UEH Master Programs

Brief Course Description

1. Course Title:

Philosophy

2. Language of Instruction:

Tiếng Việt

3. Course Code:

PHI610004

4. Credits:

4

5. Course Objectives:

Equip students with profound and comprehensive philosophical knowledge. Analyze ontology, epistemology as well as political, social and human viewpoints of philosophical schools in history; at the same time, grasp the requirements of dialectical thinking methods; be able to analyze the basic laws governing the movement and development of human society. Have the ability to think critically, the skills to analyze and evaluate economic, cultural and social policies, as well as the ability to apply dialectical methods to research policies, laws, and participate responsibly in giving opinions, consulting and social criticism.

6. Brief Description of Course Content:

The Philosophy course curriculum consists of eight chapters, including:

  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Philosophy, which introduces the emergence and fundamental characteristics of philosophical schools throughout history.
  • Chapter 2: Ontology, presenting the theories of the essence of being from various philosophical schools in general and of dialectical materialism in particular.
  • The next two chapters, Dialectics (Chapter 3) and Epistemology (Chapter 4), cover basic content on the most general theories of movement and development in the world and the views on cognition from different philosophical schools in history. Specifically, dialectical materialism is the science of the universal laws governing the movement and development of nature, society, and thought. Dialectical materialist epistemology provides the theoretical foundation for essential principles, such as the principles of comprehensiveness, historical specificity, development, and the unity of theory and practice, which require human cognitive and practical activities to adhere to these guidelines.
  • Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8, titled respectively: The Theory of Socio-economic Formations, Political Philosophy, Social Consciousness, and Philosophy of Humanity, present the theoretical content of philosophy concerning economics, politics, culture, and humanity. Particular emphasis is placed on the philosophy of historical materialism.

Historical materialism, founded by Marx and Engels and developed by Lenin, includes a system of dialectical materialist perspectives on society. It is the result of applying the theories of dialectical materialism and its methods to studying social life and human history.