The manual was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education in specialty 31.05.03«Dentistry»the current curriculum and on the basis of the work program on the discipline of philosophy. The manual is focused on the competence – based learning model. It has an original, uniform 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. Designed for students in the specialty 31.05.03 «Dentistry». Recommended in print by the Coordination Scientific – Methodological Council and approved by the decision of the Editorial and Publishing Council of the FSBEI HE «Bashkir State Medical University»оf The Ministry оf Healthcare оf Russia.