The goals of the study this module is to acquaint students with ideas and original texts of famous representatives of philosophy; to orient the students regarding actual problems of contemporary philosophy; to teach students how to use philosophical analysis in order to resolve the problem of a human being and science; to demonstrate the deep similarity between philosophy, science and arts.
As a result of studying the students must know:
- Social and historical meaning of philosophy and particularities of world-view knowledge.
- The main periods of philosophy’s development, the time and the conditions of emergences of different philosophical paradigms.
- The main ideas of the famous philosophers and its values for European civilization.
- The main problems of philosophy and its vital significance.
- The meaning of basic philosophical terminology.
Be able:
- To correlate and analyze advantages and mistakes of main philosophical point of views.
- To compare scientific and philosophical vision of certain problems.
- To analyze well-known collected fragments of philosophical books.
- To analyze the problems of life using the philosophical categories and concepts.
- To formulate and articulate own philosophical position concerning world-view issues.

History of World and Ukrainian Culture, Sociology.

Philosophy as intellectual form of a human being’s activity, Ancient Philosophy (India, China, Greece), Medieval Philosophy and Philosophy of the Renaissance, Philosophy of Modern Times, German Classical Philosophy, the Transition from Classical to Non-Classical Philosophy, Philosophy of XX –XXI centuries, Ukrainian Philosophy, The Problem of Being in Philosophy, Consciousness as Philosophical Problem, Cognition: Its Structure and Dynamics, A Human Being as the Subject of Philosophical Reflection, Philosophy of History, Social Philosophy, The Philosophical Issues of Contemporary Culture and Civilization.

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2. Hysev V. I. Zakhidna filosofia Novoho chasu. XVII-XVIII. – Kyiv, 2000.
3. Hors’kyj V. S. Istoria ukrajins’koji filosofii. – Kyiv, 2001.
4. Skraton R. Korotka istoria novitn’oji filosopfii. – Kyiv, 1998.
5. Tatarkevych V. Istoria filosofii. T.1-3. – L’viv, 1998-1999.
6. Chyzevs’kyj D. Narysu istorii filosofii na Ukrajini. – Kyiv, 1991.

Current control (40%): oral examination, tests, reports.
- Exam (60%)