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TOPIC 8
Knowledge assessment questions

1. Outline the peculiarities and leading trends of philosophical
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development in the 20 century.
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2. Name main trends of philosophical development of the 20
century and describe them briefly.
3. Compare the ideas of neo-positivism and post positivism; find
common and differing features.
4. Make a brief outline of ideas of main existentialism philosophy

representatives.
5. What do S. Freud’s psychoanalysis and his studies about
subconscious mean?
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6. Characterize the main trends of religious philosophy of the 20
century.

Topics for research papers and reports
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1. Place of 20 century philosophy in the history of the European
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philosophy; peculiarities of 20 century philosophy.
2. Main ideas of neo-positivism philosophy and their importance for

the cognition development.
3. Neo-positivism and post positivism.
4. Leading ideas of main representatives of existentialism.

5. Main ideas of freudism and neofreudism, their influence on
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spiritual life of the 20 century.
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6. Leading trends of 20 century religious philosophy.

TOPIC 9
Knowledge assessment questions

1. Give the definition of the philosophic comprehension of a human-
being.
2. What philosophic content do you embed into the notion of world?

3. What does the term “society” mean?
4. How are the categories of progress, culture, civilization correlated
with the notion of society?
5. What is the essence of the “creative work” phenomenon? Is it

possible to create artificial intelligence?
6. Name the main global problems of modern times.

Topics for research papers and reports
1. What does subject of social philosophy contain?
2. Values in one’s life. Death and immortality.

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