Introduction to the Program

Un programa exhaustivo y 100% online, exclusivo de TECH y con una perspectiva internacional respaldada por nuestra afiliación con la Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization” 

Este programa aborda la filosofía desde un aspecto global, pero a la vez totalmente accesible, siempre con un enfoque especial para el docente. El alumno puede esperar terminar con un conocimiento completo de los más fundamentales temas filosóficos, desde lo más puramente teórico y metafísico hasta lo más práctico y activo del ser humano.   

En el mercado de trabajo actual, los profesionales de otras ramas que complementan su capacitación con maestrías en pensamiento y argumentación son inmensamente valorados y buscados. La capacidad del filósofo de ver las cosas desde otra óptica, de pensar, como dirían los anglosajones, outside the box, es un activo fundamental en el mundo laboral.   El papel de la filosofía como una disciplina consolatoria antes los males y desgracias de este mundo, ha sido siempre fundamental y, además, nos permite entender mejor nuestra naturaleza, nuestras acciones, nuestra moralidad, nuestro ser. En definitiva, la filosofía nos ayuda a crecer como personas, a madurar como individuos, a ser más responsables como ciudadanos y a mejorar nuestro rendimiento laboral.    

En esta formación tendrás la oportunidad de acceder a los desarrollos de pensamiento más importantes de la filosofía aplicada a la docencia. A lo largo de un temario muy completo pero muy específico adquirirás los conocimientos y las rutinas necesarias para la enseñanza de esta materia o para su aplicación en otras áreas de tu vida.  Una oportunidad creada para aportar un enorme valor añadido a tu currículum.  Además, un prestigioso Director Invitado Internacional impartirá una exhaustiva Masterclass. 

Asimismo, gracias a que TECH es miembro de la Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO), el alumno podrá acceder a recursos especializados como planes de clase, materiales didácticos y actividades para enseñar filosofía. También podrá participar en eventos académicos, recibir descuentos en publicaciones y conectarse con una red internacional de educadores, favoreciendo el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico desde una perspectiva educativa inclusiva y global. 

Un reputado Director Invitado Internacional brindará una intensiva Masterclass con la que serás capaz de abordar preguntas fundamentales en Filosofía, relacionando la teoría con la práctica”

Este Postgraduate certificate en The Nature of Philosophy te ofrece las características de una capacitación de alto nivel científico, docente y tecnológico.  Estas son algunas de sus características más destacadas:   

  • Última tecnología en software de enseñanza online   
  • Sistema docenteintensamente visual, apoyado en contenidos gráficos y esquemáticos de fácil asimilación y comprensión    
  • Desarrollo de casos prácticos presentados por expertos en activo
  • Sistemas de vídeo interactivo de última generación   
  • Enseñanza apoyada en la telepráctica    
  • Sistemas de actualización y reciclaje permanente   
  • Aprendizaje autoregulable: total compatibilidad con otras ocupaciones   
  • Ejercicios prácticos de autoevaluación y constatación de aprendizaje   
  • Grupos de apoyo y sinergias educativas: preguntas al experto, foros de discusión y conocimiento   
  • Comunicación con el docente y trabajos de reflexión individual   
  • Disponibilidad de los contenidos desde cualquier dispositivo fijo o portátil con conexión a internet   
  • Bancos de documentación complementaria disponible permanentemente, incluso después del Postgraduate certificate   

Una capacitación completa y bien desarrollada que te capacitará para incluir el conocimiento de esta rama de la filosofía a la docencia”

Nuestro personal docente está integrado por profesionales de la filosofía, especialistas en activo. De esta manera nos aseguramos de ofrecerte el objetivo de actualización que pretendemos. Un cuadro multidisciplinar de profesionales capacitados y experimentados que desarrollarán los conocimientos teóricos, de manera eficiente, pero, sobre todo, pondrán al servicio del Postgraduate certificate los conocimientos prácticos derivados de su propia experiencia: una de las cualidades diferenciales de esta capacitación.   

Este dominio de la materia se complementa con la eficacia de nuestro diseño metodológico. Elaborado por un equipo multidisciplinario de expertos en e-learning integra los últimos avances en tecnología educativa. De esta manera, podrás estudiar con un elenco de herramientas multimedia, cómodas y versátiles que te darán la operatividad que necesitas en tu capacitación.    

El diseño de este programa está basado en el Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas: un planteamiento que concibe el aprendizaje como un proceso eminentemente práctico. Para conseguirlo de forma remota, con la ayuda de un novedoso sistema de vídeo interactivo, y mediante los sistemas de telepráctica  y learning from an expert  podrás adquirir los conocimientos como si estuvieses enfrentándote al supuesto que estás aprendiendo en ese momento. Un concepto que te permitirá integrar y fijar el aprendizaje de una manera más realista y permanente.   

Aprende, en apenas unos meses, los fundamentos de la filosofía y la manera de presentarlos a tu alumnado con garantías de éxito”

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Una programación centrada en el sistema ABS, de aprendizaje basado en problemas, que te hará aprender mediante la experiencia a través de casos reales y supuestos prácticos” 

Syllabus

The Postgraduate Certificate's syllabus is designed to gradually cover all the essential topics in the learning of this subject: from the knowledge of the theoretical philosophy to the most current part A review of political and thought models and their application in the social debate. A complete approach and totally focused on its application in practice. 

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Module 1. The Nature of Philosophical Activity

1.1. philosophy as an activity

1.1.1. Reflection and Inevitability

1.1.1.1. Thought and daily life
1.1.1.2. Doing without Thinking

1.1.2. Philosophy and Community

1.1.2.1. Why is the conversation necessary?

1.1.3. Eternal Discussions

1.1.3.1. Is there progress in thinking?
1.1.3.1. Seniority: Socrates and the others
1.1.3.2. Modernity: Descartes, Kant and us
1.1.3.3. The present: who says what?

