The manual was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education in spe-cialty 31.05.03«Dentistry»the current curriculum and on the basis of the work program on the discipline of philosophy. The manual is fo-cused on the competence-based learning model. It has an original, uni-form for all classes structure, including the topic, a summary of the training questions, the subject of essays, training materials, test items with response standards, recommended literature. This manual covers topics related to the periods of development of world philosophy. De-signed for students in thespecialty31.05.03 «Dentistry».