Ontology II

Code:

FILO031

Acronym:

ONT2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Philosophy

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	https://moodle.up.pt/
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	44	FILO - Study Plan	3	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

1. To acquire the basic conceptual tools for the study of Ontology and for the study of each author analysed; to consolidate the skills already acquired in the previous semester;
2. To develop analytical and critical skills regarding  the texts of the philosophical tradition and the issues ontology is concerned with.
3. To understand the modern and contemporary developments of metaphysics as science (from XVII century to the present)
4. To identify and to characterize both the main paradigms of ontology from XVII century until the present and the philosophical issues they are concerned with.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. To manage and to use correctly the conceptual tools of Ontology, according to the technical vocabulary of each author studied.
2. To develop theoretical and critical skills regarding the philosophical issues concerning Ontology.
3. To identify and to characterize the main schools and doctrines in contemporary ontology.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I - Introduction:
1. From Metaphysics to Ontology: paradigm shift ?
2. The rebirth of Metaphysics: Francisco Suárez .
a) what does it mean, for existence, "to be real"?
b) discussion: is Suarez's metaphysics realistic or mentalistic?

II . Christian Wolff
1. The Wolffian cogito: a symbiosis between consciousness and world

III - Kant and the impossibility of Metaphysics as Science

1. Kant's criticism to traditional metaphysics and the stablishment of transcendental philosophy.
2. the possibility of ontology as a critique of reason. 

IV Ontology and Metaphysics in postkantianism.

1. The metaphysical and anti-metaphysical diatribe: Heidegger, Carnap, Quine, Collingwood.
2. Returning to Aristotle: ontology and the fundamental structures of reality

Mandatory literature

Christian Wolff; Pensamientos racionales acerca de Dios, el Mundo y el alma del hombre. Sí como de todas las cosas en general (Metafísica Alemana), Akal, 2000
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804; Crítica da razão pura. ISBN: 972-31-0623-X
Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976; El^ser y el tiempo
R. G. Collingwood; An Essay on Metaphysics, 2014
Carnap, R.; The Elimination of Metaphysics Trought Logical Analysis of Language, 1932
Quine, W. v. A.; On What There Is, 1953

Complementary Bibliography

Michael LOUX; Metaphysics. A contemporary Introduction, Routledge, 2006
E. J. LOWE; A Survey of Metaphysics, OUP, 2008
Meirinhos, José Francisco 340; As^Disputações Metafísicas de Francisco Suárez. ISBN: 978-972-8932-87-9
Paul Guyer (ed.); Cambridge Companion to Kant's Critique of Pure reason, 2010
Oliveira e Silva et alt. ; Metafísica. Itinerários de um Conceito, 2018

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical lessons, based on the explanation of doctrines and the analysis of philosophical texts, and on the discussion of its arguments with students

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	90,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	121,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

75% over the total classes

Calculation formula of final grade

Two written tests (in the middle and at the end of the semester) and oral participation. Each test 50% (being there included the share of the 10% oral participation). The second test can be replaced by a written work of about 6 pages to be submitted via moodle and to be presented in class.
Students not approved in the distributed evaluation process without a final exam should perfome a final examination. 
The weight of this final exam is 100%.

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Students whishing to improve their mark should performe the final exam (weighting 100%).