1.1.4. Today's Topics

1.1.4.1. Philosophy at school

1.1.4.1.1. Philosophy with children?

1.1.4.2. Philosophy beyond school

1.1.4.2.1. Ways to promote reflection

1.1.4.3. Philosophy without school

1.1.4.3.1. Dialogue and friendship

1.1.5. Interest and Reflection

1.1.5.1. Is there a rejection of philosophy?

1.1.5.1.1. Doing boring philosophy
1.1.5.1.2. Living vs. talking about life

1.1.5.2. What generates our interest?

1.1.5.2.1. Can interest be created?
1.1.5.2.2. Understanding and the need for interest

1.1.6. What Is Philosophy for?

1.1.6.1. What we are all looking for

1.1.6.1.1. Happiness
1.1.6.1.2. Serenity of spirit

1.1.6.2. What we all know

1.1.6.2.1. Means and Ends

1.1.7. Is It Necessary to Prepare for Philosophical Activity?

1.1.7.1. The conditions set by philosophy?
1.1.7.2. Who does and who does not get to do philosophy?

1.1.8. Philosophy and Life

1.1.8.1. Life with and without reflection
1.1.8.2. Boredom and detention
1.1.8.3. To be or not to be?

1.1.9. Philosophy and Death

1.1.9.1. To be oneself and not to be

1.1.9.1.1. What is living and dying in philosophy?
1.1.9.1.2. Why the fear of change?

1.1.9.2. The place for expression

1.1.9.2.1. Mediocrity

1.2. The need for philosophy

1.2.1. The Socratic Attitude

1.2.1.1. Dialogue and maieutics
1.2.1.2. Unanswered questions

1.2.1.2.1. Openness and dogmatism

1.2.2. The Forms of Creation

1.2.2.1. Creative life

1.2.3. Theory and Practice of a Reflective Life

1.2.3.1. Judging the right thing to do?

1.2.3.1.1. Intellectual virtue

1.2.3.2. Do the right thing?

1.2.3.2.1. Prudence

1.2.4. The Life of the Wayfarer

1.2.4.1. The image of the single path
1.2.4.2. The path is made by walking
1.2.4.3. The path of meaninglessness

1.2.5. The Limits of Thought

1.2.5.1. Silence and the word

1.2.5.1.1. The search for security
1.2.5.1.2. Uncertainty as a condition

1.2.5.2. Belief and opinion

1.2.6. Reflection and Pursuit

1.2.6.1. Eudemony: correctness
1.2.6.2. Hedonism: pleasure

1.2.7. Means and Ends

1.2.7.1. The promises of capitalism
1.2.7.2. The illusions of communism

1.2.8. Virtue and Truth

1.2.8.1. Plato and Christian thought
1.2.8.2. Aristotle and the realization

1.2.9. Expression and Mediocrity

1.2.9.1. The need for expression
1.2.9.2. Life without expression

1.2.10. Art and Science without Philosophy

1.2.10.1. Non-artistic creation
1.2.10.2. Knowledge without science

1.3. Being a Person

1.3.1. Delving into Language

1.3.1.1. Human being and human person
1.3.1.2. Second nature
1.3.1.3. The constitution of the person

1.3.2. The Individual and Community

1.3.2.1. Culture and meaning
1.3.2.2. Society as the sum of individuals
1.3.2.3. Person as a social product

1.3.3. Person and Body

1.3.3.1. Body vs. having a body
1.3.3.2. The ghost in the machine
1.3.3.3. Body and Mind

1.3.3.3.1. Materialistic monism
1.3.3.3.2. Substantial dualism

1.3.4. Mind and the World

1.3.4.1. The reality of the physical world
1.3.4.2. Types of mind

1.3.4.2.1. Mind and consciousness
1.3.4.2.2. Animal Mind
1.3.4.2.3. Self-aware mind

1.3.4.3. Where is the mind?

1.3.4.3.1. Disorienting questions
1.3.4.3.2. Biased questions

1.3.4.4. The fabric of life

1.3.5. Meaning

1.3.5.1. Language and meaning

1.3.5.1.1. Two theories of meaning
1.3.5.1.2. Platonism and understanding

1.3.5.2. The meaning factory
1.3.5.3. Social practices

1.3.5.3.1. The background of understanding
1.3.5.3.2. Sanity and insanity 3.5.3.2. Genius and delirium

1.3.5.4. Rules and Sanctions

1.3.6. Linguistic Communication

