FACULTY OF AGRICULTURALSCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES / BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING / TBT4068 - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

Contents Of The Courses in a weekly Period

Week 
Subjects 
Sources 
1Introduction to philosophy: nature, purpose, and methods[1] p. 1-20
2Ancient Greek philosophy: Pre-Socratic thinkers[1] p. 21-40
3Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle[1] p. 41-65
4Hellenistic philosophy: Stoicism, Epicureanism, Skepticism[1] p. 66-85
5Medieval philosophy: Christian and Islamic thinkers[1] p. 86-105
6Birth of modern philosophy: Descartes and rationalism[1] p. 106-125
7Empiricism: Locke, Berkeley, Hume[1] p. 126-150
8Midterm exam week[1] p. 151-165
9Kant and critical philosophy[1] p. 166-185
1019th century philosophy: Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche[1] p. 186-210
1120th century philosophy: Existentialism and phenomenology[1] p. 211-235
12Analytic philosophy and philosophy of language[1] p. 236-260
13Contemporary debates in ethics, politics, and aesthetics[1] p. 261-285
14General review and exam preparation[1] p. 286-310