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Social and Ecological Problems of Contemporaneity
Major: Philosophy
Code of subject: 8.033.00.M.014
Credits: 3.00
Department: Philosophy
Lecturer: CSc (Philosophy), Assoc. Professor Chursinova O.
Semester: 2 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: Tasks of the study of discipline:
As a result studying of the academic discipline study the post graduate student must be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- ability to systemic creative thinking, persistence in achieving the goal of professional research;
- social responsibility for the results of professional decisions;
- ability to find alternative solutions in professional activities;
- ability to self-development and self-improvement of life implementation;
- navigation analysis, evaluation and synthesis of new ideas;
- skills in obtaining, storing, correcting, deepening and disseminating professional scientific and technical information;
- navigation communication in dialog, interactive modes, especially with the wider scientific community;
- wide philosophical view of the place and purpose of man in the world - in nature and society;
- understanding of ideas, principles, methods and technologies of balanced
nature management;
- understanding the principles of the noosphere strategy of sustainable development and role science in it;
- ability to use the principles of sustainable development in
professional scientific activity;
- the ability to understand the systematic contribution of different branches of science in implementation of sustainable nature management and the way to
sustainable development of the world community.
to know:
- historical stages of understanding the global problems of today in philosophy and other humanities;
- basic concepts of philosophy of global problems of today in general and social ecology in particular;
- the main directions of greening of modern globalized society, including Ukrainian;
to be able:
- have the skills (methods) to study the global problems of today; identify and understand the main trends in the development of philosophical reflections and scientific knowledge about the ecological situation of the modern globalized world;
- identify the environmental component in various areas of public life (including Ukrainian): science, technology, politics, law, medicine, business, everyday life, ethical guidelines, religious practices, art, etc.;
- to work taking into account the relevant methodological principles of the work of representatives of humanitarian and natural values on socio-environmental issues;
- to analyze the contribution of various branches of science to the implementation of sustainable development of the world community on the way to a socially conscious sustainable use of nature.
Required prior and related subjects: - Prerequisites: philosophy, biology, ethics
- Corequisites: Actual Problems of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Summary of the subject: Philosophical aspects of modern global problems. Formation, object, subject and functions of social ecology in modern globalized society. Socio-ecological issues in the modern social development of Ukraine. The concept of sustainable development of society in the context of exacerbation of socio-environmental problems.
Assessment methods and criteria: - Current control (30%): oral questioning, presentations at seminars, tests, individual written work.
- The final test (70%): exam.
Recommended books: 1. Vernadskyi V. Y. Nauchnaia mыsl kak planetnoe yavlenye / V. Y. Vernadskyi. – M. : Nauka, 1991. – 270 s.
2. Kniazev V. Chelovek y tekhnolohyia (sotsyalno-fylosofskyi aspekt) / V. Kniazev. – K., 1990. – 176 s.
3. Melnyk V. P. Filosofiia. Nauka. Tekhnika : metodoloho-svitohliadnyi analiz : monohrafiia / V. P. Melnyk. – Lviv : Vydavn. tsentr LNU imeni Ivana Franka, 2010. – 592 s.
4. Semeniuk E. P. Filosofiia suchasnoi nauky i tekhniky / E. P. Semeniuk, V. P. Melnyk. – Lviv : Svit, 2006. – 152 s.