Modern and Contemporary Philosophy I

Code:

FILO011

Acronym:

FILC1

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Philosophy

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
FILO	48	FILO - Study Plan	3	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Students are expected to acquire knowledge of issues and fundamental trends of contemporary philosophy through analysing, at various levels, the first and most representative works. We will place emphasis on both similarities and differences, bringing together and confronting various philosophical attitudes and styles, following essential recurrent paths. As far as possible, we will avoid taking sides with a particular philosopher.

Program

1. The issue of history and concept. Time and philosophy.
2. The refusal of appearance.
3. The issue of existence.
4. Reformulations of empiricism.
5. The return of the tragic thought and the issue of values.
6. The thought of life.
7. The new issue of fundamentals.
8. Neo-Kantianism.

Mandatory literature

Bergson, Henri ; Ensaio sobre os dados imediatos da consciência (1889), trad. portuguesa João da Silva Gama, Edições 70, Lisboa, 1988
Cassirer, Ernst ; Filosofia das formas simbólicas (1923-1929), trad. francesa Olé Hanson-Love e Jean Lacoste, 3 vols, Minuit, Paris, 1972
Hegel, G. W. F. ; Fenomenologia do espírito (1807), trad. francesa Jean Hyppolite, Aubier, Paris, 1941
Husserl, Edmund ; Ideias directrizes para uma fenomenologia (1913), trad. francesa Paul Ricoeur, Gallimard, Paris, 1950
Kierkegaard, Soren ; Ou… ou… (1843), trad. francesa F. Prior, O. Prior e M. H. Guignot, Gallimard, Paris, 1943
Nietzsche, Friedrich ; Assim falava Zaratustra (1883-1885), trad. portuguesa Carlos Grifo Babo, Presença, Lisboa, 1976
Russell, Bertrand ; Princípios da matemática (1903), George Allen and Unwin, Londres, 1903
Schopenhauer, Arthur ; O mundo como vontade e representação (1818), trad. francesa A. Burdeau, PUF, Paris, 1966
Stuart Mill, John ; Um sistema de lógica (1843), trad. francesa Louis Peisse, Madraga, Bruxelas, 1988

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes, with lectures on the contents and commentaries of excerpts from the main works mentioned in the reading list.

keywords

Humanities > History > History of philosophy > Contemporary philosophy

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
	Exame	3,00		2012-02-16
	Exame	80,00
	Exame	27,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance (in 75% of estimated classes, unless established otherwise by law and for students who were eligible in the previous academic year).

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam: a 3-hour written exam, and an oral exam, whenever necessary or required. The final exam mark will be rounded to the nearest whole mark.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Regulations in force.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese