Heraclitus of Ephesus Heraclitus is an example of the Pre-Socratic philosopher. Parmenides and the other Eleatic philosophers. Leucippus, Democritus and the other Atomists. Protagoras and the Sophists. Empedocles. The schools of Hellenistic period: Cynicism, Hedonism, Eclecticism, Neo-Platonism, Skepticism, Stoicism, Epicureanism.
THEME4. The Medieval Philosophy.
Rationalism, nominalism, peripatetism. Philosophy and religion in Middle ages. Advocators of Gods existence. Peripatetic debates of the 12th and 13th century. Nominalist and Voluntarist conflicts of the 14th and 15th. Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas philosophies. Pepresentatives of Arabian philosophy.
THEME5. Philosophy of Renaissance period
The emergence and growth of humanism. Major changes in art, music, literature and religion. Development of art, music, literature. Anthropologism, humanism and philosophy of nature. Popularity of archeology and discovery of ancient Roman and Greek constructions. Works of Renaissance philosophers. Assimilation of Platonic philosophy into Christianity by means of translation and interpretation.
THEME6. Enlightenment philosophy.
A human being as a part of the whole limited in time and space. Enlightenment philosophy is a period marked by significant changes. Montesquieu, J. J. Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot are the representatives of Enlightenment. The problem of matter and the universe. Economic, social, intellectual and cultural developments in this period.
THEME7. German philosophy XVIII XIX centuries.
Hegel as one of the greatest characters of German philosophy. The light of reality within the darkness of abstraction. Critique of Pure Reason and The Metaphysics of Ethics of I. Kant. Dialectical reasoning in the process of thinking. Transcendental philosophy of I. Kant.
THEME8 Kazakh national philosophy.
Ancient nomadic culture of Kazakhstan. Islam as religion and philosophy. Alashorda movement. Outstanding Arabian thinkers. National folklore in modern Kazakhstan. Contemporary social, political and philosophical doctrines.
THEME9 The nineteenth century philosophy.
The famous nineteenth century philosophers. Saint-Simonian movement in France and Hegelianism in Germany. The predominant motives of Kierkegaard's thought. Nietzsches "trans-valuations of values." The influence of Hegelian movements.The peculiarities of the nineteenth century philosophy.
