The subject "History of Philosophical Ideas" is a basic course of the 2nd year in the degrees of History, History of Art and Geography and Land Planning. It is part of the "basic training" module. Its main objective is to offer students a panoramic view of the history of philosophical ideas, paying special attention to the evolution of hegemonic thought forms in the West and the way in which philosophical ideas have been related with other fundamental areas of culture, such as science, religion, politics or art.

The syllabus assumes that second-year students of these degrees are already familiar with the most important phases of the development of Western history, as well as the most notable political, artistic and cultural events. Regarding the knowledge of the history of philosophy, the syllabus assumes that the students have taken the subject "History of Philosophy" in the last year of High School. Likewise, it will be assumed that students already possess minimum skills to read complex texts and to express and articulate their ideas with correctness and precision.

The subject offers students of these three degrees basic knowledge of the history of ideas that, in the future, will allow them to understand the role that philosophical ideas played in the historical-cultural development of the West, in the evolution of the different artistic manifestations and in the scientific ideals that underlie disciplines such as History, Art History and Geography and Land Planning. It also aims to enhance their capacity for abstraction, as well as for reading texts and for presenting and structuring complex ideas/arguments.

Competences of the Module (M01 - Basic formation)

CM05 Specific: To know and understand philosophical trends and ideas

Learning outcomes:

- The student knows the most important authors and the main currents of the history of philosophical ideas and is able to situate them in time.

- The student is able to understand and explain the philosophical vocabulary used during the course.

- The student understands the main lines of the evolution of philosophical ideas and is able to relate them to the evolution of other cultural manifestations.

Basic Competences of the MEC

MEC 3: Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to reflect on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues.

Learning outcomes: The student is able to read complex texts, to reformulate the ideas expressed in them and to relate them to previous knowledge.

MEC 4: The student can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to a specialized and non-specialized public.

Learning outcomes:

- The student is able to produce coherent and well-structured texts that respond appropriately to a question.

- The student is able to orally express the ideas contained in the texts he reads and is able of discussing them with the teacher and/or classmates.

0. Presentations and introduction: why study Philosophy? What is Philosophy?

1. The origins of Western Philosophy: Presocratic philosophers.

2. Philosophical ideas in the classic world I : the Sophists and Socrates.

3. Philosophical ideas in the classic world II: Plato.

4. Philosophical ideas in the classic world III: Aristotle.

5. Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoicism, Epicureanism and Scepticism.

6. Medieval Philosophy: christian philosophers (Augustine and Aquinas).

7. From Renaissance to Enlightenment: Hobbes, Rationalism (Descartes) and Empiricism (Locke and Hume).

8. Modern Philosophy: Kant.

9. 19th-century Philosophy: Bentham, Mill, Schopenhauer, Marx and Nietzsche.

10. Contemporary Philosophy: Russell, Ayer, Sartre, Wittgenstein, Arendt, Popper, Kuhn, Foot, Jarvis Thompson and Singer.

Students will read at home, previous to the lesson, some chapters of Nigel Warburton's books "A Little History of Philosophy" and "Philosophy. The Classics".

During the lesson, the teacher will explain the most important ideas of the texts and solve the doubts of the students. Besides, complementary texts could be read in the classroom and additional educational activities will be developed (videos, questionnaires, debates, etc.).

Every week, the students will work on some 'practical' questions proposed by the teacher.

• Continuous Assessment System
• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Individual works (%): 25
  • Three exams with test questions and additional questions that will require short answers (%): 75

This course has two evaluation systems: continuous or final.

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION:

1. There will be three exams about the themes/problems addressed in the classroom. Overall, these exams account for 75% of the final mark.

2. There will be a short assignment about a reading chosen by the student. It will constitute 25% of the final mark.

3. To pass the course, the student cannot fail more than one of the evaluation activities. That is, it is compulsory to get at least 5 points in three of the activities and to have an average mark of "5" or greater than "5" to pass the course. Regardless the average mark, if the student fails two or more evaluation activities, the final grade will be "3.5" if the average mark is higher than "3.5". By the same token, if the mark of any of the four evaluation activities is lower than "4", the final grade will be "3.5" if the average mark is higher than "3.5".

In the extraordinary call of June, the student will only have to pass the evaluation activities that did not pass during the ordinary evaluation period.

FINAL EVALUATION:

1. If the student chooses the final evaluation system, she or he has to tell the teacher (handing over the official document) before the 9th week of the course.

