Modernity and Post-modernity - a Philosophical Approach

Code:

MFIL014

Acronym:

MPM

Instance: 2010/2011 - 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	6	MFIL - Study Plan	1	-	10	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course unit is designed for students to understand what is there of an effective rupture and pure guise in the transition from “modernity” to “post-modernity”, highlighting, among other things, the unavoidable equivocality of the terms.

To stimulate personal answers from students, based on reading annotated texts about the issues discussed in the program.

Program

1. Criticism as a paradigm of modernity.
2. Traditions of the test.
3. Theory of communication.
4. Controversy.
5. Dispute.
6. Rethorics.
7. Conviction.

Mandatory literature

Fernando Gil; Provas, IN/CM, Lisboa, 1986
Fernando Gil; A Convicção, Campo das Letras, Porto, 2003
Habermas, Jürgen; Theorie der kommunikativen Handelns (1981), trad. inglesa Thomas McCarthy, The Theory of Communicative Action, 2 vols., Beacon Press, Boston, 1989
Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der reinen Vernunft (1781), trad. portuguesa Manuela Pinto dos Santos e Alexandre Fradique Morujão, Crítica da razão pura,, Fundação Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1985
Jean-François Lyotard; Le différend, Minuit, Paris, 1983
Chaïm Perelman; L'empire rhétorique, Vrin, Paris, 1977

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical method, focusing on texts and on student participation.

keywords

Humanities
Humanities > Philosophy > Systematic philosophy

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with 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

Students are required to attend at least 75% of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Student participation (30%) + final paper (70%)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Included and desired within the scope of participation in class.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese.