Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński

                SANTAYANA: A PHILOSOPHICAL GUIDE

1. PHILOSOPHY

• What is Philosophy?
• The Role of Philosopher
• Methodology of Literary philosophy
• Teaching philosophy
• Universal character of philosophy

2. PHILOSOPHERS

• Plato
• Aristotle
• Lucretius
• Berkeley
• Locke
• Leibniz
• Spinoza
• Kant
• Schopenhauer
• Emerson
• Peirce
• James
• Dewey

3. SCHOOLS AND MOVEMENTS

• Platonism
• Neoplatonism
• Epicureanism
• Stoicism
• Thomism
• Scholastics
• German Idealism
• Transcendentalism
• Utilitarianism
• Pragmatism
• Critical Realism
• Existentialism
• Analytic
• Marxism
• Postmodernism

4. PHILOSOPHICAL DISCIPLINES

• History of Philosophy
• Contemporary Philosophy
• Ethics
• Aesthetics
• Ontology
• Metaphysics
• Epistemology
• Mind-Body (Philosophy of Mind)
• Philosophy of Religion
• Anthropology
• Political Philosophy
• Social Philosophy
• Sociology
• Philosophy of Culture
• Literary Criticism
• Philosophy of Values

5. POSITIONS AND DOCTRINES

• Materialism/Naturalism
• Rationalism
• Realism
• Scepticism
• Relativism
• Epifenomenalism

6. PROBLEMS AND ISSUES

• Values
• Love
• Education
• Travel
• Music
• Barbarism
• Fanaticism

7. DIALOGUES AND DISPUTES

• Santayana vs. Dewey
• Santayana vs. James
• Santayana vs. Royce
• Santayana vs. Berenson

8. MEANING, RECEPTION, CONTINUATORS

• Savater
• Rorty
• Lachs
• Danto
• B. Singer
• I. Singer
• Saatkamp
• Sprigge
• Kerr-Lawson
• Moreno

9. PLACES

• Avila
• Berlin
• Oxford
• Cambridge
• Cambridge (Harvard)
• Boston
• Rome
• Paris
• London

10. AESTHETICS, ARTS, AND LITERARY FIGURES

• Dante
• Shakespeare
• Whitman
• Browning
• Avant-garde
• Classic art
• Barbarian Art
• Generation’98

11. MISCELLANEA