1.3.6.1. Trial
1.3.6.2. Criteria

1.3.6.2.1. Existence
1.3.6.2.2. Identity

1.3.7. Concept

1.3.7.1. Concept and practice
1.3.7.2. Having concepts and having beliefs
1.3.7.3. Learning

1.3.8. Understanding and Knowledge

1.3.8.1. Acquire concepts
1.3.8.2. Autonomy
1.3.8.3. Redesign and self-knowledge

1.3.9. Culture: The World of Sense

1.3.9.1. The web of meanings
1.3.9.2. Marginality

1.3.10. Cultural Diversity and Understanding

1.3.10.1. How do others think about the world?
1.3.10.2. How do the thoughts of others influence us?

1.4. Human Action

1.4.1. Rational and Non-Rational Animals

1.4.1.1. Rationality and Institution
1.4.1.2. Thinking and acting
1.4.1.3. Responsible decision making

1.4.2. Responsibility and Irresponsibility

1.4.2.1. Giving and asking for reasons

1.4.2.1.1. Commitments
1.4.2.1.2. Qualifications

1.4.3. Free Will

1.4.3.1. Negative freedom
1.4.3.2. Positive freedom
1.4.3.3. Justify the action

1.4.4. Knowledge and Reason

1.4.4.1. Knowing and understanding

1.4.5. Theory and Truth

1.4.5.1. True belief

1.4.5.1.1. Correspondence
1.4.5.1.2. Coherence
1.4.5.1.3. Pragmatism

1.4.5.2. Justified belief
1.4.5.3. Giving reasons
1.4.5.4. Reasons for action

1.4.6. Community and Conversation

1.4.6.1. State opinions
1.4.6.2. Interpreting opinions

1.4.7. Pluralism and Relativism

1.4.7.1. Multiplicity of perspectives
1.4.7.2. Conflicts of opinion and democracy
1.4.7.3. The weight of the reasons

1.4.7.3.1. Good reasons
1.4.7.3.2. Fallacious arguments

1.4.8. Ethical Values

1.4.8.1. Moral and non-moral beings

1.4.8.1.1. Moral commitment
1.4.8.1.2. Immorality

1.4.8.2. Objectivity of morality
1.4.8.3. Justification of moral judgments

1.4.9. Action and Responsibility

1.4.10. Thought, Individual and Community

1.5. Language and Reality

1.5.1. The Individual and Community
1.5.2. The Individual and Person: Nature

1.5.2.1. Conditions for Thought
1.5.2.2. Conditions for action
1.5.2.3. Conditions to receive

1.5.3. Community and Person: Society
1.5.4. The Egg, The Chicken and The Standard

1.5.4.1. Social contract

1.5.4.1.1. The war of all, against all
1.5.4.1.2. The benefits of community living

1.5.4.2. Convergence

1.5.4.2.1. From the standard to the norm
1.5.4.2.2. The search for community

1.5.5. The Content of Thought
1.5.6. Learn to Judge

1.5.6.1. Learning to Think
1.5.6.2. Learning to see

1.5.7. Understanding and Education

1.5.7.1. Change of habits
1.5.7.2. Addiction

1.5.8. Reality and What We Judge
1.5.9. What Can Be Understood

1.5.9.1. What we say 
1.5.9.2. What we read  
1.5.9.3. What we heard  

1.5.10. Youth and Old Age 

1.5.10.1. Slavery  
1.5.10.2. Autonomy 

1.5.10.2.1. Family traditions 
1.5.10.2.2. Rebelliousness 
1.5.10.2.3. Rock culture 

1.5.10.3. Exit the cave 

1.6. Thought and Reality 

1.6.1. Belief and Desire 

1.6.1.1. Dogmatism and prejudice 

1.6.1.1.1. Beliefs and faith 
1.6.1.1.2. Fanaticism  
1.6.1.1.3. Obscurantism 

1.6.1.2. Opening and exhibition 

1.6.2. What Is Done and What Happens 

1.6.2.1. What are we responsible for? 

1.6.3. Educating and Educating Oneself 

1.6.3.1. School and university 
1.6.3.2. Self-awareness and education 

1.6.4. Thinking and Transforming Reality 

1.6.4.1. Illuminated  
1.6.4.2. Followers 
1.6.4.3. The search for meaning: good stories 

1.6.5. The Burden of Reality  

1.6.5.1. The search for meaning 

1.6.5.1.1. Obvious hypothesis: it was the butler
1.6.5.1.2. Far-fetched hypotheses: abduction 
1.6.5.1.3. Sensible hypotheses: we do not rule out anything  

