Викладач: Павлишин Людмила Григорівна – доктор філософських наук, професор кафедри філософії та суспільних наук. Науковець ТНПУ ім. В.Гнатюка 

Philosophy. This course is for students of foreign language faculty.

The purpose of this course. It shows general and fundamental problems concerning: existence, knowledge, values, reason and mind, person, world. This course allows to know that philosophical questions can be grouped into categories. These groupings allow philosophers to focus on a set of similar topics and interact with other thinkers who are interested in the same questions. The groupings also make philosophy easier for students to approach. Students can learn the basic principles involved in one aspect of the field without being overwhelmed with the entire set of philosophical theories.

Key words:  philosophy, people, human being, critical discussion, rational argument, systematic presentation, reason, existence, knowledge, mind, theory.