The goals of the study: the goals of the study in Philosophy 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;
- main periods of philosophy’s development, causes and conditions of emergence of different philosophical paradigms;
- main ideas of the famous philosophers and their values for European civilization;
- main problems of philosophy and its vital significance.
- The meaning of the 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.

Prerequisites: History of European Civilization and Ukrainian Culture, History of Ukraine

Corequisites: Sociology

Philosophy as intellectual form of a human 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 and Knowledge: Their 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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- Current control (40%): oral examination, tests, reports.
- Final control (60%): exam