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Bachelor 2024/2025

Philosophy

Type: Elective course (Sociology and Social Informatics)
Area of studies: Sociology
When: 1 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies: distance learning
Online hours: 30
Open to: students of all HSE University campuses
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3

Course Syllabus

Abstract

As a special mode of human rationality and creativity, philosophy has considerable intellectual value of its own but also underlies many accomplishments in science, art, religion and social organisation. The course introduces traditional philosophical topics such as logic, metaphysics, epistemology, language, right and wrong, justice and power, and recipes for virtuous life. The discussion centers on questions rather than on prominent figures and eras in the history of philosophy and aims to give a lucid and vivid introduction to complicated topics.