Philosophy. Summer semester 2017/2018. Aesthetics, Ethics, and Logic

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1 Aesthetics, Ethics, and Logic Summer semester 2017/2018 Before choosing the courses read carefully the following notes: You can include the courses from the list below into your LAS for the summer semester 2017/18. The list is in alphabetic order consult the whole list before taking decision. All courses are prepared by professors of the Department of University of Łódź (Poland). The courses are usually in, but you can find also some courses in other languages (German, Spanish and Russian). The list does not comprise schedules of classes. In order to fix the schedule contact directly the lecturers (the s are included). There are two forms of the courses: regular seminars for at least three students and tutorials for one or two students (more flexible form of classes). In both cases students receive the same number of ECTS points (6). This list is available on the webpage of the International Students Office University of Łódź and on the webpage of the Department of ( There will be available for you in 1917/18 also some courses in for polish students. The list will be published on the webpage of the Institute of in June If there are any changes in the list below the information will be available as soon as possible on the webpage of the Department of. In this case there will be no problem to change the LAS. In case of any doubts do not hesitate to contact the Erasmus coordinator at the Department of University of Łódź, prof. Janusz Maciaszek 1

2 List of courses (descriptions are below the list) 1. Введение в философию процесса (prof. Marek Rosiak - rosiak@uni.lodz.pl) 2. A Comparative Analysis of Leibniz s Monadology and Ontology of Wittgenstein s Tractatus logico-philosophicus (prof. Marek Rosiak - rosiak@uni.lodz.pl) 3. Agency and Free Will. An Introduction to Modern of Action (prof. Janusz Maciaszek januszm@uni.lodz.pl) 4. Art,, Criticism. Aesthetic Dilemmas of Modernity (Agnieszka Rejniak- Majewska, PhD - agnesmarej@wp.pl) 5. Basic Modal Logics (Szymon Frankowski, PhD - frankowski@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 6. Basic Notions of Contemporary Ontology (prof. Marek Rosiak - rosiak@uni.lodz.pl) 7. Contemporary Murals Performativity of Art and Place (Wioletta Kazimierska- Jerzyk, PhD - wioletta.kazimierska@uni.lodz.pl) 8. Filosofía política de América Latina (Joanna Miksa, PhD - jmalaxer@wp.pl) 9. al Ontology (prof. Janusz Kaczmarek - kaczmarek@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 10. General Logic (Szymon Frankowski, PhD - frankowski@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 11. Happiness philosophy and science behind well-being (Katarzyna de Lazari- Radek, PhD - kasialazari@gmail.com) 12. Hauptströmungen der europäischen Ethik (prof. Andrzej Maciej Kaniowski andrzej.kaniowski@uni.lodz.pl) 13. History of Logic (Janusz Ciuciura, PhD janciu@uni.lodz.pl ) 14. Introduction to Classical (prof. Marek Gensler - mgensler@uni.lodz.pl) 15. Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology (prof. Marek Nowak - marnowak@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 16. Introduction to Phenomenological Ontology (Prof. Marek Rosiak - rosiak@uni.lodz.pl) 17. Introduction to of Religion (Tomasz Sieczkowski, PhD - tomasz.sieczkowski@gmail.com, zizou@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 18. Introduction to Political (Michał Zawidzki, PhD - zawidzki@filozof.uni.lodz.pl ) 19. Introduction to Process (prof. Marek Rosiak - rosiak@uni.lodz.pl) 20. John Searle`s philosophy of mind (Rafał Tryścień, MA - rafaltryscien@gmail.com) 21. Logic and Time. Introduction to Temporal Logic (prof. Andrzej Indrzejczak - indrzej@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 22. Many Valued Logics (Szymon Frankowski, PhD - frankowski@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 2

3 23. Mental experiments and personal identity (Rafał Tryścień, MA - rafaltryscien@gmail.com) 24. Metaphysics and Ontology (prof. Janusz Kaczmarek - kaczmarek@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 25. Methodology of Social Research (Janusz Ciuciura, PhD - janciu@uni.lodz.pl) 26. Modal logics - from a simple theory to a variety of possible applications (Michał Zawidzki, PhD - zawidzki@filozof.uni.lodz.pl ) 27. Mythology and in Richard Wagner s Musical Works Part I (prof. Marek Rosiak - rosiak@uni.lodz.pl) 28. Mythology and in Richard Wagner s Musical Works Part II (prof. Marek Rosiak - rosiak@uni.lodz.pl) 29. New Atheism as a Worldview (Tomasz Sieczkowski, PhD - tomasz.sieczkowski@gmail.com, zizou@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 30. Nietzsche und Zeitgenössische Philosophie (prof. Paweł Pieniążek - pawelp@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 31. Nonclassical Logics (prof. Andrzej Indrzejczak - indrzej@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 32. Paraconsistent Logic (Janusz Ciuciura, PhD janciu@uni.lodz.pl ) 33. Personal identity contemporary discussions (Rafał Tryścień, MA - rafaltryscien@gmail.com) 34. Philosophical Antropology (prof. Janusz Kaczmarek - kaczmarek@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 35. Philosophical Theories of Part and Whole (prof. Marek Rosiak - rosiak@uni.lodz.pl) 36. of Cognitive Science (prof. Janusz Maciaszek januszm@uni.lodz.pl) 37. of Language (prof. Janusz Maciaszek januszm@uni.lodz.pl) 38. Possible Worlds. Introduction to Modal Logic (prof. Andrzej Indrzejczak - indrzej@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 39. Posthumanism and Human Nature (Dawid Misztal, PhD - dawkom@gmail.com) 40. Practical ethics (Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, PhD - kasialazari@gmail.com) 41. Reasoning, Inference, Proof, and Argument (prof. Andrzej Indrzejczak - indrzej@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 42. Rhetoric and Argumentation (Michał Zawidzki, PhD - zawidzki@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 43. Speech Act Theory (prof. Marek Nowak - marnowak@filozof.uni.lodz.pl) 44. Theories of Metaphor (prof. Janusz Maciaszek - januszm@uni.lodz.pl)) 45. Ut pictura poesis - street art between text and picture (Agnieszka Gralińska- Toborek, PhD - grala@filozof.uni.lodz.pl 46. Vegetarianism. Social and Cultural Aspects (Janusz Ciuciura, PhD - janciu@uni.lodz.pl) 3

