

A.   the classic period

B.   the early Greek period *

C.   the Roman period

D.   the Christian period

E.    the Greek period

6.     The philosophy changes the sphere of its interests – from the cosmogonic problems to the study of the man and the problems of his existence during …

A.   the classic period *

B.   the pre-Socratic period

C.   the Roman period

D.   the Christian period

E.    the Greek period

7.     The sphere of philosophical studies lies in finding the original principle during …

A.   the classic period

B.   the early Greek period *

C.   the Roman period

D.   the Christian period

E.    the Greek period

8.     Epicurean, Sceptic and Stoic philosophical schools appeared during …

A.   the classic period

B.   the early Greek period

C.   the Roman period *

D.   the Christian period

E.    the Greek period

9.     … states that the original principle of all things is water, from which everything proceeds and into which everything is again resolved.

A.   Thales *

B.   Anaximander

C.   Anaximenes

D.   Heraclitus

E.    Pythagoras

10.                       Before …, explanations of the universe were mythological, and his concentration on the basic physical substance of the world marks the birth of scientific thought.

A.   Thales *

B.   Anaximander

C.   Anaximenes

D.   Heraclitus

E.    Pythagoras

 

6. The evaluation types and the criteria for the student evaluation

Test evaluation includes the current and semester evalution.

 The current evalution is conducted during practical classes to check the student knowledge level. The current evaluation types include oral evalutation, situational tasks, multiple choice tests, practival activity. The introductory, intermediate and final student knowledge level is evaluated. The evaluation results are written in the class register.

The students are evaluated according to the 12 –point evaluative scale:

10 – 12 points (the mark («excellent») are given to the students who have acquired the theoretical knowledge according to the syllabus; who have applied it practically    and who have passed the practical skills.  

7 – 9 points (the mark «good») are given to the students who have acquired the theoretical knowledge according to the syllabus; who have applied it practically    and who have passed the practical skills but with some insignificant mistakes.

4 – 6 points (the mark  «satisfactory») are given to the students who have acquired the theoretical knowledge according to the syllabus; who have applied it practically but some serious mistakes have occurred during the evaluation.

1 – 3 points (the mark  «unsatisfactory») are given to the students who have not acquired the theoretical knowledge according to the syllabus and who have to improve their practical skills during the student’ individual work.

 

Maximal points for the student class activity during the semester make up 120.

The student is allowed to take the final module evalution  with the minimal points for the student class activity during the semester  which make up 40 points. The average points for the semester activity are meant to be not less than 4 points according to the 12 –point evaluative scale.

 The final module evalution is considered to be passed if the student gets not less than 50 points out of 80 points.

The unified evaluative scale for the students

 

 

 

The Ukrainian evaluative scale in correspondence with ЕSCТ:

 ___________  excellent  (А)

___________ very good (В)

___________ good (С)

___________ satisfactory (D)

___________ unsatisfactory  (Е)

___________ unsatisfactory  with the repeated evaluation (F Х)

___________ unsatisfactory  with the required course repetition (F)

 

References 

А) Basic literature:

1.     Copleston F.C. History of Philosophy, 8 vol. New York: Doubleday, 1966.

2.     Edwards, Paul, ed. Encycpoledia of Philosophy, 8 vol. New York: Macmillan, 1967.

3.     Jonwes, W.T. A history of Western Philosophy, 5 vol. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.

4.     Pojman L.P. Philosophical Traditions. – London: WPC, 1998.

5.     Jenny Teichmann and Katherine C. Evans, Philosophy: A Beginner’s Guide (Blackwell Publishing, 1999)

6.     A.C. Grayling, Philosophy 1: A Guide through the Subject (Oxford University Press, 1998),

7.     Anthony Quinton, in T. Honderich (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 1995)

8. “Philosophia, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ”A Greek-English Lexicon”, at Perseus“. Perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
9. Frederick Copleston, A History of Philosophy, Volume II: From Augustine to Scotus(Burns & Oates, 1950)

10. Charles Schmitt and Quentin Skinner (eds.), The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 1988), p. 5, loosely define the period as extending “from the age of Ockham to the revisionary work of Bacon, Descartes and their contemporaries.”

 B) Additional literature:

1.    Frederick Copleston, A History of Philosophy, Volume III: From Ockham to Suarez (The Newman Press, 1953)

2.    Brian Copenhaver and Charles Schmitt, Renaissance Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 1992)

3.    Jorge J.E. Gracia in Nicholas Bunnin and E.P. Tsui-James (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy, 2nd ed. (Blackwell, 2002)

4.     Kant, Immanuel (1990). Critique of Pure Reason. Prometheus Books. 

5.   Nadler, A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy

6.     Rutherford, The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Philosophy.