1.6.5.2. Philosophy and disenchantment  

1.6.6. Philosophy as Scepticism 

1.6.6.1. Philosophical and dogmatic skepticism 

1.6.7. Science and Scepticism 

1.6.7.1. Search for truth 

1.6.7.1.1. Science and efficiency 
1.6.7.1.2. Theories and more theories  
1.6.7.1.3. The end of science 

1.6.7.2. Truth without knowledge 
1.6.7.3. Experience and justification  

1.6.8. Knowledge without Dogmas 

1.6.8.1. The purpose of knowledge 
1.6.8.2. Knowledge and creation 

1.6.9. Thought and Construction 

1.6.9.1. Discovery and creation  
1.6.9.2. Making worlds 

1.6.9.2.1. Worlds and truth 
1.6.9.2.2. Creation and understanding  

1.6.10. Living with and without Beliefs  

1.6.10.1. Fears, beliefs and dogmas 
1.6.10.2. Common sense   

1.7. Philosophy and Community  

1.7.1. Thinking with Others  

1.7.1.1. Need of the other  
1.7.1.2. What am I and what are we? 

1.7.2. Social Representations  

1.7.2.1. Community thinking 
1.7.2.2. The social network      

1.7.3. Thinking in Practice 

1.7.3.1. Thinking by doing 
1.7.3.2. Learning by Doing  
1.7.3.3. Observation and self-observation  

1.7.4. Philosophy as Critical Thought  

1.7.4.1. Critical discourse  
1.7.4.2. The possibility of conversing 

1.7.5. Community Building 

1.7.5.1. Creating and breaking ties  
1.7.5.2. Educating in values  
1.7.5.3. Educating for conversation 

1.7.6. Recognition of the Other  

1.7.6.1. The other and the difference 
1.7.6.2. Acceptance and rejection 

1.7.7. The Right to Think  

1.7.7.1. The value of the word 
1.7.7.2. The place of thought 
1.7.7.3. Teaching responsibilities 

1.7.8. Logic and Rhetoric 

1.7.8.1. Thought and speech: sincerity 
1.7.8.2. Thought and audience 

1.7.9. Philosophy and Communication  

1.7.9.1. Speaking to another  
1.7.9.2. Learning to say  
1.7.9.3. Empty Words  

1.8. Philosophy and Values 

1.8.1. Rationality and Assessment  

1.8.1.1. The need to assess  
1.8.1.2. Rationality and Value 

1.8.2. Value Judgments in Ethics and Aesthetics 

1.8.2.1. Truth and justification  
1.8.2.2. Belief, valuation and action 

1.8.3. Value Concepts 

1.8.3.1. Dense concepts  
1.8.3.2. Light concepts 

1.8.4. Description and Prescription 

1.8.4.1. Description 
1.8.4.2. Prescription  

1.8.5. Morals and Sciences  

1.8.5.1. Values in scientism  
1.8.5.2. Scientism and the sciences  

1.8.6. The Status of Values  

1.8.6.1. Reality and experience 
1.8.6.2. Objectivity and subjectivity 

1.8.7. Value Cognitivism  

1.8.7.1. Epistemology of value  
1.8.7.2. Value relativism  

1.8.8. Moral Scepticism  
1.8.9. Rules and Sanctions  

1.8.9.1. Is there a community without values?  
1.8.9.2. Is there rationality without values? 
1.8.9.3. Inclusion and exclusion  

1.9. Philosophy and Basic Education 

1.9.1. Education in Children and Adults 

1.9.1.1. School and life 

1.9.2. Education for Life 

1.9.2.1. Education as knowledge  
1.9.2.2. Emotional Education

1.9.3. Self-Knowledge  

1.9.3.1. The Socratic spirit 
1.9.3.2. The entrance and exit of the cave 

1.9.4. Authority and Authoritarianism 

1.9.4.1. Education and repression 
1.9.4.2. Education and discipline  
1.9.4.3. Effort and sacrifice     

1.9.5. Education as a Search for Understanding  

1.9.5.1. Understanding and transformation 
1.9.5.2. Understanding in theory 
1.9.5.3. Understanding in practice 

1.9.6. Philosophy as a Search for Wisdom  

1.9.6.1. Philosophy and openness  
1.9.6.2. Philosophy and expression  

1.9.7. Education and Creativity 

1.9.7.1. The importance of creation 
1.9.7.2. Reality and creation 
1.9.7.3. Creation and construction  

1.9.8. Education and Expression 

1.9.8.1. Expression and emptiness  
1.9.8.2. Artistic expression and reflection  

1.9.9. Philosophy of Education 

1.9.9.1. Why educate ourselves? 
1.9.9.2. How to educate ourselves?

1.10. Philosophy and Health 

10.1. Understanding and Health  

1.10.1.1. The conceptual remedy 
1.10.1.2. The logical space of health 

1.10.2. Education and Health 

1.10.2.1. Individual and collective health 
1.10.2.2. Working for health 
1.10.2.3. Incomprehension, dogmatism and disease 

1.10.3. Mental and Physical Health 

1.10.3.1. One or more forms of disease? 
1.10.3.2. Mind and body in disease 

1.10.4. Self-Care 

1.10.4.1. Responsibility  
1.10.4.2. Effort without sacrifice 

1.10.5. Life in Conflict 

1.10.5.1. Addictive relationships 
1.10.5.2. Addiction without substance 

1.10.6. Emotional Understanding 

1.10.6.1. Can we educate emotions? 
1.10.6.2. Can we control emotions? 
1.10.6.3. Can we be better people? 

1.10.7. Harmony and Adaptation 

1.10.7.1. The limits of adaptation 
1.10.7.2. Harmony and conflict  
1.10.7.3. Harmony and understanding  

1.10.8. The Need to Live in Conflict 

1.10.8.1. Conflict and community 
1.10.8.2. Conflict and politics 
1.10.8.3. Conflict and conversation  

1.10.9. The Need for Improvement 

1.10.9.1. Education and improvement 
1.10.9.2. Education as community building  

A very complete syllabus that will take you along a complete and very well structured path, through all the essential knowledge in this subject"

Postgraduate Certificate in the Nature of Philosophical Activity

The academic area of philosophy encompasses reflections and knowledge that allow us to analyze the essence and transcendence of things; this, in turn, is complemented by the illustrative, theoretical and metaphysical concepts of the human being. This notion helps us to understand our nature, actions and morality. Being a predominant subject that requires specific educational material, TECH developed the Postgraduate Certificate in the Nature of Philosophical Activity, which, in addition to addressing the doctrine from a global point of view. It deepens in the methodological bases that integrate multiple related knowledge. This Postgraduate Certificate is taught in online modality, its contents are dictated by a team of experts, who will complement the training with multimedia material and theoretical-practical lessons. By completing the program, you will delve into the developments of philosophical thought applied to teaching, as well as the analysis of social values (freedom, equality, justice). After completing the six weeks of preparation, you will have the ability to think "outside the box", which will allow you to understand in a philosophical way the general perspectives of today's world.

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