4 47. Aristotle s Politics and its Modern Reception (Simon Weber, University of Bonn, Department, simon.weber@uni-bonn.de) 48. The Republican Idea of Freedom Philip Pettit s Just Freedom (Simon Weber, University of Bonn, Department, simon.weber@uni-bonn.de) 1. Введение в философию процесса (Introduction to process philosophy) Русский Систематическое и историческое введение Монадолгия Лейбница Элементы метафизики процесса А. Н. Уайтхеда Регулярное присутсвие и/или письменная работа Marek Rosiak rosiak@uni.lodz.pl Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of music Leibniz, Monadology Whitehead A. N.,.Process and Reality. An Essay in Cosmology, Corrected Edition, The Free Press, N. Y Christian W. A., An Interpretation of Whitehead s Metaphysics, Yale Univ. Press, New Haven A Comparative Analysis of Leibniz s Monadology and Ontology of Wittgenstein s Tractatus logico-philosophicus 4

5 Analysis of spiritualistic atomism of Monadology.and logical atomism of Tractatus logico-philosophicus showing their systematic correspondencies and basic differences Regular attendance, activity and/or written work Marek Rosiak Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of music 0200-ERAS123 Leibniz, Monadology Wittgenstein, Tractatus logico-philosophicus 3. Agency and Free Will. An Introduction to Modern of Action Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree What is action? Action and event The problem of responsibility Intentionality The notion of agency Reasons of actions Causal approach to action The problem of free will Language and action Are we free to act? 5

6 / programme Regular attendance, activity, and presentation or short essay Janusz Maciaszek of language, philosophy of action, theory of metaphor, cognitive science 1. Davidson, D Essays on Actions and Events. Oxford: Clerendon Press. Second edition. 2. Moya, C of Action. An Introduction. Polity Press. 3. O'Connor, T and C. Sandis (eds.) A Companion to the of Action. Blackwell. 4. Art,, Criticism. Aesthetic Dilemmas of Modernity The course offers an overview of main philosophical problems of modern and contemporary aesthetics, such as the function of art, the meaning of aesthetic experience, aesthetic judgment, creativity, originality, relations between art and politics. The choice of readings comprises selected fragments from classical texts as well as more recent critical essays and artists statements, in order to point to the broader connections between modern aesthetic theory and artistic practice Evaluation is based on: (1) students preparation for the class (reading appointments), (2) active participation, (3) final essay on a chosen topic Agnieszka Rejniak-Majewska agnesmarej@wp.pl Philosophical aesthetics, theory of art, critical theory (Frankfurt School); Avant-garde movements in Poland and Central-East Europe, XXth century American art and criticism 6

7 0200-ERAS059 - Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgment, trans. James Creed Meredith, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007 (fragments). - Friedrich Schiller, Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man (fragm.) - Roger Fry, An Essay on Aesthetics; Art and Live, in: idem, Vision and Design, London Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, On Pure, in: Aesthetics in XXth Century Poland, eds. J. Harrell, A. Wierzbiańska, New Jersey 1973; - Between Words: A Sourcebook of Central European Avant-gardes, , eds. Éva Forgács, Th. Benson, Cambridge London 2002 (fragm.) - Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, in: idem, The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility and Other Writings on Media, ed. Michael W. Jennings, Harvard University Press, Theodor W. Adorno, On the Fetish-Character of Music and the Regression of Listening, in: idem, Essays on Music, ed. R. Leppert, Berkeley Los Angeles London Theodor W. Adorno, Commitment, in: Aesthetics and Politics, ed. F. Jameson, London Stefan Morawski, On the Avant-garde, Neo-avant-garde and the Case of Postmodernism, Literary Studies in Poland vol. 21, Richard Shusterman, Aesthetic Experience and Popular Art, in: idem, Performing Live: Aesthetic Alternatives for the Ends of Art, Cornell University Press * 5. Basic Modal Logic Undergraduate (bachelor s) / graduate (master s) / doctoral degree 2017/2018 / summer semester Syntax and semantics for modal logic. Nonstandard modal logics (temporal logics, hybrid logic). Applications of modal logic. Marked paper or student's activity. 7

8 / programme Szymon Frankowski Modal logic, many valued logic, plausible reasoning, Blackburn P., de Rijke M., Venema Y. Modal logic, Cambridge University Press (2002). / Logic 6. Basic Notions of Contemporary Ontology An introductory course in systematic ontology. The course can introduce more advanced notions and theories depending on the level of competence of participants Regular attendance, activity and/or written work Marek Rosiak rosiak@uni.lodz.pl Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of music 0200-ERAS083 Handbook of Metaphysics and Ontology, ed. H. Burkhardt 7. Contemporary Murals Performativity of Art and Place 8

9 The course offers an overview of main components of aesthetic experience of contemporary large format outdoor painting, such as: Inevitability of experience; Experience of site and art medium; Processuality, eventualisation and performativity of experience; Polysensory nature of experience. Evaluation is based on: (1) students preparation for the class (reading appointments), (2) active participation, (3) final essay on a chosen work of art Wioletta Kazimierska-Jerzyk wioletta.kazimierska@uni.lodz.pl aesthetics, theory of art, performance studies, urban studies Richard Shusterman, Aesthetic Experience and Popular Art, in: idem, Performing Live: Aesthetic Alternatives for the Ends of Art, Cornell University Press Arnold Berleant, The Aesthetic in Place, [w:] Constructing Place. Mind and Matter, red. Sarah Menin, Routledge, London New York Boehm Gottfried, Mitchell W. J. T., Pictorial Versus Iconic Turn. Two Letters, Culture, Theory & Critique 2009, no. 50(2 3). Agnieszka Gralińska-Toborek, Wioletta Kazimierska-Jerzyk, Doświadczenie sztuki w przestrzeni miejskiej. Galeria Urban s / Experience of Art in Urban Space. Urban s Gallery , transl. Marta Koniarek, Biblioteka/Fundacja Urban s, Łódź 2014 Aesthetic Energy of the City. Experiencing Urban Art And Space, eds. A. Gralińska-Toborek, W. Kazimierska-Jerzyk, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2016., Art history 8. Filosofía política de América Latina (Political of Latin America) 9

10 Undergraduate (bachelor s) / graduate (master s) El grado / el master Español 1. La descripción y el análisis de la situación geopolítica de América Latina en la obra de Eduardo Galeano. 2. Los movimientos guerrilleros latinoamericanos en los reportajes de Kapuscinski. 3. El proyecto pedagógico de Paulo Freire. 4. El proyecto de la transformación de la sociedad en la obre de Paulo Freire. Un trabajo escrito relacionado con uno de los temas tratados a lo largo del curso. Dr Joanna Miksa jmalaxer@wp.pl Filosofía política de América Latina, neocolonialismo, marxismo. - Freire P., Pedagogía del oprimido, Buenos Aires Galeano E., Las venas abiertas de América Latina, Buenos Aires Kapuscinski R., Cristo con un fusil al hombro, Anagrama 2014 Filosofía 9. al Ontology graduate (master s) / postgraduate classical and formal ontology, Wittgensein s ontology of state of affairs, formal ontology of ideas and individuals, topological ontology 10

11 short paper on chosen ontological problem; discussion on main problems of formal ontology Ontology, formal ontology, cognitive science, human will, God in philosophy, philosophy of language Arystoteles, Kategorie, ( Categories), [różne wydania (different editions), m.in. ]: Tenże (1990), Dzieła wszystkie, t. 1, tłum. wstęp i komentarz K. Leśniak, PWN, Warszawa. Fine K. (1995), The Logic of Essence, Journal of Philosophical Logic, s Fine K. (2000), Semantics for the Logic of Essence, Journal of Philosophical Logic, s Kaczmarek J. (2002), On the Porphyrian Tree Structure and an Operation of Determination, Bulletin of the Section of Logic, vol. 31/1, s Kaczmarek J. (2003), Positive and negative Properties. A Logical Interpretation, Bulletin of the Section of Logic, vol. 32/4, s Kripke S. (1972), Naming and Necessity, [w]: Dawidson, Harman (eds), Semantics of Natural Language, Reidel, Dordrecht, s [Wyd. pol. 2001, Nazywanie a konieczność, Wyd. Aletheia, s. 228]. Wittgenstein L. (1997), Tractatus logico-philosophicus, tłum. i wstęp B. Wolniewicz, BKF, PWN, Warszawa, s [Wyd. I, oryg., 1921), Logisch philosophische Abhandlung, Annalen der Naturphilosophie]. Wolff Ch. (1789), Philosophia prima sive Ontologia methodo scientifica pertractata qua omnis cognitionis humanae principia continentur, Veronae, por. Pars I, Caput III: De notione entis, tłum. M. Rosiak, par Zalta E. N. (1983), Abstract Objects. An Introduction to Axiomatic Metaphisics, Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster., Ontology, Metaphysics * 10. General Logic Undergraduate (bachelor s) / graduate (master s) / doctoral degree 11

12 This is an preliminary course in formal and less formal logics with applications. It covers the following topics: 1) Propositional classical logic. 2) Relation of inference in classical logic 3) First order logic 4) Non-classical logics: a) many-valued logics b) modal logics c) intuitionistic logic d) paraconsistent logic Marked paper / programme Szymon Frankowski frankowski@filozof.uni.lodz.pl Modal logic, many valued logic, plausible reasoning, Enderton H.B., A Mathematical Introduction to Logic, Harcourt/Academic Press (2001). / Logic 11. Happiness philosophy and science behind well-being 12

13 1. Happiness as a philosophical concept from ancient Greece to modern times a) what is happiness? b) how does happiness differ from pleasure? c) is happiness the opposite of pain? c) arguments for and against hedonism 2. What can neuroscience tell us about happiness, pleasure and pain? 3. Happiness, psychology and economy how our knowledge can influence our economic choices. active participation, presentation or essay Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek kasialazari@gmail.com Practical ethics, moral problems of globalization, animal rights, bioethics, utilitarianism, philosophy of Henry Sidgwick and Peter Singer G. Fletcher, Well-being, Routledge, Well-being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology, ed. D. Kahneman, Russell Sage Foundation (February 13, 2003) J. Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis, Basic Books, /Ethics 12. Hauptströmungen der europäischen Ethik (Main currents of the european ethics) Undergraduate (bachelor s) / graduate (master s) / doctoral degree German Im Rahmen des Tutorials werden Grundtypen ethischer Theorien sowie Grundformen moralischer Argumentation besprochen. Für das europäische Denken sind zwei Modelle normativer Ethik von grundlegender Bedeutung: ein teleologischer und ein deontologischer Ansatz. Die Lektüre von Auszügen aus klassischen Texten von Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Kant und Mill wird einen Einblick in Paradigmen des ethischen Denkens und ein besseres Verständnis in den Sinn und die Ursachen vieler zeitgenössischen Auseinandersetzungen ethischer Art. Aktive Teilnahme (erbracht durch Referat etc.) 13

