Epistemology

Course: Religious Studies 2020

Structural unit: Faculty of Philosophy

Title
Epistemology
Code
ОК.21
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PRN 1. Communicate freely on professional issues in national and foreign languages orally and in writing, use languages for effective intercultural communication. PRN 4. Analyze and comment on the literature on philosophical, socio-cultural and general humanitarian issues
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Before starting this course, students should know general ideas about theoretical and practical philosophy; on the specificity of philosophical problems in their relationship to science, religion, art as forms of the spiritual life of humanity; about the basics of critical understanding of philosophical concepts and about the main ones options for solving philosophical problems; about the essence and types of scientific rationality; about the general structure of worldview and theoretical and practical human activity with the aim of further mastering the criteria for expert evaluations and methods of their professional use in various spheres of social practice.
Course content
The educational discipline is dedicated to working out basic knowledge of the theory of cognition; in particular, about fundamental concepts, methodological principles (principles and methods); and includes the study of traditional and alternative theories and concepts. The main topics for learning: the nature and sources of knowledge, the problem of skepticism, the problem of perception, the problem of substantiation of knowledge, the problem of truth. The assimilation of the mentioned issues is carried out taking into account the central role of the theory of knowledge in Western European philosophy (starting from the modern era to the present), special attention is paid to the analytical tradition, as well as alternative to traditional interpretations of this issue (in particular, under the auspices of practical philosophy).
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
Final assessment in the form of credit
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Anna Valeriyivna Laktionova
Department of Theoretical and Practical Philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Theoretical and Practical Philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy