Topics of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy I

Code:

MFIL042

Acronym:

TFC_I

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MFIL	16	MFIL - Study Plan	1	-	10	58	270

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To exercise the capacity of discussing some of the major themes in contemporary philosophy.

Program

1. What is thinking?
2. Akribeia and ways of thinking.
3. Epistemology: thinking about nature.
4. Esthetics: thinking about beauty.
5. Ethics and Politics: thinking about freedom.
6. Metaphysics: a grammar of relations.
7. Understanding and the poetics of philosophy.

Mandatory literature

Guttenplan, Samuel (org.); A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind, Blackwell, Oxford, 1994
Cooper, David; A Companion to Aesthetics, Blackwell, Oxford, 1992
Newton-Smith, W. H. (org.); A Companion to the Philosophy of Science, Blackwell, Oxford, 2000
Singer, Peter (org.); A Companion to Ethics, Blackwell, Oxford, 1991
Tunhas, Paulo; O pensamento e os seus objectos, Universidade do Porto, Porto, 2011

Teaching methods and learning activities

Discussion of texts.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	45,00
	Exame	2,00
	Trabalho escrito	123,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	100
	Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

75% of classes attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

95% on the basis of a written paper, discussed in the seminar.
5% on the basis of oral interventions in the seminar.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Doesn't apply.

Classification improvement

According to the official rules.