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Critical Thinking

The purpose of the Critical Thinking workshop is twofold. On one hand, it equips students with skills to analyze content in public discourse. This includes assessing the credibility of sources and applying argumentation rules to detect fallacies. On the other hand, students will practice their reasoning skills, helping them express and defend their arguments. Throughout the course, we aim to use AI tools as conversational elements rather than just demonstrations of knowledge.

Logic

The logic course aims to introduce students to key elements of logical thinking and fundamental laws of logic. It is designed for beginners and intermediates who wish to grasp the essence of rationality from the basics. Since we focus on formal logic, it may appeal to various disciplines where logic is applicable.

Argumentation and Public Debate

The main goal of the Argumentation and Public Debate course is to prepare students for public speaking situations. Therefore, the assignment involves participating in an Oxford-style debate, focusing on topics related to significant moral, legal, and political dilemmas. A key side effect of these debates is raising students' awareness of the pluralism of beliefs, ideas, and convictions, fostering mutual respect and politeness in discussions.

Political Philosophy in Practice

Assuming that students are familiar with basic political philosophy positions, I focus on harnessing their argumentative potential to tackle challenging cases in ethics, politics, and various forms of normative thinking. The workshop's core involves studying thought experiments. With this in mind, we are particularly interested in exploring lines of argumentation, principles, and systems of thought. The course combines critical thinking with political philosophy.

Political Decision-Making

In these classes, I concentrate on tracing decision-making processes and their legal and institutional contexts. Additionally, students explore game theory, the scenario method, and other analytical tools to provide a comprehensive view of the subject matter. The aim is to reach both tactical and strategic levels of reflection on political decisions.

Political Theory

This course seeks to familiarize students with the dominant approaches in contemporary political theories. Throughout the classes, various paradigms are presented as the most suitable analytical frameworks for examining political issues. We analyze both the predictive capabilities of theories and their explanatory potential.

Global Issues

In discussing global issues, we focus on the most current and dynamic manifestations of globalization as a macro-process. The course content is explored through podcast sessions where students can take on the roles of podcaster or expert. This format allows students to integrate prominent theories and analytical skills in analyzing recent cases in international relations and geopolitics.

Contemporary Just War Theory

This workshop explores the moral dimensions of military conflicts, using just war theory as a framework. Students will engage in important discussions about ius ad bellum, ius in bello, and ius post bellum. The course is designed to provide students with an analytical structure to develop their arguments. A roundtable session simulating a professional academic conference will be included in the curriculum. Participants must write a concise argumentative essay based on a central thesis, which will be reviewed by two peers from the class. Students will present their arguments, defend their views, and respond to critiques during the roundtable discussion.