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Introduction to the Program
Systematically acquire the most exhaustive knowledge in Philosophy and Theory of Society, with the most comprehensive tools of thought and analysis for the philosopher"
Human knowledge and structures are the focus of philosophical study, with approaches that allow us to infer the deepest of meanings. Since the beginning of social development, this type of voluntary and purposeful human union has given rise to numerous philosophical approaches that explore and analyze the underlying raison d'être and the flows that are created.
Accordingly, in this Master's Degree the student will learn to contemplate man as a social actor, exploring the implications of this condition, and how human nature frames all social relationships.
Immerse yourself in this Master's Degree and build the most comprehensive knowledge about the natural environment or material world in which man acts and exists, and which constitutes the essential focus of social philosophy.
A complete review that will allow the student to build expertise on the philosophical insights inferred from different human affairs, in the fields of law, politics or the activity and intermediation of the media.
A complete compendium of knowledge and overview of developments that will propel you to the highest standards of professional competence, increasing your competitiveness in this field of work. This program will also teach students the most effective study methods for this subject.
If you seek self-improvement, to achieve a positive change at a personal level, interact with the best and belong to the new generation of professionals capable of performing their work anywhere in the world, this may be the path for you.
A Master's Degree that is fully compatible with other work, personal, teaching or study commitments From the start, in its teaching approaches, to the end, in its assessments, the system will be flexible to the student's needs. Consequently, the results are much more efficient since study will not become an unbearable burden, but rather, a stimulating and easy challenge to undertake and bring to fruition.
Acquire the theoretical foundations and practical tools necessary for the most complete philosophical analysis"
This Master's Degree in Philosophy and Theory of Society contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. Its most notable features are:
- Case studies to apply the theoretical content to real life situations
- The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
- It contains practical exercises where the self-evaluation process can be carried out to improve learning
- An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student
- Special emphasis on practical learning
- All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
- Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an internet connection
This program in Philosophy and Theory of Society has been created to help you acquire the skills required for this line of analysis and thought. A growth trajectory that will give you new perspectives on humans and work”
TECH Global University offers the most innovative, creative and unique offering, in a dynamic, talented and internationally recognized institution. With a space to exchange ideas, experience and reflections. Students will be able to share their learning experience, through forums and other collaborative tools, all 100% online.
TECH supports its students at all times thanks to an involved and committed teaching staff. The teaching team transmits their expertise in their professional performance, working from a real, lively and dynamic context. But, above all we explore your critical side, your ability to question things, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
A thorough analysis of man as a social actor and of the environment in which his actions and self unfold"
The most up-to-date and sure way to access the best university education"
Syllabus
This complete package will lead the student to the acquisition of the most comprehensive knowledge in this subject, bringing them closer to excellence in the humanistic field. The syllabus of this Master's Degree has been designed to provide a high impact specialism, with new teaching approaches aimed at maintaining motivation and interest, which are key to achieving learning objectives. A high-quality teaching model that sets TECH apart.
A comprehensive teaching program that will walk you through the development of this philosophical area, revealing its workings and practical application in a totally flexible way”
Module 1. Philosophy of Nature
1.1. Introduction
1.1.1. Philosophy of Nature and Its Study Aim
1.1.2. Method in Philosophy of Nature
1.1.3. Relation between Philosophy of Nature and Other Areas of Philosophy and the Experimental Sciences
1.1.4. Brief Historical Overview of Reflection on Nature: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Modern and Contemporary Periods