14 / programme Andrzej Maciej Kaniowski uni.lodz.pl Geschichte der Ethik, Sozialphilosophie und politische Philosophie, Bioethik, Jürgen Habermas und die Frankfurter Schule, Ethik als Schulfach, Kants Ethik und Rechtsphilosophie 0200-ERAS084 Andrzej Maciej Kaniowski uni.lodz.pl Ausgewählte Passagen und Auszüge aus den Schriften von Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Kant und Mill. 13. History of Logic The history of logic studies the development of logical ideas from pre- Socratic philosophers to the present. The intent of the course is to provide students with a thorough knowledge of the development. Details: 1. Logic in Ancient (Pre-Socratic philosophers; Soctares and Plato; Aristotle's logic; Megarians, Stoics and Skepticism) 2. Medieval Logic (Boethius; 2. St. Anselm and Peter Abelard; James of Venice; William of Ockham and his Summa logicae; Modalities in the Middle Ages) 3. Renaissance (Petrus Ramus and his Dialectics; Juan Luis Vives and the logical symbolism) 4. Post-Renaissance (Port-Royal Logic; G.W. Leibniz and symbolic logic; J.H. Lambert and L. Euler) 5. The 19th century logic (A. De Morgan; G. Boole and mathematical logic; G. Frege and classical symbolic logic; G. Cantor s set theory) 6. Logic of the 20th centuary (Principia Mathematica; Zermelo- Fraenkel Set Theory; Lvov-Warsaw School of Logic; K. Goedel; 14

15 Non-classical Logics) Marked paper Logic, Psychology 0200-ERAS Bochenski, I.M., A History of al Logic, Notre Dame press, Gabbay, Dov and John Woods, (eds), Handbook of the History of Logic, Elsevier, Haaparanta, Leila (ed.), The Development of Modern Logic Oxford University Press, Kneale, William and Martha, The development of logic, Oxford University Press, Introduction to Classical Undergraduate (bachelor s) / graduate (master s) The objective of the course is to acquaint the student with Ancient and Medieval philosophical standpoints that made up and developed the doctrines of Plato And Aristotle, gradually transforming them into a more or less uniform teaching, which dominated philosophy until the beginning of the Enlightenment 1. Plato, Timaeus, 40A-54D, The Republic, book 7, 2. Aristotle, Metaphysics, book 7, 3. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, book 1 4. Augustine, On the Free Will (fragment) 5. Joannes Scot Eriugena, On the division of Natire (fragment) 6. Peter Abailard, Ethics (fragment) 7. Avicenna, The Deliveramce (fragment) 8. Averroes, On Religion & (fragment) 9. Thomas Aquinas, On Being and Essence (fragment) 15

16 10. John Duns Scotus, Ordinatio (fragment) 11. William Ockham, Commentary on the Sentences (fragment) 3-3+ (E-D) - participation in classes based on knowledge of assigned texts 4-5 (C-A) - participaion in classes based on knowledge of assigned texts plus a positively graded semester paper. Evaluation criteria for semester papers: 1. Coherent, lucid and consitent presentation of material 2. Independent opinions 3. Complete and precise argumentation 4. Selection of relevant source materials (both primary and secondary) and their correct use. 5. Proper construction of the text: good proportions of introduction and conclusions to the main part, sufficient and correct references/notes. Marek Gensler mgensler@uni.lodz.pl Ancient & Medieval philosophy, of religion, of nature 0200-ERAS053 Plato, Timaeus, 40A-54D, The Republic, book 7, Aristotle, Metaphysics, book 7, Nicomachean Ethics, book 1, Hyman & Walsh, in the Middle Ages, 15. Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology The JTB account of knowledge. A priori and a posteriori knowledge. The analytic-synthetic distinction (with application to mathematics). Epistemic versus traditional deontological justification. Internalism: foundationalism and coherentism. Externalism: reliabilism 16

17 Active participation Marek Nowak Mathematical logic and set theory, of language: pragmatics Epistemology R. Chisholm, The Foundations of Knowing, University of Minnesota Press 1982 R. Chisholm, Theory of Knowledge (3rd ed.), Prentice-Hall 1989 Steup M., An introduction to contemporary epistemology, Prentice-Hall 1998 R. Audi, Epistemology. A contemporary introduction to the theory of knowledge (2nd ed.), Routledge Introduction to phenomenological ontology Basic course in phenomenological ontology Regular attendance, activity and/or written work Marek Rosiak, PhD rosiak@uni.lodz.pl Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of music 0200-ERAS066 Ingarden R., The Controversy over the existence of the world vol. I Mitscherling J., Roman Ingarden s Ontology and Aesthetics, Univ. of Ottawa Press,

18 Level of course 17. Introduction to of Religion Course content Assessment scheme Scientific interests The program of the class will cover the following topics: - General idea of philosophy of religion - The question of the existence of deities - Contemporary atheistic ideologies Active participation Tomasz Sieczkowski tomasz.sieczkowski@gmail.com zizou@filozof.uni.lodz.pl of Religion, Epistemology, Social and Political, of Popular Culture. Chad Meister, 2009, Introducing of Religion, London: Routledge. Michael Murray, Michael Rea, 2008, An Introduction to the of Religion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Richard Dawkins, 2006, The God Delusion. 18. Introduction to political philosophy Undergraduate (bachelor s) / graduate (master s) 18

19 The course is devoted to major problems of political philosophy (such as: the nature of justice, source of the law, obligations of a state, the extent of personal freedom etc.) answered from the viewpoint of different philosophers (like, inter alia, Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Smith, Bentham, Marx, Rawls, Nozick) and major political ideologies (such as, inter alia, liberalism, conservatism, socialism, communism). As an important part of the course students, together with the lecturer, will attempt to answer the question of how adequately concrete elements of these philosophies fit in the contemporary political reality. During the course the following topics will be discussed: 1. Liberty as a political value Problems: - various definitions of liberty - optimal scope for personal freedom - concepts of negative and positive liberty - mutual relations between personal freedom and public opinion/government - liberty's dependency on power - ways of coordinating different people's liberties : - J.S. Mill, On liberty, Introductory chapter. - I. Berlin, Two concepts of liberty. Supplementary literature: - Stanford Encyclopedia of ( entry: Positive and negative liberty ( 2. Securing justice as a state's duty Problems: - the notions of distributive and retributive justice - justice as fairness - various criteria of just distribution of goods - consistency of the concept of veil of ignorance - goals of justice - justice as a basis of law : - J. Rawls, Justice as fairness. - R. Nozick, Distributive justice. Supplementary literature: - Stanford Encyclopedia of ( entries: Justice as a virtue ( Distributive justice ( 3. Justification of the state Problems: - the concept of the state of nature - the concept of the social contract - the liberty-security opposition - the problem of state's coercion - possibility of abandoning a state - mutual relations between state and society : - T. Hobbes, Leviathan (excerpts). - J. Locke, Second treatise of civil government (excerpts). - J.J. Rousseau, The social contract (excerpts). - D. Gauthier, The social contract as ideology. Supplementary literature: - J. Wolff, An introduction to political philosophy, chapter 2: Justifying the state. 4. Democracy and its alternatives Problems: 19

20 - contemporary alternatives to democratic systems - division between public and private sphere - desired weights of individual votes in democratic systems - the problem of proportional representation - admissible forms of clashing opposed views in democracy - the problem of maturity of democracy : - C. Sunstein, Preferences and politics. - A. Phillips, Dealing with difference: A politics of ideas or a politics of presence. - Plato, The republic (excerpts). Supplementary literature: - J. Wolff, An introduction to political philosophy, chapter 3: Who should rule. 1 end of course reflective essay zawidzki@filozof.uni.lodz.pl I am mainly interested in formal logic, with particular focus on modal, description and hybrid logics, decidability and computational complexity. However, my interests also comprise theory of argumentation, political philosophy, philosophy of mind and various fields of mathematics ERAS052 Textbook: J. Wolff, An Introduction to Political, Oxford University Press Anthology of original texts: S. Cahn, Political : The Essential Texts, Oxford University Press Introduction to process philosophy Systematical and historical introduction Leibniz s Monadology Elements of A. N. Whitehead s process metaphysics 20

21 Regular attendance, activity and/or written work Marek Rosiak Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of music 0200-ERAS067 Leibniz, Monadology Whitehead A. N.,.Process and Reality. An Essay in Cosmology, Corrected Edition, The Free Press, N. Y Christian W. A., An Interpretation of Whitehead s Metaphysics, Yale Univ. Press, New Haven John Searle`s philosophy of mind Undergraduate (bachelor s) / graduate (master s) John Searle is one of the most famous and honorable contemporary philosopher. In order to solve the puzzles mind-body relationship he has proposed an original concept - biological naturalism. During the course we will verify John Searle assumptions and we will concentrate on his propositions regarding following topics: materialism, consciousness, the mind-body problem, intentionality, mental causation, free will, and the self. Active participation Rafał Tryścień rafaltryscien@gmail.com of mind, Analytic philosophy, Analytic philosophy of religion Searle J., Mind: A Brief Introduction, Oxford University Press, / programme 21

22 21. Logic and Time. Introduction to Temporal Logic 1. Philosophical explanations of time 2. Basic Temporal Logics 3. Relational Semantics 4. Deductive Systems 5. Logics of Interval Time 6. Applications to Computer Science Marked paper and/or presentation Andrzej Indrzejczak Proof theory, nonclassical logics van Benthem J. F. A. K., The Logic of Time, 1983 Goldblatt R., Logics of Time and Computation, 1992 Prior A. N., Past, Present and Future, 1967, Logic * 22. Many Valued Logics Undergraduate (bachelor s) / graduate (master s) / doctoral degree 2017/2018 / summer semester 22

23 Philosophical justification of many valued logics. Many valued logics of Łukasiewicz, Post, Belnap. Fuzzy sets as an application of many valued systems. Marked paper or student's activity. Szymon Frankowski Modal logic, many valued logic, plausible reasoning, Malinowski G., Many-Valued Logics, Oxford University Press (1993). / programme 23. Mental experiments and personal identity Undergraduate (bachelor s) / graduate (master s) The problem of personal identity through time is one of the most significant for human beings. Researchers done by philosophers regarding logical analysis identity problem, ontological considerations the possibility of part-whole relation are enriched by mental experiments. During the course we will deal with several prominent mental experiments and based in it we will consider its useful to solve personal identity problem. Active participation Rafał Tryścień rafaltryscien@gmail.com of mind, Analytic philosophy, Analytic philosophy of religion 23

24 / programme 1. Garret, B. Personal identity and self-consciousness, Routledge, London and New York Noonan H. W., Personal Identity, Routledge, London and New York Coleman S.. Thought experiments and personal identity, Philosophical Studies 98, 2000, Metaphysics and Ontology Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree 1) metaphysics, ontology and prote philosophia, 2) categories, 3) objects, state of affairs, events 4) whole and parts 5) analytical metaphysics and formal ontology active participation, term paper / programme Janusz Kaczmarek kaczmarek@filozof.uni.lodz.pl Ontology, formal ontology, cognitive science, human will, God in philosophy, philosophy of language Aristotle, Metaphysics (fragments), Copleston F., A History of (fragments), Kim J., Sosa E., A companion to Metaphysics (different entries), Wittgenstein L., Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, Wolniewicz B., Logic and Metaphysics, and other fragments from ontological papers 24

25 25. Methodology of Social Research Course Content I. What is Methodology of Social Research? - and What is Research? 1. Objectives and Motivation of Social Research 2. Types of Social Research 4. Significance of Research II. Research and Scientific Method 1. Research Process 2. Components of Research 3. Criteria of Good Research 4. Purposes of Research - exploration (formulative research) - description (descriptive research) - explanation (causal research). III. Methods: one or many? IV. Ethical issues V. Units of Analysis and Potential errors involving misuse of unit of analysis Marked paper Janusz Ciuciura janciu@uni.lodz.pl, Logic, Psychology 0200-ERAS Leonard Bickman, Debra J. Rog, Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods, SAGE, Earl R. Babbie, The Practice of Social Research, Wadsworth, Modal logics: from a simple theory to a variety of possible applications 25

26 Contemporary modal logic is a powerful formal tool for grasping a whole plethora of areas of reasoning. Contrary to its very beginning, when modal operators and stood for, respectively, it is possible and it is necessary, today, by means of modal logics, we can represent knowledge, flow of time, spatial relations, games etc. During the course students will be familiarized with modal logic as a rather general theory of relational systems. The first part of the course will cover basic theoretic topics, such as: modal semantics (relational semantics: Kripke structures, models; other types of semantics); modal axioms; decidability and computational complexity of modal logics. In the second part, we will focus on concrete modal logics and we will discuss how accurately they formalize particular areas of reasoning. We will take a closer look at the following logics: modal logic of knowledge (epistemic logic, doxastic logic); modal logic of time (temporal logic); modal logic of games; modal logic of computer programs and dynamic systems (propositional dynamic logic, dynamic epistemic logic). The final part of the course will bring some discussion on how to develop new modal logics, which would appropriately formalize desirable phenomena and, at the same time, would remain computationally tractable. 2 courseworks, each one consisting of a set of logical problems to solve zawidzki@filozof.uni.lodz.pl I am mainly interested in formal logic, with particular focus on modal, description and hybrid logics, decidability and computational complexity. However, my interests also comprise theory of argumentation, political philosophy, philosophy of mind and various fields of mathematics ERAS092 Textbook: 1. J. van Benthem, Modal Logic for Open Minds, CSLI Lecture Notes, No. 199, Apr Supplementary literature: 2. P. Blackburn, M. de Rijke, Y. Venema, Modal Logic, Cambridge University Press P. Blackburn, J. van Benthem, F. Wolter (eds.), Handbook of Modal Logic, Elsevier

27 27. Mythology and in Richard Wagner s Musical Works, part I Analysis of ideological and philosophical contents of Richard Wagner s operas and musical dramas: The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Ring of Niblung. The course contains musical illustrations aimed at showing how abstract ideas have been expressed in music. Regular attendance, activity and/or written work Marek Rosiak rosiak@uni.lodz.pl Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of music 0200-ERAS096 Dahlhaus C., Wagner The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Newman E, The Life of Richard Wagner Shaw G. B., The Perfect Wagnerite 28. Mythology and in Richard Wagner s Musical Works, part II 27

28 More detailed analysis of ideological and philosophical contents of Richard Wagner s works: Tristan and Isolde, Meistersingers of Nuremberg, Parsifal. The course contains musical illustrations aimed at showing how abstract ideas have been expressed in music. Regular attendance, activity and/or written work Marek Rosiak rosiak@uni.lodz.pl Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of music 0200-ERAS097 Dahlhaus C., Wagner The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Newman E, The Life of Richard Wagner Shaw G. B., The Perfect Wagnerite 29. New Atheism as a Worldview Philosophical overview of the so called neoatheistic worldview, concentrating on figures such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel C. Dennett and A.C. Grayling. Analysis of the three main dimensions of neoatheistic thinking: the supremacy of science, the political agenda, and the ethical project of humanism. Active participation tomasz.sieczkowski@gmail.com zizou@filozof.uni.lodz.pl of Religion, Epistemology, Social and Political, of Popular Culture. 28

29 Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion A.C. Grayling, The God Argument Daniel Dennett, Breaking the Spell. Religion as Natural Phenomena 30. Nietzsche und Zeitgenössische Philosophie (Nietzsche and contemporary philosophy) Undergraduate (bachelor s) / graduate (master s) German Im Rahmen des Tutorials wird Nietzsches Kritik der Modernität sowie ihr Einfluß auf Denken von M. Weber und Autoren der Dialektik der Aufklärung. Der Wert wird besonders auf Rationalisierungsprozesse und Kulturindustrie gelegt. Referat Paweł Pieniążek pawelp@filozof.uni.lodz.pl Zeitgenössische deutsche und französische Philosophie; Nietzsches Philosophie, Exsistenzphilosophie, Philosophie der Kultur, Geschichtsphilosophie, Freiheitsproblem. Ausgewälte Fragmenten aus den Werken von Nietzsche (Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Historie für das Leben),Weber (Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus) und Horkheimer/Adorno (Dialektik der Aufklärung). 31. Nonclassical Logics 29

30 Introduction to the most important nonclassical logics, including: 1. modal and temporal logics 2. intuitionistic logic 3. relevance and conditional logics 4. multivalued and paraconsistent logics. Marked paper and/or presentation Andrzej Indrzejczak Proof theory, nonclassical logics G. Priest, Introduction to nonclassical logics., Logic 32. Paraconsistent Logic 1. Paraconsistent Logics (PL): Philosophical background 2. PL as non-classical logics 3. Imaginary Logic ans Orlov's system 4. Discursive logic 5. Da Costa's Idea of paraconsistency 6. Adaptive logics 7. Many-valuedness and PL 8. Relevant logics and PL 9. Dialetheism 30

31 10. Logics of al Inconsistency 11. Methodology of PL Marked paper Logic, Psychology 0200-ERAS Priest, G., Routley, R., and Norman, J. (eds.) (1989). Paraconsistent Logic: Essays on the Inconsistent, München: Philosophia Verlag. 2. Priest, G. (2002). Paraconsistent Logic, Handbook of Philosophical Logic (Second Edition), Vol. 6, D. Gabbay and F. Guenthner (eds.), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 3. Beziau, J.-Y., W. Carnielli, D. Gabbay (eds.) (2007). Handbook of Paraconsistency, London: College Publications. 31

