Early Modern Philosophy II

Code:

FILO025

Acronym:

FMOD2

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

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	42	FILO - Study Plan	3	-	6	4

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Português

Objectives

1. To acquire an introductory and basical preparation in Early Modern Philosophy (concerning the period indicated in the program), studying representative figures, doctrine currents and specific problems.
2. To analyze representative source texts referred to fundamental philosophers and schools of philosophy of the considered period.
3. To acquire tools permitting the articulation of the knowledge on Early Modern philosophy with that of other periods in the history of philosophy.
4. To show the importance of early modern philosophy problems, concepts and arguments, as well as of its texts, urging reflection on them.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course the students should be able:
1. To show to have acquired an introductory and basical preparation in Early Modern Philosophy, concerning the eighteenth century. 2. To know how to analyze eighteenth century philosophical texts. 3. To know how to articulate the acquired knowledge with the knowledge concerning other periods of History of Philosophy. 4. To properly use research tools required for the in-depth study of early modern philosophy. 5. To proficiently dissert on the main elements of early modern philosophy, on its main figures and doctrinal currents. 6. To analyze fundamental notions, problems and arguments concerning early modern philosophy, on the basis of primary sources.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Leibniz's rationalism. 2. Berkeley's immaterialism 3. Enlightenment. 4. Rousseau. 5. David Hume's mitigated scepticism. 6. Immanuel Kant's critical idealism.

Mandatory literature

Berkeley, George - Tratado sobre os princípios do conhecimento humano (1710), trad. portuguesa Vieira de Almeida, Almedina, Coimbra, 1979.
Hume, David - Tratado sobre a natureza humana (1739-1740), trad. portuguesa Serafim da Silva Fontes, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 2001.
Kant, Emmanuel - Crítica da razão pura (1781), trad. portuguesa Manuela Pinto dos Santos e Alexandre Fradique Morujão, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1985.
Leibniz, G. W. - Monadologia (1714, póstumo), trad. portuguesa Luís Martins, Imprensa Nacional/Casa da Moeda, Lisboa, 1987.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques - Contrato social (1762), trad. portuguesa Mário Franco de Sousa, Editorial Presença, Lisboa, 1973.
Tunhas, Paulo e Abranches, Alexandra; As questões que se repetem, D. Quixote, 2012