1.1.5. Intelligibility of Nature: Ordinary Experience, Experimental Sciences and Metaphysics
1.2. The Structure of Nature
1.2.1. Becoming and Multiplicity
1.2.2. The Corporeal Substance
1.2.3. Hylemorphic Composition Theory
1.2.4. Quantity
1.2.5. Corporeal Qualities
1.2.6. Place
1.2.7. The Weather
1.3. The Origin and Meaning of Nature
1.3.1. The Origin of the Universe
1.3.2. The Meaning and Purpose of Nature
1.3.3. Nature and Humans
1.3.4. Nature and God
Module 2. Philosophy of Art
2.1. Introduction
2.1.1. Definition of Art
2.1.2. How Art is Studied Through Philosophy
2.2. Historical Conceptions of Art
2.2.1. Art as a Religious Object
2.2.2. Art as Representation of Reality
2.2.3. Art as an Object in Itself
2.3. Classical Problems of Art
2.3.1. The Ontological Status of the Work of Art
2.3.2. The Link Between the Artist and His Work
2.3.3. The Art World
2.3.4. Possible Interpretations of a Work of Art
2.4. Contemporary Problems of Art
2.4.1. The Relationship Between Art and Social and Political Issues
2.4.2. The Loss of Beauty as an Essential Value of Art
2.4.3. Art as a Market
2.4.4. Art as an Everyday Object
Module 3. Political Philosophy
3.1. What is Political Philosophy?
3.1.1. The Lesson of the Classics
3.1.2. The Great Themes of Political Philosophy
3.1.3. Stages of Political Philosophy
3.2. Ancient Political Philosophy
3.2.1. The Republic as the Platonic Ideal for Politics
3.2.2. The Politics of Aristotle
3.3. Medieval Political Philosophy
3.3.1. St. Augustine and the City of God
3.3.2. The Theological-Political Disputes of the Middle Ages and Thomistic Synthesis
3.4. Machiavelli and the Birth of Modern Political Thought
3.4.1. Machiavelli's Theory of Forms of Government
3.4.2. Machiavelli's Political Realism
3.5. Modern Political Philosophy
3.5.1. Hobbes and Modern Iusnaturalism
3.5.2. Locke and the Liberal Formulation of Modern Iusnaturalism
3.5.3. Rousseau and the Critique of Modern Political Philosophy
Module 4. Legal Philosophy
4.1. Introduction
4.1.1. Nature of Legal Practice
4.1.2. Common Legal Knowledge
4.1.3. Technical Legal Knowledge
4.1.4. Division of Law
4.1.5. Legal Methodology
4.1.6. Relationship Between Law and Other Fields of Knowledge
4.2. Key points of Legal Knowledge
4.2.1. Justice in the Commutative Sphere
4.2.2. Justice in the Distributive Sphere
4.2.3. Forality
4.3. The History of Law
4.3.1. The Ius in Ancient Rome
4.3.2. The Binomial Ius Civile and Lex Antiqua
4.3.3. The Ius in the Christianized Greek East
4.3.4. The Ius in the Christianized Latin West
4.3.5. The Protestant Rupture
4.3.6. The New Revolutionary Order
4.4. Law and Theology
4.4.1. Ancient Ius as Pagan Theologia Civilis
4.4.2. The Jurist and the Staretz
4.4.3. Restitution and Penance
4.4.4. Justice and Mercy
Module 5. Philosophical Anthropology I
5.1. Introduction
5.1.1. The Human Being as Mystery
5.1.2. The Nature and Method Relating to Philosophical Anthropology
5.1.3. Historical Overview of the Concepts of Mankind
5.2. Human Life
5.2.1. Historical Concepts of Human Life
5.2.2. The Vital Principle and Degrees of Life
5.2.3. The Origin of Human Life
5.2.4. Hominization Process Evolutionary Theories and their Evaluation
5.2.5. The Principles of Human Life
5.3. The Phenomenology of Human Behavior
5.3.1. Attempts to Explain Human Behavior
5.3.2. Specific Human Phenomena
5.3.3. Animal Instinct and Human Instinct
5.4. Human Knowledge
5.4.1. Human Knowledge in General
5.4.2. External Sensations
5.4.3. Internal Perception
5.4.4. Intellectual Knowledge
5.4.5. Self-Conscience
5.4.6. Spirituality of Intellectual Knowledge
5.5. Human Desire
5.5.1. Human Desire in General
5.5.2. Sensitive Tendencies
5.5.3. Human Will
5.5.4. Volition Process
5.5.5. Freedom and Love
5.5.6. Spirituality of the Human Will
5.6. Human Affectivity
5.6.1. Human Affectivity in General
5.6.2. Emotions
5.6.3. Feelings
5.6.4. Pleasure and Pain
Module 6. Philosophical Anthropology II
6.1. Human Unity and Dualism
6.1.1. History of the Problem
6.1.2. Existence, Spirituality and Substantiality of the Soul
6.1.3. The Soul as a Form of Human Matter Origin of the Personal Soul
