Philosophical Threads in Psychology PSY-SJ>PhilThreads

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1. Psychology – not that young and not that old. Roots in Philosophy.
2. The “therapeutic” stream in philosophy.(Reading: How to think like Socrates)
3. Methodological achievements of philosophy used in psychology: what is science, what counts as evidence, what inferences are legitimate to make given the data, what are morally permissible reasoning or clinical methods?
4. Psychology as science. Pseudopsychology, Pop-pscyhology, desinformation. (Reading: Psychology as Religion)
3. Philosophical concerns in psychology: What is a human being? Dualism and monism. The concept of person. The idea of soul. Consciousness.
4. Philosophical concerns in psychology: what is a human being like. Free will vs determinism. The place of humans in the world.
5. Philosophical concerns in psychology: body-mind problem
6. Philosophical concerns in psychology: how human comes to believe or know
7. Philosophical concerns in psychology: what is happiness. Is there a goal of human being? What is the meaning of life
8. Philosophical concerns in psychology: Why are we moral? What is good and what is bad. (Reading: The Righteous mind)

Expected student's average workload :
participation in classes – 30 h
preparing for general exam – 50 h
readings for on-line tests – 50 h
Total 125h = 5 ECTS

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Robertson D., How to think like Scorates
Haidt J., The Righteous Mind
Vitz C., Psychology as Religion

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Note: for passing this course, you receive 5 ECTS, which means between 125 and 150 didactic hours of the student's work. This includes 30 hours of working in contact with the teacher during classes and up to 120 hours of independent work (reading texts and preparing for an exam). On average, 10 didactic hours should be devoted each week. Please take this into account when planning your work this semester, because if you do not devote enough time to these classes, you will neither receive the grade you would otherwise be able to obtain, nor will you be satisfied with your participation in the course.

Attendance is not mandatory, though it will significantly facilitate mastering the material. An attendance list will be kept at every class. Attendance does not affect the final grade.