Methodical instruction for students
Lesson ¹ 2 (seminar – 6 hours)
Òhemes:
1. Philosophy of the Middle Ages, its peculiar features.
2. Philosophy
of the Renaissance period.
3. West-European
philosophy of New Age and Enlightenment.
Aim: – to unfold peculiarities of Middle Ages type of philosophy and disclose the problems
field of Middle Ages;
– to explain peculiarities of Renaissance
transformation of Christian worldview, to point out the single line of
development of philosophical schools of European Renaissance;
– to disclose peculiar features and problems field
of philosophy of New Age and Enlightenment.
Professional orientation of
students: – to give students the system of medical knowledge on development of
chemistry in the period of Middle Ages philosophy. To enlarge
the professional level of students with knowledge about Aviscena – the author of the more than
100 books on medicine;
– to disclose to students peculiarities of medical
knowledge in the Renaissance period;
– to disclose to students peculiarities of medical
knowledge in the period of New Age and Enlightenment epoch.
Students’ independent work
program
I.
Philosophy of the Middle Ages, its peculiar features.
1. Apologetics, patristics, scholastics in the Medieval philosophy.
2. Heliocentrism and doctrine about eternity
of the Universe.
3. Religious character of the Middle Ages.
²². Philosophy of the Renaissance
period.
1. Problem of man in the philosophy of the Renaissance period.
²²². West-European philosophy of
New Age and Enlightenment.
1. Social-cultural
characteristics of the XVII – XVIII c. Empirism of F.Bacon.
2. Rationalism of European
philosophy of the XVII c. in creative work of R.
Descartes.
3. Doctrine about substance in
the philosophy of B. Spinoza.
4. G. Leibniz: doctrine about
plurality of substances.
5. Enlightenment and French
materialism in the XVIII c.
Tests and questions for self-control:
1. Match two groups of words: person – date of birth.
1. Justin Martyr
a. 1033 – 1109
2.
Anselm
b. 1225 – 1274
4.
Thomas Aquinas
d. 100 – 165
5.
Peter Abelard
e. 313
6. Council of
7. “Edict of
9.
Origen
i. 185 – 254
10.
Jerome
j. 340 – 420
Answers: 1d, 2a, 3g, 4b, 5c, 6h, 7e,
2. Match two groups of words: author – book
1. Baldassare
Castiglione
a. Civilization of the Renaissance in
2. Martin
Luther
b. The Decameron
3. Jacob
Burckhardt
c. On the Revolution of the
Heavenly Bodies
4. Giovanni
Boccaccio
d. Book of the Courtier
5. Nicolaus
Copernicus
e. Institutes of the Christian Religion
6. John
Calvin
f. The Babylonian Captivity
Answers: 1d,
2. Point out the essential
features of the Enlightenment epoch.
3. Name 3 elements of natural law
of man according to J. Locke.
4. Name 2 essential features of
substance according to Spinoza’s doctrine.
5. Name 2 kinds of knowledge according to Leibniz’ doctrine.
Initial level of knowledge and
skills:
– students should possess knowledge
about history of medicine and culture of the Middle Ages;
– students should know the basic notions, categories and the
main stages of development of the culture and history of medicine of the Ranaissance period;
– students should know the basic notions, categories and the main stages of
development of the culture and history of medicine in the period of New Age and
Enlightenment.
Student should know:
– peculiarities of Middle Ages
type of Philosophy, the main stages of development and the problems field of
Middle Ages philosophy;
– what changes Christian world perception did undergo in the period of Renassance; why humanistic outlook
appeared as an internally contracting phenomenon; what were the leading accents
of the Renassance philosophy;
– what is true innovativeness of a new historical epoch; what were the main
content accents of new-European outlook.
Student should be able to:
– compare antique culture and Middle Ages philosophy, point out
negative and positive features of Middle Ages outlook;
– explain peculiarities of
Renaissance transformation of Christian world perception, to point out the
single logical line of development of philosophical schools of European
Renaissance;
– determine content of the main
philosophical positions, which were established in the period of New Age; point
out and explain internal connection among basic trends of New Age philosophy.
Dr. of pedag.sciences I. M. Melnychuk
The syllabus was adopted at the Cycle Methodical
Commission sitting 07.06.2013, Minutes ¹ 15.