6.1.4. Value and Dignity of the Human Body Gendered Character
6.2. Humans as Personal Beings
6.2.1. History of the Personal Conception of the Human Being
6.2.2. Nature of the Personal Being
6.2.3. Ontological and Psychological Constitution of the Person
6.2.4. Absolute Value of the Person
Module 7. Philosophy and Experimental Science
7.1. Science and Its Characterization
7.1.1. From a Current Definition of Science
7.1.2. The Different Levels in Science
7.1.3. Features of Experimental Sciences
7.2. The Scientific Method and Its Methods
7.2.1. Possible Methods and Their Scope
7.2.2. Building the Scientific Object: Concepts, Models, Statements and Theories
7.3. Philosophy in Science
7.3.1. Not a Reflexion on Science, but of Its Contents
7.3.2. Philosophy and Physics
7.3.2.1. Matter: Aristotle vs. Contemporary Science
7.3.2.2. Movement Aristotle vs. Contemporary Science
7.3.2.3. New Astronomy, New Metaphysics and the Opposition
7.3.2.4. God and the World
7.3.3. Philosophy and Biology
7.3.3.1. What Is Life?
7.3.3.2. The Controversy over Spontaneous Generation: from Aristotle to Pasteur
7.3.4. Philosophy and Chemistry
7.3.4.1. Lavoisier and the Chemical Element
7.3.4.2. The Metaphysics of Chemical Entities
Module 8. Philosophy and the Media
8.1. Theory of Knowledge and Communicative Process
8.1.1. Link Between Thought and Language
8.1.2. Theory of Knowledge and Communicative Process
8.1.3. Relationship of the Human Being Within the World
8.1.4. Culture
8.2. History and Reflections on the Media
8.2.1. Difference between Information and Communication
8.2.2. From Gutenberg to the Internet
8.2.3. Attitudes to New Technologies
8.2.4. Information Security and Transparency
8.3. Effects and Consequences of the Use of the Media
8.3.1. Typology of the Effects that the Media Has
8.3.2. Media Content Analysis
8.3.3. Theories on the Effects of the Media
8.4. Attitudes Towards Communication Theories
8.4.1. Communication Channels and Traditions in North America
8.4.2. Communication Channels and Traditions in Europe
8.4.3. Communication Channels and Traditions in Ibero-American
Module 9. Religious Philosophy
9.1. Sources of Religious Fact
9.1.1. Religious Fact
9.1.2. Typologies of Historical Religions
9.1.3. Religions Through History
9.1.4. Oppression and Rejection of Religion
9.2. Reality and Transcendence of the Sacred
9.2.1. Phenomenological Analysis of Religious Experience
9.2.2. The Names of the Sacred
9.2.3. The Dimension of Reality in the Sacred
9.2.4. The Dimension of Transcendence in the Sacred
9.2.5. The Dimension of Mystery in the Divine
9.3. Personal Character and the Salvation of Divinity
9.3.1. The Personal Dimension of the Divine
9.3.2. The Dimension of the Sacred, Holiness, Sanctity and Salvation of the Sacred
9.4. The Interiority of Religious Experience
9.4.1. The Subjective Aspect of the Faith Experience
9.4.2. Religious Experience: Fear and Love
9.4.3. The Psychic Structure of Religious Experience
9.4.4. The Corporeal and Communal Dimensions of Religion
9.5. External Manifestation of Religious Experience
9.5.1. The Externalization of Acts of Faith
9.5.2. The Noetic and Cultural Levels of Religious Experience
9.5.3. The Fundamental Acts of Religious Experience
9.5.4. The Corporeal and Communal Dimensions of Religion
9.6. The Essence of Religion
9.6.1. A Retrospective View
9.6.2. What Religion Is Not
9.6.3. What Religion Is
9.6.4. Conclusions
Module 10. Philosophy of Language
10.1. Introduction
10.1.1. Language as Human Fact
10.1.2. The Philosophical Study of Language
10.2. The Linguistic Sign: Semiotics
10.2.1. Sign Theory
10.2.2. Signs, Concepts and Things
10.3. Meaning: Semantics
10.3.1. The Problem of Meaning
10.3.2. Meaning in Modern Philosophy of Language
10.3.3. Language and Truth
10.4. The Signifying Act: Pragmatics
10.4.1. Meaning and Language Use
10.4.2. Language and Communication
10.5. The Theory of Interpretation: Hermeneutics
10.5.1. Hermeneutic Philosophy and Language
10.5.2. Understand and Interpret
10.6. The Theory of Religious Language
10.6.1. The Meaning of Religious Discourse
10.6.2. The Pragmatics of Religious Language
