Philosophical Faculty
The Philosophical Faculty is traditionally the department of a university that is responsible for research and teaching in the humanities . Emerging from the medieval artist faculty , it is one of the four "classic" faculties of the European university , alongside the theological , legal and medical faculties .
In addition to the eponymous philosophy , it usually also includes historical , philological and art and cultural disciplines. Until well into the 20th century, the natural and social sciences , which today are mostly outsourced to their own faculties or departments, also belonged to the philosophy faculty. In the case of more recent university foundations, the philosophical faculties often have other names, e.g. B. Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Language and Literature, etc.
The philosophical faculties of the German universities work together in the Philosophical Faculty Day.
Examples
- Philosophical Faculty of the University of Bonn
- Philosophical Faculty of the University of Düsseldorf
- Philosophical Faculty of the University of Greifswald
- Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Lausanne
- Philosophical Faculty of the University of Mannheim
- Osijek Faculty of Philosophy , Croatia
- Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague
literature
- Walter Rüegg (Hrsg.): History of the University in Europe . Munich: Beck: Vol. 1 (1993) pp. 289 ff .; Vol. 2 (1996) p. 367 ff., 456 ff.
- Rainer Christoph Schwinges (ed.): Artists and philosophers: history of science and impact of a faculty from the 13th to the 19th century . Basel: Schwabe, 1999.