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PREFACE

The main purpose of the lectures compendium for the course in
“Philosophy” for international students is based on the formation of

scientific and theoretical world outlook of these future specialists, and
their understanding of human values.
This category of students, without taking into account their
adaptation period, overcomes language and psychological barriers and

gets used to the new social and cultural environment.
The special task of these lectures is the application of priority
forms of studying according the new technologies, in particular, to the

credit and modular system of knowledge evaluation and control.
The first module of lecture includes the topics №1, №2, the second
module includes the topics №3, №4, №5, №6, №7, the third module
includes the themes №8, №9. Lectures were compiled taking into

account the regional peculiarities of international students studying at
our university. So, there is a separate section which describes in more
details ancient Indian, ancient Chinese wisdom, philosophical ideas of

Arabic countries. Accordingly, these topics and all others are reflected in
the recommended and additional literature that is suggested for studying
as a kind of individual work.

In general, international students’ attention is focused on the logics
of Western European and, in particular, Ukrainian philosophy
development.

Historic, philosophic, logical and gnoseological aspects of the
philosophy development in Ukraine are closely connected with the
context of western European philosophic thought, and characterized by a
clear definition of “unity”, and diversity of historic and philosophic

process.

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