Module 11. Cultural Philosophy
11.1. Concepts of Culture
11.1.1. Culture in the Classical Humanist Sense
11.1.2. Culture in the Modern Anthropological Sense
11.1.3. Fundamental Constituent Elements of Culture
11.1.4. Towards a Strictly Philosophical Concept of Culture
11.1.5. Culture Between Tradition and Novelty
11.1.6. Human Universality and Cultural Originality
11.2. The Person as a Cultural Being
11.2.1. The Historical Formation of the Concept of Person
11.2.2. Personal Development and Cultural Integration
11.2.3. Culture at the Service of the Person
11.3. Constitutive Aspects of Human Culture
11.3.1. Language: Man's Primary Function and the Founding Element of Culture
11.3.2. Social Organization, Political Institution and Educational Institution
11.3.3. Relationship with the Environment, Work, Technology and Science
11.3.4. Axiology and Culture
11.3.5. History and Culture
11.3.6. Religion and Culture
Module 12. Social and Political Philosophy
12.1. Examples of Philosophical Reflections on Society and Politics
12.1.1. Ancient and Medieval Philosophers
12.1.2. Modern and Contemporary Philosophers
12.2. Principles of Social Order and Politics
12.2.1. Human Person and Law: Person and Liberty, Marriage, Family, etc.
12.2.2. Law and Legality: Solidarity, Subsidiarity, Common Good, Society
12.2.3. Economy and Development: Intermediate Bodies, Social Participation, Labor
12.3. State and Social Constitution
12.3.1. Nature and Constitution of the State: Definition, Law, Authority, Power, Territory, Nation and Homeland, Autonomy, Sovereignty
12.3.2. Organs, Limits and Functions of the State: Division of Powers, Legitimacy and Legality, International Community
12.3.3. Forms of Government: Democracy and other Forms of Political Organization, Autonomy, Sovereignty, etc.
12.4. Justice and Peace
12.4.1. Poverty, Development and Their Relationships with Justice
12.4.2. Promotion of Peace and International Community Global Entities
12.4.3. War and Conditions for Peace: Self-Defense and Community
A fully up-to-date program, with the most relevant and essential aspects organized in a dynamic and structured way”
Master's Degree in Philosophy and Societal Theory
Contemporary society presents complex challenges that require in-depth analysis and critical understanding of its foundations. At TECH Global University, we offer you the opportunity to explore and reflect on the philosophical and theoretical aspects of society through our Master's Degree in Philosophy and Theory of Society. Our program is taught online, which gives you the flexibility to study from anywhere and adapt your schedule to your personal and professional responsibilities. You will have access to learning materials, which are the most updated in the market. You will be able to visualize the contents in different ways, since we have different teaching modalities, such as explanatory videos, summaries or interactive presentations, lectures with experts, etc. Also, you will have a team of highly qualified teachers with experience in philosophy and social theory, who will guide you throughout the program and answer your questions and doubts.
Specialization in Philosophy and Theory of Society taught by TECH
In this Master's Degree, you will acquire in-depth knowledge of the main philosophical currents and theories of society. You will explore fundamental concepts such as justice, freedom, power and morality, and analyze how they are applied in different social contexts. In addition, you will study the contributions of leading philosophers or social theorists and learn how to apply their thinking to understanding contemporary challenges. Become an expert in philosophy and social theory, contribute to the intellectual and social debate around current issues. We will provide you with the skills and knowledge to excel in your professional career and to approach social challenges from a critical and reflective perspective. Enroll in the Master's Degree in Philosophy and Theory of Society at TECH Global University and broaden your understanding of society and its philosophical foundations!