Philosophical Anthropology I

Code:

FILO001

Acronym:

AFIL1

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S

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	62	FILO - Study Plan	2	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. To identify the most relevant moments of the discussion of PA as a philosophical subject.2. To understand the specificity and the transversality of anthropological issues.3. To address different conceptualizations of man.4. Provide an acquisition of reflexive competencies in the domain of anthropological problematization.

Learning outcomes and competences

After attending UC students acquire skills to understand the complexity and specificity of scope of training Philosophical Anthropology in Philosophy.

With this curriculum, it is expected that students think independently and critically in the field of anthropological problematization.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Primordiality, irreductibility and complexity of anthropological questions. 1.1. The problematic nature of the object of Philosophical Anthropology: an object-resistant. 1.2. Status of Philosophical Anthropology and Human and Social Sciences. 1.3. The Man as an object-project. 2. Conceptions of man and human figures 2.1. The Greek and the Jewish-Christian models. 2.2. Consciousness and individual: limits and thresholds of Modernity. 2.2.1. From ambivalent consciousness (Descartes) to pure subjectivity (Kant). 2.3. Evolutionism and criticism of the presuppositions of biblical anthropology. 2.4. Diversity of anthropological discourse. Increase in value of mythological narratives taking into account positivism and scientism. 2.5. The problem of the unity of man and contemporary research: biology, socio-biology and neurosciences 2.5.1. Limits and thresholds of (re)configuration of the human being. The complexity of feeling. 3. Prevalence, crisis and overcoming of Humanism in contemporary thought. 3.1. The critical correlation between Humanism and Philosophical Anthropology: aspects and scope of the analytical issue of the finite. 3.1.1. Kant and the analytical outline of the finite. 3.2.Man as both empirical and transcendental. 3.3. Ontology and Philosophical Anthropology: scope and limits of Heideggerian revision of the anthropological route of Kant. 3.4. Philosophical Anthropology as emergence of human fallibility, fragility, disproportion and mediation (P. Ricoeur).

Mandatory literature

JACQUES, F. ; Différence et Subjectivité, Paris, Aubier, 1982.
FERRY, L.; VINCENT, J.-D.; Qu’est-ce que l’homme? , Paris, Odile Jacob, 2000.
HAAR, M; Heidegger et l’Essence de l’Homme, Paris, Millon, 1990.
BUBER, M; Qué es el Hombre? (trad.), México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1984
LYOTARD, J.-F., O Inumano (trad.), Lisboa, Estampa, 1990.
GROETHUYSEN, B; Antropologia Filosófica (trad.), Lisboa, Presença,, 1982.
HEIDEGGER, M. ; Carta sobre o Humanismo (trad.), Lisboa, Guimarães Ed., 1987.
— Soi-même comme un Autre, Paris, Seuil, 1990.
FOUCAULT, M.; As Palavras e as Coisas (trad.), S. Paulo, Martins Fontes, 1981.
PEREIRA, P.C., “A pessoa. A configuração de um rosto-alma na cultura contemporânea”, Reflexão, Revista Semestral da Faculdade de Filosofia da PUC Campinas (Brasil), ano 32 nº 91, 2007, pp. 43-50.
KANT, I. ; Crítica da Razão Pura (trad.), Lisboa, Fund. C. Gulbenkian, 1985
PICQ, P. — SERRES, M. — Vincent, J.-D., Qu’est-ce que l’Humain?, Paris, Le Pommier, 2003.
RICOEUR, P., Philosophie de la Volonté, Finitude et Culpabilité, Paris, Aubier, 1988.
D’ALLONNES, M. R; Fragile Humanité, Paris, Aubier, 2002
SPERBER, D., Le Savoir des Anthropologues, Paris, Hermann, 1982.
TOURAINE; A., Khosrokhavar, La Recherche de Soi, Fayard, Paris, 2000.
HEIDEGGER, M; Kant et le Problème de la Métaphysique (trad.), Paris, Gallimard, 1965.
DIAS DE CARVALHO, A; Olhares e Percursos, S. Maria da Feira, Fund. Terras S.M.F., 1994.
PEREIRA, P.C., Do Sentir e do Pensar. Ensaio para uma antropologia (experiencial) de matriz poética, Porto, Edições Afrontamento, 2006.
MERQUIOR, J. S., Michel Foucault ou o Niilismo de Cátedra (trad.), Rio de Janeiro, Nova Fronteira, 1985.
SCHELER, M., La Situation de l’Homme dans le Monde (trad.), Paris, Aubier, 1979.
SERRES, M, Hominescence, Paris, Le Pommier, 2001.
NIETZSCHE, Assim falava Zaratustra (trad.), Relógio D'Água, 1998.
TRÍAS, E., Lógica del Límite, Barcelona, Destino, 1991.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes and research assignments supervised by the lecturer. Based on the principle of didactic variability, these classes will mobilise the pedagogical virtues of lectures, group work and strategies typical of research, particularly in terms of exploring philosophical texts and literature research.

keywords

Humanities > Philosophy > Philosophical anthropology

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	110,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the regulations in force.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam mark rounded to the nearest whole mark. Or average of the exam mark plus any written assignments.

Examinations or Special Assignments

See previous item.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the regulations in force.