Methodical reccomendation for iswt(ssw).

In every theme students should consider following aspects:

THEME 1. Introduction to Philosophy.

Philosophy as a form of culture. The content of materialistic and idealistic philosophical traditions. Philosophy as self – consciousness of the human (personality) and humanity. Appliance of philosophy.

THEME 2. The Ancient Philosophy of East.

Vedic/Hindu texts and schools, Bhakti sects and Tantra Agamic schools. Spiritual bedrock of the Vedas, Veda Dharma, and their mystic issue, the meaning of Upanishads. Teachings of many great Hindu gurus through the ages. Spiritual bedrock od Taotezen. Book of Changes (I Ching), a divinatory set of 64 geometrical figures describing states and evolutions of the world.

THEME 3. The Ancient West Philosophy.

The early Greek thinkers. Philosophy and science in Aincent Greece. The philosophical system of Socrates. The logical system of Aristotel. Mythological explanations for the phenomena in Aincent Greece.

THEME 4. The Medieval Philosophy.

Fall of the Roman Empire. God within Medival philosophy, and through the dialog between Orthodox and Catholic theology. Specifics of islam philosophy. Rationalism and irrationalism in Middle ages. Philosophical mode of theo centrism.

THEME 5. Philosophy of Renaissance period

Development of antropologism, humanism and philosophy of nature. Renaissance as a period of recovery from the “Dark Ages”. Education as a centre within humanist movement. The emergence of a new form of philosophy known as Neoplatonism. M. Ficino is one of the most important humanists that contributed to the emergence of the Neoplatonism. Development of new schools designed to provide a broader education, which offers modern languages, geography and bookkeeping, preparing students for careers in business.

THEME 6. Enlightenment philosophy.

The Metaphysic of Space and Motion and the Wave Structure of Matter. Montesquieu, J. J. Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot are the representatives of Enlightenment. Religion and art through the Humanism.

THEME 7. German philosophy XVIII – XIX centuries.

Analytical propositions and synthetic propositions. Hegel's philosophy as the history of theology transformed into a logical process. The light of reality within the darkness of abstraction. Pessimistic Schopenhauer's philosophy. ‘Critique of Pure Reason’ and ‘The Metaphysics of Ethics’ of I. Kant. The truth throw the Hegelian philosophy. The idea as the concrete concept which exists at first only in an abstract way.

THEME 8 Kazakh national philosophy.

Abai Kunanbaev - great poet, philosopher, writer, public figure, founder of the modern Kazakh written literature. Chokan Chingisovich Valihanov - the Great scientist-historian, ethnographer, geographer, economist, traveller. Kazakh philosophy in contemporary period.

THEME 9 The nineteenth century philosophy.

Main philosophical doctrines and schools. Will to power" is the ruling principle of all life. Renewed historical interest in medieval thought. The ideal of a "good European." The influence of Hegelian movements. Main philosophical doctrines in nineteenth century philosophy.

THEME 10 Contemporary philosophy.

Decay of classical philosophy in contemporary period. The conception of "truth is subjectivity". The nature and content of pragmatism. Pragmatism and scientism in philosophy.Personality in contemporary philosophy. Søren Kierkegaard as the "father of existentialism". Scientific theory of human nature.

THEME 11 Social philosophy.

Humanization of man and society. The principles of contemporary social philosophy. Most general issues of social philosophy. Contemporary philosophy as the means of both thinking and action. New social philosophy, as a feedback between man and the world. The methodological role of principles of the contemporary social philosophy.

THEME 12 Philosophy of science.

The nature of scientific statements, concepts, and conclusions. The implications of scientific methods. The types of reasoning used to arrive at conclusions and the formulation of the scientific method, including its limits

THEME 13 Ontology.

Formal ontology and classical ontology.. Rational theology (the study of God), rational psychology (the study of the soul) and rational cosmology (the study of the body). The counterpart of formal ontology. The `actual structure of our thoughts'. The aim of descriptive metaphysics and ontology in philosophy.

THEME 14 Problems of human in philosophy.

Self-consciousness is a unique type of consciousness. Role of Self-consciousness in behaviour of people. Spiritual and material values in society. Western conception of self. Self-consciousness as a motivator for social isolation.

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