2. The final evaluation system assesses the student's knowledge and abilities in a single exam.

3. Structure of the exam: written exam (50%) and test and additional questions that will require short answers exam (50%). The student has to pass both parts to pass the course. If any of the parts is not passed, the student can pass it in June.

OPTING-OUT

- Continuous evaluation: to waive the continuous assessment system, students must submit the official written document to the lecturer responsible for the subject, for which they will have a period of 9 weeks, counting from the beginning of the four-month period, in accordance with the academic calendar of the centre.

- Final evaluation: the student renounces by not attending the final exam.

COPYING AND PLAGIARISM

This course follows the "Protocolo Sobre Ética Académica y Prevención de las Prácticas Deshonestas o Fraudulentas en las Pruebas de Evaluación y en los Trabajos Académicos en la UPV/EHU."

EXTRAORDINARY EXAM

It will assess the knowledge and abilities that the continuous and final evaluation systems assessed. The same conditions to pass the ordinary call apply in the extraordinary call.

As basic texts, we will use the following two books:
1. Warburton, N. A Little History of Philosophy. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2011.
2. Warburton, N. Philosophy: The Classics. Abingdon, Routledge, 2014.
Materials (slides used for the classes, practical exercises, texts, etc.) uploaded by the teacher in the virtual platform e-Gela.
Notebook or computer to take notes.

Basic bibliography

- Baginni, J. How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy. London, Granta, 2018.

- Grayling A.C. The History of Philosophy. Three Millennia of Thought from the West and Beyond. London, Penguin, 2019.

- Kenny, A. A New History of Western Philosophy. In Four Parts. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010.

- Marías, J. History of Philosophy. New York, Dover, 1941.

- Popkin, R. & Stroll, A. Philosophy. Oxford, Made Simple Books, 1998.

- Russell, B. History of Western Philosophy. London, Routledge, 1946.

- Tarnas, R. The Passion of the Western Mind. Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View. London, Pimlico, 1991.

- VV.AA. The Philosophy Book. London, DK, 2011.

In-depth bibliography

- Ackrill, J. Aristotle the Philosopher. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1981.
- Annas, J. Plato. A Very Short Introduction. New York, Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Ayer, A. Hume. A Very Short Introduction. New York, Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Baldwin, T. Contemporary Philosophy. Philosphy in English since 1945. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Barnes, J. Aristotle. A Very Short Introduction. New York, Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Cottingham, J. Descartes. Oxford, Blackwell, 1986.
- Gottlieb, A. The Dream of Enlightenment. The Rise of Modern Philosophy. London, Penguin, 2016.
- Lazari-Radek, K. & Singer, P. Utilitarianism. A Very Short Introduction. New York, Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Le Goff, J. Medieval Civilization. Oxford, Blackwell, 1990.
- Marenbon, J. Medieval Philosophy. An Historical and Philosophical Introduction. Abingdon, Routledge, 2007.
- Osborne, C. Presocratic Philosophy. New York, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Priest, S. The British Empiricists. London, Penguin, 1990.
- Scruton, R. Kant. A Very Short Introduction. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Scruton, R. A Short History of Modern Philosophy. From Descartes to Wittgenstein. Abingdon, Routledge, 2001.
- Singer, P. Marx. A Very Short Introduction. New York, Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Sorrell, T. Descartes. A Very Short Introduction. New York, Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Tanner, M. Nietzsche. A Very Short Introduction. New York, Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Urmson, J. Aristotle's Ethics. Oxford, Blackwell, 1988.
- Warburton, N. Philosophy. The Basics. Abingdon, Routledge, 2012.
- Waterfield, R. The First Philosophers. The Presocratics and the Sophists. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Williams, B. Plato. London, Phoenix, 1998.

Journals

British Journal for the History of Philosophy:
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rbjh20?open=27&year=2019&repitition=0#vol_27_2019

Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy:
https://www.pdcnet.org/epoche/Epoch%C3%A9:-A-Journal-for-the-History-of-Philosophy

History of Philosophy Quarterly: https://www.jstor.org/journal/histphilquar

Journal of the History of Ideas: https://jhi.pennpress.org/home/

Journal of the History of Philosophy: http://muse.jhu.edu/journal/76

Web addresses

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

http://plato.stanford.edu/

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

https://iep.utm.edu/

"History of Philosophy without Any Gaps" podcast:

https://historyofphilosophy.net/