Topics of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy I

Code:

MFIL042

Acronym:

TFC_I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Philosophy

Instance: 2019/2020 - 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	8	MFIL - Study Plan	1	-	9	75	243

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Português

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. Aesthetics: 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	73,00
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Trabalho de investigação	125,00
Total:	243,00

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.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the official rules.
To the written paper.

Observations

Teaching language: Portugeuse.