P
hilosoPhy:
whyand what for?
Volume edited by
Ryszard Mordarski and Marek Kazimierz Siwiec CONTENTS
Notes on the Authors ... 7
Introduction (Ryszard Mordarski and Marek Kazimierz Siwiec) ... 11
Stanisław Judycki, On the Hope Given by Philosophy ... 17
Zbigniew Drozdowicz, What Philosophers should Learn and What Others Could Learn from Them? ... 29
Adam Chmielewski, The Need for Philosophy ... 41
Artur Szutta, The Need for Philosophy ... 55
Krzysztof Saja, The Usefulness of Philosophy ... 65
Marek Lechniak, Philosophy Written with a Small “ph” ... 75
Marek Pepliński, Philosophizing and the True Knowledge of Human Being ... 85
Maciej Woźniczka, Philosophy as a Compulsory Subject To Be Taught at Schools – An Attempt at Defining the Issue ... 99
Martyna Koszkało, The Role of the Philosophical Service Courses in Higher Education ... 119
Ks. Józef Kożuchowski, Teaching of Ethics at Schools and the Safe Life, according to Robert Spaemann ... 129
Krzysztof Śleziński, Tutoring and Its Supportive Role in Philosophical Education ... 143
Ks. Sylwester Warzyński, On the Need for Philosophy in Miserable Times ... 155
Daniel Roland Sobota, Towards the Poor Philosophy ... 175
Ireneusz Ziemiński, Praising Philosophy ... 207
Marek Kazimierz Siwiec, Philosophy as Task and Vantage-Point of Creator ... 217
Ryszard Mordarski, Philosophy and Politics. An Interpretation of Plato’s Cave .... 229 whyPhilosoPhy? PhilosoPhyandmodernworld,
thesourceexPerience, PathstoPhilosoPhy
Participants in the discussion:
Zbigniew Drozdowicz, Piotr Gutowski, Stanisław Judycki, Andrzej Szahaj, and Renata Ziemińska.
Marek K. Siwiec – the Discussion Leader.
The record of the discussion made Elizabeth Rogucka.