32 33. Personal identity contemporary discussions Undergraduate (bachelor s) / graduate (master s) The problem of personal identity through time is one of the most significant for human beings. Am I the same person that I was when I was a 5 year old child, or maybe today I am a completely different person? If I am the same person, what connect me with the previous person - the same body, the continuity of memory or maybe the substantial soul? During the course we will analyze selected texts on personal identity in time, especially criteria of personal identity - body, memory, psychological continuity, substantial soul. Our approach will start with seeing differences between Simple View, Complex View and Not-so-simple View (also called The Constitution View) as fundamental positions in discussion. Active participation / programme Rafał Tryścień rafaltryscien@gmail.com of mind, Analytic philosophy, Analytic philosophy of religion 1. Ayer A. J., The Problem of Knowledge, Penguin Books Ltd. Chapter V, points1, Baker L. R., Personal identity: a not-so-simple simple view, [in:] Gasser G. Stefan M. (Red.), Personal identity: Complex or Simple?, Cambridge University Press Parfit D., Reason and Persons, Chapter 10, Quinton A., The Soul, The Journal of, July 1962, Robinson J., Personal identity and Survival, [in:] The Journal of, June 1988, Shoemaker S., Personal identity and Memory, [in:] S. Shoemaker, J. Perry J., Personal identity, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1975, Swinburne R., Personal Identity, [in:] Proceedings of Aristotelian Society, May 1974,

33 34. Philosophical Anthropology Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree 1. The ideas of anthropology and human being given by Aristotle, Thomas, Kant, Scheler, Hartmann and other will be presented and discussed, (and also): 2. Anthropology and ontology 3. Anthropology and ethics active participation, term paper or oral presentation Janusz Kaczmarek kaczmarek@filozof.uni.lodz.pl Ontology, formal ontology, cognitive science, human will, God in philosophy, philosophy of language Eike Hinz, Outline of a Philosophical Anthropology, 2006 Gilson E., History of Christian in the Middle Ages, 1985 Aristotle, Thomas, Kant, Scheler and others fragments of writtings / programme 35. Philosophical Theories of Part and Whole 33

34 Presentation and analysis of most important contemporary philosophical part-whole theories. Contains theories of Franz Brentano, Casimir Twardowski, Edmund Husserl and Roman Ingarden Regular attendance, activity and/or written work Marek Rosiak Ontology, phenomenology, transcendental philosophy, philosophy of music 0200-ERAS087 The Handbook of Mereology, ed. Hans Burkhardt and oths 36. of Cognitive Science Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree 1. What is cognitive science 2. Developement of cognitive science 3. Main topics in cognitive science: artificial intelligence, neural networks, neurophysiology, brain mapping, perception, memory, problem solving, deficit studies, models of mind, etc. 4. of cognitive science: identity theories, functionalism, mind-body problem, problem of intentionality 5. Cognitive linguistics: conceptual metaphor theory and metaphorical thinking. Regular attendance, activity, and presentation Janusz Maciaszek januszm@uni.lodz.pl of language, philosophy of action, theory of metaphor, cognitive science 34

35 / programme Bechtel, W. and G. Graham (eds.) 1999 A Companion to Cognitive Science. Blackwell Publishers. Clark, A Mindware. An Introduction to the philosophy of Cognitive Science. Oxford University Press. Evans, V. and M. Green 2006 Cognitive Lingusitics. An Introduction. Edinburgh University Press. 37. of Language Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree The aim of the couse is to present brief history and main problems of the philosophy of language: Plato and Aristotle on language J. Locke and psychological theory of meaning J. S. Mill on denotation and connotation G. Frege on sense and denotation B. Russell and definite descriptions The problem of proper names: descriptionism versus millianism Causal theory of naming (S. Kripke and H. Putnam) Pragmatisc of natural language L. Wittgenstein on linguistic games J. Austin and speech acts theory P. Grice and rules of conversation Literal versus non-literal use of language Regular attendance, activity, and presentation or short essay Janusz Maciaszek januszm@uni.lodz.pl of language, philosophy of action, theory of metaphor, cognitive science 0200-ERAS041 35

36 / programme Austin, J. L How to Do Things with Words. Oxford: Clerendon Press. Grice, H. P Logic and Conversation. W: P. Cole i J. Morgan (red.) Syntax and Semantics, vol. 3, Academic Press: London. Hale, B. and C. Wright (eds.) 1997 A Companion to the of Language. Blackwell Publishing. Kripke, S Naming and Necessity. Oxford. Blackwell Lycan, W. G 2000 of Language. A Contemporary Introduction. London and New York: Routledge. Martinich, A. P. (ed.) 2001 The of Language. New York: Oxford University Press. 38. Possible Worlds. Introduction to Modal Logic 1. Types of modalities and history of Modal Logic2. Basic Modal Logics 3. Relational Semantics 4. Deductive Systems 5. Philosophical Applications Marked paper and/or presentation Andrzej Indrzejczak indrzej@filozof.uni.lodz.pl Proof theory, nonclassical logics Blackburn P., M. de Rijke, Y. Venema, Modal Logic, 2001 Chellas B., F., Modal Logic, 1980 Garson J., W., Modal Logic for Philosophers, 2006, Logic 36

37 39. Posthumanism and Human Nature 1. Dystopic posthumanism 2. Liberal posthumanism and transhumanism 3. Transhumanism and religion 4. Political transhumanism 5. Radical posthumanism Oral assessment Dawid Misztal, PhD Philosophical anthropology, Posthumanism (especially transhumanism), philosophy of culture, social philosophy 1. Sharon, T. (2014), Human Nature in an Age of Biotechnology. The Case for Mediated Posthumanism, Dodrecht: Springer. 2. Fukuyama, F. (2003), Our Posthuman Future. Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 3. Hughes, J. (2007), Compatibility of Religious and Transhumanist Views of Metaphysics, Suffering, Virtue and Transcendence in an Enhanced Future, H+Religion.pdf 4. Hughes, J. (2012). The Politics of Transhumanism and the Techno-Millennial Imagination , W: Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, vol. 47, no. 4, s Practical ethics 37

