Early Modern Philosophy I
Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
FILO |
40 |
FILO - Study Plan |
3 |
- |
6 |
4 |
|
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Students are expected to acquire knowledge of the key works of modern philosophy, analysing, at different levels, the authors and their most representative works. Emphasis will be given to conceptual intersections, repetition and innovation, rather than linking the various moments into an evolutionary characterization
Program
1. The individual and action.
2. Knowledge as an operation and as contemplation.
3. The split between meaning and truth.
4. Foundation and fundament.
5. The project of a political science.
6. Belief and knowledge.
7. Knowledge and ontology.
Mandatory literature
Bacon, Francis ; Novum Organum (1620), trad. francesa Michel Malherbe e Jean-Marie Pousseur, PUF, Paris, 1986
Descartes, René ; Meditações Metafísicas (1641), Garnier-Flammarion, Paris, 1979
Espinosa, Bento ; Ética (1677, póstumo), trad. portuguesa Joaquim de Carvalho et alii, Atlântida, Coimbra, 1960 sgts
Galileu; Diálogo dos grandes sistemas (1632), trad. portuguesa parcial José Trindade Santos, Gradiva, Lisboa, 1987
Hobbes, Thomas ; Leviatã (1650), trad. portuguesa João Paulo Monteiro e Maria Beatriz Nizza da Silva, , Imprensa Nacional /Casa da Moeda, Lisboa, s/d
Pascal, Blaise ; Pensamentos (1670, póstumo), in Oeuvres complètes, Seuil, Paris, 1963
Malebranche, Nicolas ; A busca da verdade (1674-1675), ), Gallimard, Paris, 1979
Pico Della Mirandola, Giovanni – (1496) ; Discurso sobre a dignidade do homem, trad. portuguesa Maria de Lourdes Ganho, Edições 70, Lisboa, 2006
Maquiavel, Nicolo ; O príncipe (1532, póstumo), trad. portuguesa Diogo Pires Aurélio, Círculo de Leitores/Temas e Debates, Lisboa, 2008
Montaigne, Michel de; Ensaios (1580 sgts.), trad. portuguesa parcial Rui Bertrand Romão, Relógio D’Água, Lisboa, 1998
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 > Modern 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 |
|
|
|
Exame |
27,00 |
|
|
|
Exame |
80,00 |
|
|
|
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: 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