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- •Introduction Why study at the Philosophy Department?
- •Read the quotes below. How do you understand these quotes? Give your reasons and examples to support your answers.
- •Discuss these questions in pairs.
- •Read the text and find the answers to the questions from exercise 2.
- •Part I. Independent sciences Unit 1. Social science
- •Practise reading the following proper names.
- •Read the quotes and discuss the questions below.
- •Read the text again and answer the following questions.
- •Text a. What is social science?
- •Give Russian equivalents of the following words and word combinations.
- •Find words and phrases in the text which have the opposite meaning.
- •Work with a partner to complete the word families in the table below. Check your answers in the text.
- •Translate the following words and phrases into Russian. Illustrate what they mean in the sentences of your own.
- •Find terms in the text that mean the following.
- •Read the text again and correct the statements below.
- •Text b. The birth of social science
- •Read the text quickly. Discuss with a partner the importance of the following phenomena and events in the history of social science.
- •Read the text again. Match the following information with the correct paragraph.
- •Find the following terms in the text.
- •Write a summary of the text in 130-150 words.
- •Render the text from Russian into English.
- •Make a report on one of the following topics.
- •Unit 2. Philosophy
- •Practice reading the terms below. How do you understand these words?
- •Discuss these quotes in small groups. Do you agree or disagree with them? Give your reasons and examples to support your answers.
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Text a. Philosophy: the basics
- •Find in the text English equivalents of the following words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Give English definitions to the following key terms.
- •Match the names to the statements (Western Philosophy).
- •Match the names to the questions.
- •Render the following passage into English.
- •Text b. Philosophy and its history
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Find in the text English equivalents of the following words and use them in sentences of your own.
- •Fill the gaps with the linking words.
- •Complete the chart using the words from the text.
- •Read the following quotes, state who said these words. What is the main idea expressed in each? Do you agree with the quotes? Give your arguments for or against.
- •Render the following passage into English.
- •Unit 3. Political science
- •Read the text quickly and put the following items in order as they appear in the text.
- •Text a. Political science: an introduction
- •Read the text again. Are these sentences true, false or not given?
- •Find in the text all the phrases containing the word ‘political’. Explain what they mean.
- •Give Russian equivalents for the following words and word combinations.
- •Match the words in a with the words in b to get the word combinations. Check your answers in the text.
- •Text b. History of political thought
- •Work with a partner. Brainstorm the most important events, historical periods and outstanding thinkers in the history of political science.
- •Read the text quickly. Explain the importance of the following items.
- •Read the text again and answer the questions.
- •Find and correct factual mistakes in the summary of the text.
- •Render the text into Russian.
- •Make a report on political science, its history or great political scientists using vocabulary of the unit and your knowledge of the theme.
- •Unit 4. Religious study
- •Practice reading the words and expressions. How do you understand them?
- •Read this quote. Discuss what it means in small groups.
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Text a. The study of religion
- •Find in the text English equivalents of the following words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Define the following terms in English.
- •Match the terms from the text with their definitions.
- •Complete the text using the words below.
- •Translate the following passage into English.
- •Read the text again and write the summary.
- •Make a report. Find information about Religious study in your country. Use extra sources (books, magazines, the Internet).
- •Text b. History of the study or religion
- •Practise reading these words and expressions. How do you understand them?
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Find in the text English equivalents of the following words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Give English definitions to the following terms.
- •Complete the passages using the words below.
- •Render the following passage into English.
- •Unit 5. Conflict study
- •Text a. The field of conflict studies
- •How do you understand the following word combinations? Write sentences to illustrate their meaning.
- •Find the following words and phrases in the text.
- •Study the names of the countries. Add 10-15 more country names to the table. Complete the table, use dictionary if necessary.
- •Match the halves of the words. Find similar words in dictionary.
- •Complete the sentences with no more than three words in each gap.
- •Work with a partner to discuss the following questions.
- •Text b: Is conflict study a new discipline?
- •Practise reading the names.
- •Skim the text and choose the best heading for it.
- •Scan the text and find the following information.
- •Read the text again and answer the questions.
- •What do the following prefixes mean? Find the words with the prefixes in the text and write sentences with these words to illustrate their meaning.
- •Match the words with similar meanings.
- •Work with a partner. Summarise the text in 130-150 words.
- •Render the text into English.
- •Discuss the following quotes in pairs.
- •Choose one quote from exercise 9 and write an essay of about 400-500 words; express your viewpoint and support it with facts and examples.
- •Part II. Oneness of sciences Unit 1. Politics and religion
- •Work with a partner to discuss the following questions.
- •Read the text quickly and find the answers to the questions from exercise 1.
- •Write summary of the text (130-150 words).
- •Unit 2. Political science as the study of conflict
- •Work with a partner to discuss the following questions.
- •Read the text quickly and find the answers to the questions from exercise 1.
- •Read the text again and complete the following sentences with one word.
- •Summarise the text in 130-150 words. In your summary try to use the following words and phrases.
- •Discuss the following statements in small groups. Support your opinion with examples and arguments.
- •Unit 3. Culture and conflict
- •Work with a partner to discuss the following questions.
- •Read the text quickly and find the answers to the questions from exercise 1.
- •Unit 4. Culture and politics
- •Read the text again and answer the questions.
- •Summarise the text in 130-150 words. In your summary try to use the following words and phrases.
- •Discuss in small groups the importance of cultural studies from the point of view of politics. Which of the following famous quotes best illustrate your opinion? Explain why.
- •Unit 5. Political philosophy
- •Work with a partner to discuss the following questions.
- •Read the text quickly and find the answers to the questions from exercise 1.
- •Write summary of the text (130-150 words).
- •Unit 6. Religion and Conflict
- •Work with a partner to discuss the following questions.
- •Read the text quickly and find the answers to the questions from exercise 1.
- •Write a summary of the text (130-150 words).
- •Unit 7. Philosophy of religion
- •Work with a partner to discuss the following questions.
- •Read the text quickly and find the answers to the questions from exercise 1.
- •Write a summary of the text (130-150 words).
- •Part III. Think Back Unit 1. Social sciences facing the world
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Read the text again. Structure the information in the form of a mind map. Use your mind map to summarise the text.
- •Unit 2. Retrospective review of philosophy
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Read the text again. Structure the information in the form of a mind map. Use your mind map to summarise the text.
- •Unit 3. Relations between politics and religion
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Read the text again. Structure the information in the form of a mind map. Use your mind map to summarise the text.
- •Unit 4. Political science as part of social science
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Read the text again. Structure the information in the form of a mind map. Use your mind map to summarise the text.
- •Unit 5. New view on religion?
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Read the text again. Structure the information in the form of a mind map. Use your mind map to summarise the text.
- •Unit 6. Conflict resolution in a changing world
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Read the text again. Structure the information in the form of a mind map. Use your mind map to summarise the text.
- •Unit 7. Conflict resolution
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Read the text again. Structure the information in the form of a mind map. Use your mind map to summarise the text.
- •Part IV. Key thinkers Biographical sketches: a selected who's who
- •Read the biographical sketches about the great thinkers in the fields of social sciences, political science, philosophy, religious studies, conflict studies and cultural studies.
- •Using extra sources (books, magazines, the Internet) find information about the thinkers' contribution to the scientific fields and their successors. Aristotle (384-322 вс)
- •Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (1895-1975)
- •Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
- •Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 bc)
- •Auguste Comte (1798 - 1857)
- •Galileo (1564 – 1642)
- •Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
- •Georg w. F. Hegel (1770 – 1831)
- •Martin Heidegger (1889 - 1976)
- •David Hume (1711 - 1776)
- •Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
- •John f. Kennedy (1917 – 1963)
- •Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
- •John Locke (1632 - 1704)
- •Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527)
- •Karl Marx (1818 - 1883)
- •Charles-Louis Montesquieu (1689 - 1755)
- •Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
- •Plato (427 - 347 вс)
- •Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 1 bc - 65 ad)
- •Glossary
- •Appendices Appendix 1. How to make mind map
- •Improving your Mind Maps
- •Appendix 2. How to write a summary
- •Appendix 3. Useful phrases for discussion and composition
- •Introducing a point
- •Enumeration of points
- •Expressing pros and cons
- •Expressing agreement
- •Expressing doubt
- •Expressing disagreement
- •Useful Phrases And Linkers For Writing"
- •Bibliography
- •Web resources
Read the text again. Match the following information with the correct paragraph.
The present day social science is characterised by emergence of multiple minority studies to meet the needs of the modern society.
The principle difference of social science from “hard sciences” is that it lacks experiments and relies mostly on opinion.
Some traces of social science are found in the works of Ancient Greek philosophers.
The Enlightenment era gave rise to different sciences including the social science.
Social science gained its contemporary form and popularity only in the 20th century particularly thanks to the work of Sigmund Freud.
Political and economic revolutions in some European states increased the need for social science in the 17th-19th centuries.
Disappearing distinction between soft and hard sciences has resulted in emergence of new interdisciplinary social science subfields.
Find the following terms in the text.
Conditions of time, place, etc., that accompanies or influences an event or condition
Existing or occurring at the present time
The way a person views something or tends to behave towards it, often in an evaluative way
To encourage someone or make them want to do something
The state of being equal
Vitally important; absolutely necessary
To make or become vague or less distinct
A result or effect of some previous occurrence
Write a summary of the text in 130-150 words.
*Appendix 2 p. 148
Render the text from Russian into English.
Социальные науки (общественные науки) - это группа академических дисциплин, которые изучают аспекты бытия человека в аспекте его общественной деятельности. Они отличаются от искусства тем, что подчеркнуто используют научный метод и научные стандарты в исследовании человечества, включая количественный и качественный научные методы.
Социальные науки, в изучении и межсубъективных, и объективных или структурных аспектов общества, иногда рассматриваются как гуманитарные науки. Это отличает их от естественных наук, которые сосредоточены исключительно на объективных аспектах природы. Кроме того, социологи участвуют в теоретических и практических исследованиях как о совокупном, так и об индивидуальном поведении человека.
Под социальными науками мы подразумеваем историю, социологию, антропологию, лингвистику, филологию, а также значительные разделы психологии, географии, юриспруденции, экономики и философии. Социальные науки иначе общественные науки - изучают разные стороны общественной жизни человека, но иногда этот термин употребляется в единственном числе в смысле общего обществоведения, и тогда он является синонимом социологии. В ближайшем родстве cоциальные науки находятся с науками гуманитарными, изучающими духовную сторону жизни человека; некоторые видят в них лишь особый отдел гуманитарных наук. Самой старой из социальных наук должно признавать политику в аристотелевском смысле науки о государстве. Мысль о зависимости несовершенства социальных наук от сложности изучаемых ими явлений впервые была ясно выражена Огюстом Контом, который первый же очень определенно сформулировал и необходимость создания положительной науки об обществе, но только во второй половине XIX в. его идея стала оказывать сколько-нибудь прочное влияние на разные ветви обществоведения.