38 The course will cover the most interesting problems in contemporary ethics debate: Life and death issues: abortion, euthanasia, killing at war Enhancing evolution: human genetic enhancement Effective altruism: our obligation to help those in need New technology: should we worry about superinteligence? Climate change and ethics active participation, presentation or essay Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek Practical ethics, moral problems of globalization, animal rights, bioethics, utilitarianism, philosophy of Henry Sidgwick, philosophy of Peter Singer P. Singer, Practical Ethics, Cambridge University Press, Bioethics: An Anthology, ed. H. Kushe, Blackwell, J. McMahan, Ethics of Killing, OUP W. MacAskill, Doing Good Better - Effective Altruism And a Radical Way to Make a Difference. Guardian Faber, N. Bostrom, Superinteligence, OUP D. Jamieson, Ethics and the Environment, CUP, / Ethics 41. Reasoning, Inference, Proof, and Argument 38

39 1. The core concepts of Logic2. Classifications of s of Reasoning3. s of Argumentation4. Types of proofs5. Systems of Deduction 6. Automated Deduction Marked paper and/or presentation Andrzej Indrzejczak indrzej@filozof.uni.lodz.pl Proof theory, nonclassical logics Bibel C., Automated Deduction, 1980 Indrzejczak A., Rachunki sekwentowe w logice klasycznej, 2013 Negri S., J. von Plato, Structural Proof Theory, 2001 Tokarz M., Argumentacja, Perswazja, Manipulacja, 2006, Logic 42. Rhetoric and argumentation In everyday life we often find ourselves in a situation in which we discuss certain issues with our interlocutor and even though we feel that (s)he is wrong with her statements, we cannot tell why. Frequently it is the case that the interlocutor is only rhetorically more skillful than us and despite the fact that we are substantially right in our opinions, it suffices for him (her) to win a discussion. During the course we are going to learn how to identify unfair arguments in a discussion. We will also investigate the structure of arguments and distinguish these constituents of an argument, whose violation results in a fallacy (or an unfair trick). In the end, we will get to know different classifications of (both correct and incorrect) arguments and we will name and discuss the most important types of them. A substantial part of the course will be devoted to thought errors we tend to commit in everyday reasoning (which is one of the causes of our vulnerability to unfair arguments exploited in discussions). One of them is known under the name of conjunction fallacy and was primarily described by Daniel Kahneman in his book Thinking fast and slow, in which he presented the following experiment: a fictional figure, Linda, was pictured to a group of students as follows: Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations. Afterwards, the students were 39

40 asked which is more probable: a) Linda is a bank teller b) Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement. Even though a) is correct by the sole structure of both answers, and we do not need to refer to our knowledge about the external world to find it out, 90% of respondents picked the second option! It turns out that in everyday reasoning we tend to make a lot of such thinking errors. Some of them are of logical nature we draw conclusions from premises improperly, other consist in, e.g., not paying enough attention to premises one accepts. During the course we will systematically track and classify different kinds of fallacies committed in everyday reasoning, and will learn how to avoid them. 2 courseworks, each one consisting of a set of argumentation problems to solve zawidzki@filozof.uni.lodz.pl I am mainly interested in formal logic, with particular focus on modal, description and hybrid logics, decidability and computational complexity. However, my interests also comprise theory of argumentation, political philosophy, philosophy of mind and various fields of mathematics ERAS069 K. Ajdukiewicz, Pragmatic Logic, Reidel D. Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow, Farrar, Straus and Giroux A. Schopenhauer, The Art of Always Being Right, Gibson Square Books Speech Act Theory Performative sentences. Locutionary, perlocutionary and illocutionary acts due to Austin. Illocutionary force according to Searle. A taxonomy of illocutionary acts. Illocutionary logic of Vanderveken 40

41 Active participation Marek Nowak Mathematical logic and set theory, of language: pragmatics Epistemology J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with Words, Clarendon Press 1962 J.L. Austin, Performative Utterances [in:] Philosphical Papers, Oxford UP 1979, J. R. Searle, Speech Acts, Cambridge 1969 J.R. Searle, Expression and Meaning, Cambridge UP 1979 J. R. Searle, D. Vanderveken, Foundations of illocutionary logic, Cambridge UP 1985 D. Vanderveken, Meaning and Speech Acts, Cambridge UP Theories of Metaphor Undergraduate (bachelor) / graduate (master) / doctoral degree 1. What is metaphor? 2. Metaphor as a problem of philosophy of language, philology and rhetorics 3. Metaphor versus other figures of speech (metonymy, irony, allusion) 4. Traditional approches to metaphor 5. Theory of metaphorical communication (P. Grice, J. Searle, and A. P. Martinich) 6. M. Black and theory of metaphorical meaning (nteraction theory of metaphor) 7. Causal theory of metaphor (D. Davidson and R. Rorty) 8. Conceptual metaphor theory and its applications 9. Extralinguistic metaphors 41

42 / programme Class attendance, active participation, presentation or essay. Janusz Maciaszek of language, philosophy of action, theory of metaphor, cognitive science 0200-ERAS Davidson, D What Metaphors Mean. Critical Inquiry 5, Przedruk w: Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation. Oxford: Clerendon Press., 2001: Kövecses, Z Metaphor. A Practical Introduction. Oxford University Press. 3. Lakoff, G. i M. Johnson 1980 Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: Chicago University Press. 4. Martinich, A. P A Theory of Metaphor. Journal of Literary Semantics, 13, Przedruk w: Martinich The of Language. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001: Searle, J. R Metaphor. W: Expression and Meaning: Studies in the Theory of Speech Acts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Ut pictura poesis - street art between text and picture The course offers an overview of urban art movement in context of words and pictures relationships. Separately will be discussed issues of graffiti tags, political stencils in Poland, visual poetry in street art. The basis for the analysis of urban art will be a classic concepts in the theory of art: ut pictura poesis, emblems, synaesthesia. Evaluation is based on: (1) students preparation for the class (reading appointments), (2) active participation, (3) final presentation (Power 42