Topics of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy I

Code:

MFIL042

Acronym:

TFC_I

Instance: 2015/2016 - 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	9	MFIL - Study Plan	1	-	10	58	270

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To allow the students an access to a comprehensive variety of fundamental problems of contemporary philosophy.

- To generate, from the part of the students, the formulation of personal responses, based on the lecture of commented texts, to the main questions mentioned in the syllabus.

- To develop scientific and methodological skills in the context of contemporary philosophy. 

- To develop research skills which will conduce to the the acquisition of technical capacities which are necessary to the making of the dissertation.

Learning outcomes and competences

Intimate knowledge of a set of contemporary philosophical topics.

Working method

Presencial

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
Kim, Jagwood e Sousa, Ernest; A Companion to Metaphysics, Blackwell, Oxford, 1995

Teaching methods and learning activities

Discussion of texts.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	5,00
Trabalho escrito	95,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	100,00
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Trabalho de investigação	125,00
Total:	270,00

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.