Philosophy – (Ph.D.)

With the increasing amount and sources of new information, the purpose of teaching is shifting from piling up information, which in a short period of time becomes outdated, to a primary focus of the meaningful critical evaluation of this information. The objective of the PHILOSOPHY PhD study program is to educate the best professionals in field of philosophy through the provision of broad humanistic knowledge, offering a foundation for understanding the most difficult philosophic questions, problems and issues: i.e., theoretical and methodological concepts. The objective is thus to qualify professionals for independent development of new knowledge and for solving the most demanding problems by testing and improving the known and discovering new solutions in the field of philosophy and in the broader area of the humanities. Professionals who are thus qualified will have the capacity to develop critical reflection and the competentce to solve the most demanding philosophical questions, to publish them in the form of scholarly articles or monographs and to conduct research projects. Moreover, the production processes for and application of knowledge, among which specific philosophical knowledge, capabilities and skills are not only wanted but inevitable, have become more and more diverse. New fields are being added to the traditional ones: philosophies of particular academic disciplines: professional ethics and applied epistemology, artificial intelligence models, etc. The newly drafted philosophy program is up-to-date even in the sense of offering students a solid basis for interdisciplinary cooperation.

The objective of the basic PHILOSOPHY PhD study program is to enable scholars in field of philosophy to become catalysts for humanistic thought, who will be capable of developing and applying new knowledge in this field - to educate independent critical thinkers to deal skillfully and in depth deal with their own professional field and at the same time, with their general, transferable capabilities and skills, to cope with the demands of the contemporary learning society. In a scholarly and professional sense, they are the most qualified among philosophers, trained for cooperative work with scholars from other fields of the humanities, the social sciences, or even the natural sciences.

The basic PHILOSOPHY PhD study program objectives are the following:

- To deepen knowledge: i.e. to upgrade the philosophical content acquired at lower (previous) education levels,

- to foster awareness of the significance of philosophy as a means for recognizing contemporary social problems, for critically evaluating their solutions and suggestions for new solutions

- to upgrade student´s rhetorical skills,

- to educate the philosophy student for independent, professionally critical and responsible work withi a profession, which requires superb knowledge of philosophy and the humanities in general,

- to transfer to the student the required knowledge of philosophical methodology and skills and to promote mobility among philosophy students,

- to enable philosophy students to successfully tailor their own professional profiles by choosing philosophical content from subject modules,

- to involve philosophy students in in-depth scholarly research in the fields of philosophy and the humanities by applying scholarly research methods,

- to consolidate and upgrade the students' confidence in their correct understanding and interpretation of philosophical theories, and of legal and professional ethics,

- to assure philosophy student the most profound knowledge in the basic and more specialized fields of philosophy,

- to introduce philosophy students with work in both domestic and foreign environments.